Douglas D. Cohen

Douglas Cohen focuses on the feasibility, financing, design, construction, and overall development strategy for hotel acquisitions and new developments. For existing hotels in NHG’s portfolio, Douglas concentrates on renovations, specific value-add strategies, and sales and marketing.

Prior to founding Newport Hotel Group in 1993, Douglas worked in the real estate investment banking group of Bear, Stearns, & Co, Inc. in New York City, where he specialized in securitized and conventional debt financing, acquisitions, and other principal transactions for all types of real estate assets.

Douglas earned a Master's in Business Administration from Harvard Business School in 1993. He is also cum laude graduate of Harvard University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics in 1989.

Douglas has served on the Zoning Board of Review and the Zoning Subcommittee of the Planning Board of Newport, Rhode Island. He is a former Trustee of the Newport Art Museum and served on the Board of the Newport County Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Newport Harbor Management Plan Commission.