Randi Charno Levine is an American author, arts advocate, and diplomat who currently serves as the
United States ambassador to Portugal
Bilateral diplomatic relations between the United States and Portugal date from the earliest years of the United States. Following the Revolutionary War, Portugal was the first neutral country to recognize the United States. On February 21, 1791 ...
.
Education
Levine earned a
Bachelor of Arts degree from the
Missouri School of Journalism
The Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri in Columbia is one of the oldest formal journalism schools in the world. The school provides academic education and practical training in all areas of journalism and strategic comm ...
.
Career
Levin has been a member of advisory and governing boards for several organizations, including the Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships,
Hamptons International Film Festival, John and Doris Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences,
Roundabout Theatre Company,
NYU Langone Health
NYU Langone Health is an academic medical center located in New York City, New York, United States. The health system consists of NYU Grossman School of Medicine and NYU Long Island School of Medicine, both part of New York University (NYU), and m ...
,
High Line,
Anna Wintour Costume Center,
National Portrait Gallery National Portrait Gallery may refer to:
*National Portrait Gallery (Australia), in Canberra
*National Portrait Gallery (Sweden), in Mariefred
*National Portrait Gallery (United States), in Washington, D.C.
*National Portrait Gallery, London, with s ...
,
New Museum, and
Meridian International Center.
Ambassador to Portugal
On October 29, 2021, President
Joe Biden nominated Levine to be the ambassador to
Portugal.
Hearings on her nomination were held before the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee on February 8, 2022. The committee favorably reported her nomination to the Senate floor on March 8, 2022. The entire Senate confirmed Levine by
voice vote on March 10, 2022. She presented her credentials to President
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa on April 22, 2022.
Personal life
Levine's husband, Jeffrey E. Levine, is the founder of Douglaston Development and Levine Builders. He has also worked as the president of the
Jewish National Fund
Jewish National Fund ( he, קֶרֶן קַיֶּימֶת לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, ''Keren Kayemet LeYisrael'', previously , ''Ha Fund HaLeumi'') was founded in 1901 to buy and develop land in Ottoman Syria (later Mandatory Palestine, and subseq ...
–USA. Levine has three children.
References
External links
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Ambassadors of the United States to Portugal
American women ambassadors
Cultural diplomacy
Missouri School of Journalism alumni
Philanthropists from New York (state)
University of Missouri alumni
American women diplomats