She has served as Managing Director and General Counsel for Cobb Partners Inc., a private investment, venture capital, real estate and resort development company in Coral Gables, Florida.

After moving to Florida in 1972, she received her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Miami School of Law.

Throughout 2002–2008, she was engaged at the U.S. Department of State's Leadership and Management School as co-chair of periodic mandatory seminars for newly designated U.S. ambassadors.

In addition to BankUnited, Cobb sits on the board of directors of the Center for Strategic and International Studies[6] and The Council of American Ambassadors.

[7] She is an active member of the Council on Foreign Relations[8] and the Center for Hemispheric Policy at the University of Miami.