Reynold Levy

Reynold Levy has most recently served as the president of the Robin Hood Foundation, an innovative philanthropic organization founded in 1988 to alleviate poverty in New York City. During his tenure, Levy devised an ambitious project designed to bridge the gap between the over 800,000 poor New Yorkers eligible for four critical income maintenance programs and those enrolled in them. Called the Start by Asking campaign, it combines big data analytics, behavioral economics, community organization, a wide range of corporate, civic and union partnerships and strong coordination with government, all aimed at improving the standard of living for tens of thousands of disadvantaged in the five boroughs of America’s largest city.

Levy’s leadership at Robin Hood continues a distinguished career of public service. Levy has been President of the International Rescue Committee, the senior officer of AT&T in charge of government relations, President of the AT&T Foundation, Executive Director of the 92nd Street Y, and Staff Director of the Task Force on the New York City Fiscal Crisis.

Currently, Reynold serves as a consultant to nonprofit institutions and to benefactors seeking to expand their philanthropy. He is also the lead director of First Republic Bank.

His fourth book, They Told Me Not To Take That Job: Tumult, Betrayal, Heroics and the Transformation of Lincoln Center, was recently published by PublicAffairs.

Levy is the chairman of the board of the Charles H. Revson Foundation, a member of the board of overseers of the International Rescue Committee, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a trustee of the National Book Foundation and a Fellow in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2014, he was elected to serve a three-year term as a member of the Tony Awards Nominating Committee.

A graduate of Hobart College, Levy holds a law degree from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in government and foreign affairs from the University of Virginia.

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