Ellen Cogut

Ellen Cogut has been a member of Central Synagogue since 1994. She received her BA from George Washington University in 1969 and her MA from Temple University in 1971. From 1971 to 1988 Ellen practiced as a speech pathologist, working primarily with pre-school language impaired children in a variety of settings. From 1988 to 1990 she supervised graduate students in speech pathology at Brooklyn College. Ellen has served on the Boards of the Brooklyn Heights Association, the Brooklyn Heights Montessori School, the Graham-Windham Agency, and The Brooklyn Children’s Museum. Since 2006, she has served as the co-chair of the Board of Community Roots Charter School, a K-5 school located in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. She resides in Brooklyn Heights with her husband, Casey. They have two daughters, Pamela, age 31, and Rachel, age 20.