Angela is founder and CEO of FirstGen Partners LLC, a firm that provides consulting and coaching to organizations and individuals who seek to do good in the world. Ms. Cobb has over three decades of experience in the areas of talent and diversity, community development, strategy, and change management. She also has extensive experience launching and leading new philanthropic efforts and business ventures. In her consulting practice, Angela works with social enterprises and corporations to develop leaders and use culture and strategy to drive results.

Angela serves on the boards of the Neurodiversity Alliance and the Erikson Institute. She recently completed a term as a member of the board of FirstTee of Greater Chicago and for 8-years served on the board of NewRoot Learning Institute (formerly Umoja Student Development Corporation). Past leadership and honors include serving as a Trustee of the University of Notre Dame and as a member of the Advisory Council for the University’s Mendoza College of Business. Angela is a 2008 Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow and in 2014 completed the Pahara-Aspen Fellowship, part of the Aspen Institute’s Global Leadership Network. Angela serves as a moderator for both the Aspen Institute and the Pahara Institute.
Mrs. Cobb is a 2000 graduate of Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management where she received an M.B.A. in Organizational Behavior and Strategy. Angela is a 1993 graduate of the University of Notre Dame where she received a B.B.A. in Accounting. She resides in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago with her husband, Darryl, and their two children.