Yafit Cohn

Cohn joined Travelers in September 2017 as Associate Group General Counsel and currently serves as Chair of the Society for Corporate Governance’s newly formed Sustainability Practices Committee. She previously served as counsel and a member of the Public Company Advisory Practice at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, where she advised public companies, corporate management and boards of directors on an array of issues pertaining to corporate governance and securities law. She holds a J.D. from Columbia Law School, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone scholar, and a bachelor’s degree in political science, summa cum laude, from Columbia College. Cohn will report to Christine Kalla, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer.