Rebecca Cohen is a senior policy analyst with the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) Housing Commission. Prior to joining BPC in October 2011, Cohen spent nearly five years at the Center for Housing Policy, where her work focused on identifying promising housing solutions at the state and local levels. She began her career as a research and policy analyst at the Minnesota Housing Partnership and served as an Americorps VISTA in Seattle, Washington. Originally from the Chicago area, Cohen earned a Masters of Urban and Regional Planning from the Humphrey School at the University of Minnesota and graduated with honors from Washington University in St. Louis with a B.A. in cultural anthropology.
