Charles J. Levine

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Charles J. Levine (b. 1952 in San Antonio, Texas) serves as CEO of Lonestar Communications, a public affairs and media relations consultancies. Until June 2006, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Ruder Finn Israel, another large public relations agency in Israel.^{[citation needed]}

Prior to October 1997, Levine served as President and CEO of Charles Levine Communications (CLC), which he founded in 1983.^{[citation needed]}

He earned his Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Philosophy and Near Eastern Studies at New York University, and his Master of Arts with Honors in Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin.^{[citation needed]}

Levine worked subsequently as Public Relations Executive of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland and PR Director of Hadassah, and (after moving to Israel in 1978) Director of Information for North America of the World Zionist Organization.^{[citation needed]}

Levine was invited for five weeks 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 Office.^{[citation needed]}

He has worked with dozens of international leaders including Al Gore, Malcolm Hoenlein, Edgar Bronfman, Cyril Stein, Rupert Murdoch, Ed Koch, Hillary Clinton, Michael Bloomberg, Sam Brownback and Arnold Schwarzenegger.^{[citation needed]} Included in his clientele are General Electric, Bank of America, Veritas Venture Capital, Israel Aircraft Industries, ECI Telecom, Hebrew University, and Nefesh B’Nefesh.^{[citation needed]}

Levine has been a monthly columnist for Hadassah Magazine since 2002.^{[citation needed]} He has won several awards, the most recent of which were first place for "Best International Campaign" and "Best NGO Special Event" in 2005 from the Israel Public Relations Society.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}