Adriana Cohen (born Adriana Lucia Gale, August 8, 1968) is an American philanthropist, event producer and publicist. She is married to Ben Cohen with whom she has three children as well as two stepchildren. Early Life Cohen grew up in Manalapan, New Jersey. Her mother, Judy Gale (born Judith Fleming) was a tenured college professor at Pace University in New York City and her father, Lawrence Thomas Gale, was a printing executive who was one of the founding members of New York Magazine. Education After attending K-12 at a public school in Manalapan, Cohen attended the University of Nice in Nice, France. Upon returning to the US, she enrolled in the Political Science program at Montclair State University where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1992 and post-graduate paralegal certificate in 1993. Career After working in Princeton, New Jersey as a paralegal for at various Princeton law firms, Cohen took a job at Logic Works, a technology company founded by her husband, Ben Cohen. Cohen helped her husband execute the company's IPO. After the sale of Logic Works to Platinum Technology, Cohen took a hiatus from work to raise her children. She went back to work full-time in 2006 as the Executive Director of Bode Miller’s Turtle Ridge Foundation which supports adaptive sports programs for disabled children, veterans and adults. Since 2010, Cohen has worked on several political campaigns. Cohen was outspoken in her opposition to the potential water bottle ban in Concord, and was interviewed by several news outlets as a result . In addition, Adriana has written opinion pieces for the Boston Globe . She has also been interviewed by the Boston Herald and the Concord Journalabout municipal and political issues. Personal Life At age 6, Cohen began practicing Karate, and at age 12, she received a black belt. Cohen is also a lifelong practitioner of Vinyasa yoga.
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