Jay Cohen is the founder, President and CEO of Cohen Capital Management Inc., a financial investment advisory firm where he has worked since June 1995. He was previously on the Board of Directors at BayGroup International, a global performance firm, and was a Director of Merrill Lynch Investment Banking and a CPA with Peat Marwick.

Jay was also a member of the UCSB Northern California Campaign Committee in 2011.

A graduate of UC Santa Barbara in 1984, Jay holds a B.A. in Business Economics. He then earned his MBA from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management in 1988.