David Cohen

Mr. Cohen, who is well known to most New Yorkers, is one of the world’s leading authorities on intelligence analysis and operations, with expertise developed over a nearly five-decade career with the Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] as well as with the world’s largest metropolitan law enforcement organization, the City of New York Police Department (NYPD).

Mr. Cohen served for 12 years as the NYPD Deputy Commissioner for Intelligence, a position established in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. He revolutionized the way the NYPD collected, analyzed and used intelligence, and leveraged traditional intelligence methods and relationships abroad to successfully protect New York City from another terrorist attack.

During his 35 year CIA career, Mr. Cohen served as Deputy Director of Operations overseeing CIA's global network of personnel as well as its relationships with foreign government security and intelligence services. Prior to that, he was the CIA’s Associate Director of Intelligence, and oversaw all CIA economic, political and military analysis and reporting provided to the President and the nation's national security leadership.