ELLIE COHANIM SERVED AS US DEPUTY SPECIAL ENVOY TO MONITOR AND
COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM AT THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE DURING THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, WHERE SHE HELPED INFORM AND CARRY OUT
POLICIES AND RELATED INITIATIVES THAT COUNTERED GLOBAL ANTI-SEMITISM.

PRIOR TO HER APPOINTMENT, ELLIE COHANIM WAS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT FOR THE JEWISH BROADCASTING SERVICE
(JBS), WHERE SHE HANDLED ON-AIR REPORTING AND ANCHORED THE
BROADCAST OF MAJOR INTERNATIONAL GATHERINGS.

MS. COHANIM HAS SERVED ON THE BOARDS OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH
COMMITTEE, THE NEW YORK JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL, AND
THE ESTER CHAPTER OF HADASSAH, WHICH RECOGNIZED HER AS A “YOUNG
LEADER” IN 2010.

ELLIE COHANIM RECEIVED HER B.A. IN POLITICAL SCIENCE, CUM LAUDE,
FROM BARNARD COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY; AND CONDUCTED GRADUATE
STUDY IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AT THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF
JERUSALEM.  SHE IS FLUENT IN HEBREW AND FARSI, FAMILIAR WITH GERMAN
AND ARABIC.