Alys Cohen

Senior Attorney

Alys Cohen leads NCLC’s federal housing advocacy before Congress and the regulatory agencies. Based in NCLC’s Washington, D.C. office, she also coordinates NCLC’s work on energy efficiency housing finance and disaster response. Alys is a member of the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy’s (ACEEE) Research Advisory Board, where she helps to assess and guide ACEEE research capabilities and activities. She is also a member of Fannie Mae’s Affordable Housing Advisory Council and the Mortgage Bankers Association Consumer Affairs Advisory Council.

Alys is co-author of NCLC’s Truth in Lending, Consumer Credit Regulation, Credit Discrimination, and Mortgage Lending. She also co-authored, with fellow NCLC Senior Attorney Karen Lusson, the Ensuring Consumer Protections in the Delivery of Energy-Efficiency Financing and Renewable-Energy Programs chapter in What’s Possible: Investing Now for Prosperous, Sustainable Neighborhoods.

Before joining NCLC, Alys served as an attorney in the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, Division of Financial Practices, where she focused on predatory mortgage lending and credit discrimination matters. 

Education: 

J.D. University of Pennsylvania Law School, editor University of Pennsylvania Law Review

B.A. Binghamton University, Phi Beta Kappa