Ryan Cohn serves as a senior communications advisor and media strategist for some of the nation’s most-respected corporations, nonprofits, associations, and thought leaders. A skilled storyteller with more than 15 years of integrated marketing and public affairs communications experience, Ryan has helped to shape the national conversation around important issues and ideas.

Ryan simultaneously directs Sachs Media’s digital media practice, forecasting and navigating the changing communications landscape for the firm’s clients. He also serves as Board Chair at the Institute for Nonprofit Innovation and Excellence (INIE), North Florida’s nonprofit resource center, and guest lectures on social media, digital transformation, and data-driven public relations.

Ryan’s campaigns have been honored with some of the nation’s most prestigious communications accolades, including an AAPC Gold Pollie Award, three Gold Bulldog Awards, two PR Daily Nonprofit PR Awards, two Holmes Report IN2 SABRE Award finalists, and two FPRA All Florida Grand Golden Image Awards — the highest public relations honor in Florida.

Before joining Sachs Media, Ryan led What's Next Marketing, a social media marketing agency, from launch to acquisition. Along the way, the firm was honored at the South by Southwest Festival and Forbes named it one of America's Most Promising Companies.