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10 Things You May Not Know About …Mike Cohen
Posted By katie allison granju
Some people seem to know everyone in town…and that person is Mike Cohen of Ackermann PR. He definitely has one of K-town’s most coveted rolodexes.
In previous lives, Mike managed newsrooms in Nashville, Houston, Fort Wayne, Asheville and Duluth, winning lots of awards along the way. Here in Knoxville, he’s been the media relations expert for the Victor Ashe mayoral reign administration, as well as Communications Director for the Knox County school system, and for Knox County. One of his more interesting assignments was being invited to both Slovakia and Serbia to help teach local officials and political activists how to use communications effectively.
He’s made a career out of talking on behalf of other folks, but in today’s “10 Things”, we get to hear him talk a little bit about himself.
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10 Things You May Not Know About Mike Cohen
KAG: -What’s the best kept secret in Knoxville?
MC: UT Gardens off Neyland Drive. Beautiful and peaceful and usually next to nobody there. Runners up: the walking trial from Victor Ashe Park to NW Middle School and the Knoxville Gardens and Arboretum in East Knoxville.
KAG: Describe your personal philosophy in one sentence.
MC: Find a way for everybody to hold hands and sing Kumbaya because I’m a silver-lining, get-along kind of guy.
KAG: What kind of car do you drive and why?
MC: Volvo. It’s safe and I don’t really much care about cars.
KAG: If you were the DJ at my party, what would be the first five songs you would play?
Thunder Road, Bruce Springsteen- — Like a Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan—Anything Goes, Stephane Grappelli and Yo-Yo Ma– Hickory Wind, Gram Parsons—I Want to be Sedated, The Ramones— (Note: Five is not enough. I need at least 10)
KAG: What’s the bravest thing you’ve ever done?
MC: Have children.
KAG: What’s your favorite joke?
MC: It involves a rabbi and a priest. I’ll tell it at the drop of a hat, but I’m not putting it in print.
KAG: What’s your guilty pleasure?
MC: Popcorn. I could eat it all the time.
KAG: What’s a talent few people know you have?
MC: Playing social director. Whether its drinks after work or a weekend away, I love to organize stuff and have people enjoy themselves.
KAG: What’s the last book you finished?
MC: Five Easy Decades, a biography of Jack Nicholson.
KAG: If I handed you $1,000 to spend on something completely frivolous today, what would you buy?
MC: Drinks and dinner with friends.
Apr 24th, 2008
