Charley J. Levine
CEO

Charley J. Levine is Founder and CEO of Lone Star Communications, one of Israel's most dynamic public affairs and media relations consultancies. Until June 2006, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Ruder Finn Israel, another large PR public relations agency.

Prior to October 1997, Levine served as President and CEO of Charles Levine Communications, which he established in 1983. CLC, one of Israel’s largest public relations agencies with a client base including well-known Israeli and international corporations and organizations, became part of Ruder Finn Israel at that time.

Levine was born in 1952 in San Antonio, Texas. He earned his BA with Honors in Philosophy and Near Eastern Studies at New York University and MA with Honors in Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin.

Levine worked subsequently as Public Relations Executive of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, National PR Director of Hadassah, the largest Diaspora Jewish organization and Director of Information for North America of the World Zionist Organization, in Jerusalem, after moving to Israel in 1978. Levine was invited for spring semester to the University of Texas in 1996, as a visiting William Randolph Hearst Fellow, lecturing on Public Relations. He serves as a Captain (res.) in the Israel Defense Forces Spokesperson’s Corps and is a long-time friend and media adviser to several national leaders including, President Shimon Peres, Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Silvan Shalom, Uzi Landau, Isaac Herzog, Avraham Ravitz, Gidon Sa'ar and Yudi Edelstein.

He has worked with dozens of international leaders including US Vice President Al Gore, Governor Mike Huckabee, Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, Canadian Justice Minister Irwin Cotler, Malcolm Hoenlein, Edgar Bronfman, Cyril Stein, Rupert Murdoch, Ed Koch, Hillary Clinton, NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Senator Sam Brownback, LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Included in his clientele are General Electric, Bank of America, Veritas Venture Capital, Israel Aircraft Industries, Brightsource Energy/ Luz 2, The Elah Fortress archeological project, A4e/Amin, ECI Telecom, The Hebrew University, Israel Discount Bank, Nefesh B’Nefesh, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, Cardio Ventures, Given Imaging, Harley Davidson, and International March of the Living. In 2008, he managed the award-winning global media relations for President Peres’ 3-day “Facing Tomorrow” Conference in Jerusalem which attracted over 500 journalists.

Levine has been a monthly columnist for Hadassah Magazine since 2002. He has won several awards, the most recent of which were first place for "Best International Campaign" and "Best NGO Special Event" from the Israel Public Relations Society.

His wife Shelly owns and operates a successful real estate practice, Tivuch Shelly, Ltd.

The Levines live in a suburb of Jerusalem and have three children.

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