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Half Moon Bay, California 94019
Life in the Foreign Service
Join us for a conversation with Ambassador Jeffrey D. Levine (ret.), a 30-year veteran of the United States Foreign Service, culminating with his appointment as United States Ambassador to Estonia from 2012 to 2015. Ambassador Levine will discuss his career and address the value to the United States of a robust diplomatic corps, touching on current events as it relates to the Foreign Service and American diplomacy.
About the Speaker
Jeffrey D. Levine was born in New Jersey and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. Joining the Foreign Service in 1985, he rose to the Senior Foreign Service, attaining the rank of Minister Counselor. Prior to his position in Estonia, he served as Deputy Chief of Mission/Charge’ d’affaires at the United States Embassy in Budapest, Hungary, from 2007 to 2010. In addition to his assignment in Hungary, he served as Deputy Chief of Mission in Sofia, Bulgaria, and has also been posted to Brasilia, Brazil; Nicosia, Cyprus; Alexandria, Egypt; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; and Lima, Peru.
Within the Department of State, Ambassador Levine served in the Operations Center as desk officer for Hungary and as a special assistant to the Under Secretary for Management. He has received numerous Department of State awards, including the Secretary’s Career Achievement Award, as well as the Cross of Terra Mariana, presented by the Government of Estonia, and the Golden Laurel Medal, presented by the Government of Bulgaria.
Before joining the Department of State, Ambassador Levine worked as a newspaper reporter for seven years and was a founding staff member of USA Today. He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from California State University, Humboldt, and a master’s degree in resource strategy from the National Defense University in Washington, DC.
Ambassador Levine lives on the San Mateo coast and is an award-winning stained-glass artist with works exhibited at the Ocean Blue Vault on Main Street in Half Moon Bay.
