Stephanie Cohen is Vice President of Government & Industry Relations at Cedars‑Sinai, where she leads the health system’s efforts to shape healthcare policy and advance a broad range of health and public policy priorities at the local, state and national levels. She began her career in public service as an intern for Holly J. Mitchell during her first term in the California Assembly and later served as associate vice president of Health Policy at Keck School of Medicine of USC, as well as in senior roles with California Assemblymember Richard Bloom and Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl.

With more than a decade of experience in health policy and government relations, Stephanie has championed legislation to expand access to care, increase funding for community health centers, and improve services for people experiencing homelessness, veterans and LGBTQIA+ communities. She played a key role in California’s early implementation of the Affordable Care Act, led efforts to expand reimbursement for street medicine programs, and guided creation of the Los Angeles County Veteran Suicide Review Team—one of the first of its kind in the nation. In 2022, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough appointed her to the VA’s Community Oversight and Engagement Board, where she serves as a federal appointee helping to oversee development of the West Los Angeles VA Hospital.

Born in Philadelphia and raised in Los Angeles, Stephanie holds a BA in political science from UCLA and is pursuing her JD at Southwestern Law School.