Ronald H. Cohen

Ron Cohen joined Besen & Associates in May of 2003, and has completed $100 million in aggregate sales as a broker. After five years as an investment sales broker, Ron presently is responsible for directing all marketing activity, both for the firm and its clients.

As a broker, Ron has sold multifamily, mixed use and rehab/conversion properties throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn. Prior to entering commercial real estate, Ron spent a decade as an account management professional in the advertising business. As Vice President/Group Account Director at D’Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles (DMB&B), he partnered closely with Fortune 100 clients to develop marketing strategies and implement multimillion dollar ad campaigns on well-known consumer brands such as Crest and Phillips.

Ron is an active member of the New York real estate community in a number of leadership roles. He is a steering committee member of the Young Real Estate Executives division of UJA (REX), Vice Chairman of the Young Leadership Cabinet of Israel Bonds Real Estate Builders & Allied Industries division, and Programs Chair with the Young Mortgage Bankers Association (YMBA). He is also a member of Young Mens’/Womens’Real Estate Association (YMWREA) and REBNY. He graduated from the State University College of New York at Oneonta, and also holds an MBA in Marketing/International Business from Fordham University Graduate School of Business.