Daniel Cohn is Founder and President of Vitric Advisors, a boutique strategy consulting firm that supports high-impact leaders aiming to drive deep and lasting social change. With 15 years of experience in philanthropy, external affairs, and public policy and advocacy, Dan has a proven track record of identifying and tackling complex problems, building cross-functional teams, and transforming operations to help organizations ‘punch above their weight class’. He is a highly effective communicator who builds and maintains strong relationships with diverse stakeholders at all levels. He is passionate about supporting those who advance social impact through inclusive, team-oriented leadership.

Prior to launching Vitric, Dan served as Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer of the Mt. Sinai Health Foundation in Cleveland, OH. In this role, he oversaw partnership development and coalition-building and managed the grantmaking staff working in community health and public policy.

In 2019, Dan launched the Lead Safe Cleveland Coalition, a large-scale, public-private partnership aimed at ending childhood lead exposure. With more than 500 active members across 150 organizations, the Coalition has been the driving force behind improving the health and safety of Cleveland’s housing stock. At the same time, Dan co-led the executive team that raised more than $120 million to build the nation’s first-ever fund to support low-income property owners in making critical home repairs throughout the region.  Between 2020 and 2021, Dan cocreated and co-directed the Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund, a $20 million collective impact initiative that pooled public and private resources to address the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.

In 2022, Dan served as interim executive director of First Year Cleveland—Northeast Ohio’s publicprivate partnership aimed at reducing infant mortality—through a turnaround operation to refocus the agency on community-based strategies that improve the lives of Black women. Before that, he was appointed by the Mayor of Lakewood, OH, to chair an 18-month initiative to build from scratch a new, health conversion foundation—the Healthy Lakewood Foundation—in the wake of a politically contentious hospital closure.

Before joining Mt. Sinai in 2015, Dan served as Assistant Director of Cornell University’s Center for Engaged Learning + Research, evaluating and managing programs that engaged faculty in translating their academic interests toward meeting community needs. He was a Fellow with the Congressional Hunger Center in the early 2010s, during which time he helped launch a national “food as medicine” advocacy initiative. He was later stationed at the USDA Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships working on First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! campaign and on economic development outreach in the rural South.

Dan’s academic background is in public health, ethics, and urban affairs, and he actively engages in self-study around art and design. In his [limited] free time, Dan owns and operates Collected Home Style—a vintage, antique, and hand-crafted home décor retail shop and interior design consulting firm. He enjoys snuggling his extremely needy—but very sweet—dog, Lily; travels globally; and spends as much time with loved ones as possible.