Adam Cohen
Executive Director
After more than 20 years in the private sector – and then 10 years as a high-performance catalyst to nonprofit, healthcare, service, financial, government, and manufacturing client-partners – Adam joined The Denver Children’s Foundation (DCF) in 2018 with a commitment to give back to the community and to elevate the organization’s reach and impact.
He served in multiple roles in the CH2M (now Jacobs) Companies including Vice President of Enterprise Performance Excellence, Quality Director for Baldrige National Quality Award Recipient OMI – a subsidiary of CH2M, and Director of Project Development Services for OMI. His community experience includes former Board Emeritus of Rocky Mountain Performance Excellence; former Community Member of Children’s Hospital of Colorado’s Patient Safety and Experience Committee; Expert Coach-Advisor to the Communities of Excellence 2026 national initiative; and support for the Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Alzheimer’s Association, Movember men’s health campaigns, Project CURE, Judi’s House, Wishes for Wheels, and Denver Area 8 Basketball Officials Officials for the Cure fundraisers.
Adam enjoys travel and adventures with his wife and life partner Adriana, fitness training and yoga, reading/writing and editing books for publication, and officiating collegiate, high school, and youth basketball. He has two terrific adult children and three wonderful step-daughters.