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Jared Cohon

Jared L. Cohon

University Professor and President Emeritus, Carnegie Mellon University

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Jared L. Cohon is the President Emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University and a University Professor in the Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering and Public Policy. During his presidency, Carnegie Mellon made progress in education and research, expanded internationally, increased its diversity and contributed significantly to the economic development of southwest Pennsylvania.

Before his time in Pittsburgh, Cohon served on the faculty and in the administration of Johns Hopkins University and Yale University. Cohon is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,

Cohon has served the nation in many advisory roles related to environmental and energy issues as a presidential appointee and as chair of studies by the National Academies.

Cohon serves on the boards of two public companies (Ingersoll Rand and Unisys) and six non-profit organizations including the Heinz Endowments, the Hillman Foundations and the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Cohon is trained as a civil engineer with a specialty in environmental and water resource systems analysis.

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The catalytic power of this Summit in bringing together those who are devoting their lives to pushing back and working to confront, understand and work towards solutions around hate in our society is a noble and difficult task. The Summit not only energized those who attended but led to connecting the dots in a global network of those doing this work. The stories of the victims of hate were painful to witness but their courage in coming forward was inspirational. Those who attended left energized with the hope that by working together solutions can be forged.

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