Jeffrey Cohen is the Chief Executive Officer of FullBloom. Prior to joining FullBloom, Mr. Cohen was the President and CEO of Sylvan Learning, one of the world’s largest networks of tutoring centers and one of the most recognized brands in education and franchising. Before leading Sylvan, Mr. Cohen was a Principal at Sterling Partners, a middle market private equity firm with deep investment experience across the education and health services sectors. Earlier in his career, Mr. Cohen served in several other operating roles. He was the President of Sylvan Education Solutions, the school services division of Sylvan Learning Systems that was later spun off as Catapult Learning. And he was an SVP of Operations at Prometric, a global computer-based testing company. Prior to joining the private sector, Mr. Cohen served in the Clinton Administration. He began his government service as the Chief of Staff for the Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs at the United States Department of Labor, and he later served as a staff attorney in the Office of the Counsel to the President at the White House. Mr. Cohen serves on several nonprofit and philanthropic boards, including Thread, an innovative nonprofit that engages under-performing high school students confronting significant barriers outside the classroom by providing each one with a family of committed volunteers and increased access to community resources. Mr. Cohen graduated from Tufts University with a B.A. in Economics. He also received his M.B.A. from Boston University and his J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law, where he was an editor of the Maryland Law Review.