Alumna Award 2003

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Congratulations Beth Cohen!

Beth Cohen received the 2003 "Kathleen McDonald Distinguished Alumna Award" for outstanding personal and professional achievements. Beth, a 1991 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School

of Business, is the 7th recipient of the award presented each year by the Wharton Women in Business (WWIB) student-run organization. The award was presented during a luncheon at the annual Wharton Women in Business Conference on October 31, 2003 at the Park Hyatt in Philadelphia.

Beth holds an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, a JD from Rutgers University where she was an Editor of Law Review, and a BA magna cum laude from Brandeis University.  She is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Israel.

Beth is a business development, marketing and legal executive with broad experience in both domestic and international markets.  She has developed and negotiated key business relationships for large and small companies, including acquisitions, technology transfer arrangements and strategic alliances.  She has also led diverse strategic and marketing initiatives in technology, publishing, information services and real estate.

Most recently, Beth was Of Counsel at Towers Perrin, a global human resources consulting firm.  From 2000 to 2003, Beth was Vice President of Strategic Business Development and General Counsel of RentPort, Inc., an early stage, venture-backed technology company based in Denver.   Beth helped take RentPort from start up to profitability in less than 3 years.   Prior to RentPort, she was a principal in TenX Capital Partners, a private equity firm.  As a Managing Director of Franklin Electronic Publishers from 1991 to 1995, Beth co-led the Company's entry into the European market and substantially increased Franklin's presence in the U.S.  She was a member of the international legal department of Tadiran Ltd., Israel's largest electronics company, and served as Chief Outside Counsel to Tadiran’s largest U.S. subsidiary.  Beth has also practiced corporate law with a prominent Philadelphia law firm.
 
Beth is committed to the advance of women in business, and is the founder of the Wharton Women’s Network and a founding member of the Wharton Women’s Task Force.  She has launched and/or participated in a number of other initiatives on behalf of business and professional women.  Beth is also the mother of five children