Chari Cohen is President of the Hepatitis B Foundation. She conducts research and implements programs to reduce health disparities and improve health outcomes associated with hepatitis B, hepatitis D and liver cancer. Dr. Cohen is co-chair of the Hep B United coalition, co-founder and chair of Hep B United Philadelphia, and co-founder and chair of CHIPO: Coalition Against Hepatitis for People of African Origin. She is a member of the ICE-HBV steering committee, HepVu advisory committee, HBV Forum for Collaborative Research, and Patient Advocacy Group of the AASLD. Dr. Cohen is Professor at the Baruch S. Blumberg Institute, and adjunct faculty for Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. She received her DrPH in Community Health and Prevention from Drexel University and her MPH from Temple University. She has been working alongside storytellers since 2016, and has seen the powerful impact the program is having on people and communities.  She hopes that each and every storyteller finds a home at the Foundation and a safe space to share their story.