Don V. Cogman

Don Cogman has been involved in politics, government and business ever since graduating from the University of Oklahoma in 1969. He began his career in Washington D.C. as chief of staff to Senator Dewey F. Bartlett (R-Ok) where he first met Mitch Daniels. He followed that experience with leading the Washington office of an Oklahoma based energy company, MAPCO Inc., as their Vice-President of Government Affairs.

Subsequently he founded the Washington based consulting firm, The RCF Group, that specialized in public and government affairs. In 1992 they merged with the world’s leading public relations/public affairs firm, Burson-Marsteller, and he became President and CEO of the Washington region.

In 1996 Cogman moved to New York as the Chief Operating Officer World-wide of Burson-Marsteller, becoming President and COO in 1999 before moving to parent company, Young & Rubicam as Executive Vice President for Corporate Affairs for Y&R Inc.

He has served on the Board of Trustees of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the Acting Company, the Fund for American Studies, Interlochen Center for the Arts, the Scottsdale Cultural Council, the Partnership for Gender Specific Medicine, the International Foundation of Electoral Systems (IFES), and the National Endowment for the Arts. He has been appointed to three Presidential commissions.

A native of Ponca City, Oklahoma he is the parent of four grown children, with three grandchildren. Cogman currently serves as Chairman of CC Investments LLC, and recently retired as Chairman of the PulsePoint Group, a management consulting firm. He and his wife, Susan reside in Scottsdale, Arizona.