About
John Koufos leads Cottage Four, LLC, and is a sought-after strategist, consultant, and crisis manager, due to his laser focus on implementation and execution. He is a nationally recognized criminal justice advocate with 20 years of experience building and leading organizations, coalitions, and campaigns.
John is a former trial lawyer with deep experience helping organizations optimize secondchance hiring, develop healthcare/health IT and AI verticals, execute business capture strategies, and mitigate risk. He also helps cities, states, and the federal government optimize reentry systems.
- Worked with multiple Presidential Administrations and Governors.
- Regular speaker and commentator on criminal justice, healthcare, and workforce issues.
- Produced Retaining Talent, a second chance hiring documentary.
- Former Director of Criminal Justice Advocacy at Arnold Ventures.
- Former National Director of Reentry Initiatives at Right On Crime.
- Former Executive Director of the New Jersey Reentry Corporation.
- Named one of New Jersey’s “Top 40 Under 40” by NJBIZ.
Cottage Four, LLC is a full-service consulting firm heavily focused on business capture, government and public affairs, technology, healthcare, and workforce projects.
We excel at solving problems for a diverse range of clients, including Fortune 500 companies and government entities. Our experts focus on driving value to clients through innovative strategic solutions and insights, and unwavering commitment to client service and results.
Our Experience
Our people have helped solve difficult problems for Fortune 500 companies and small businesses, multinational corporations and local companies, large and small foundations and nonprofit organizations, and federal and state governments.
We have worked with U.S. Presidents, Governors, policymakers, and business leaders.
Our Approach
We identify gaps and opportunities and can coordinate multiple strategic functions. We can recommend and manage sub-specialties and other consultants so you focus on core business functions while we focus on developing, building, and executing solutions.
Why Us?
We are not a law firm, but are led by a former trial attorney, so client service, discretion, and results are our top priority. We believe we can change the world with our clients, aligning corporate values with business value.
