Background
LEVIN, BLAIR was born on January 23, 1954 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
LEVIN, BLAIR was born on January 23, 1954 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Yale University (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1975. Juris Doctor, 1980). Law Clerk to Honorary Harry Pregerson, Circuit Judge, United States. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 19811982.
During the Presidency of Bill Clinton he was chief of staff to Federal Communication Commission chairman Reed Hundt from 1993 to 1997. From 2001 through 2008, he worked as a policy analyst for Legg Mason and then Stifel Nicolaus. Barron’s Magazine noted that as an analyst, Levin “has always been on top of developing trends and policy shifts in media and telecommunications … and has proved visionary in getting out in front of many of today’s headline making events.”
In 2008, he co-chaired the technology, innovation and government reform transition team for President-elect Barack Obama and subsequently served as the Executive Director for the effort that produced the National Broadband Plan.
Federal Communication Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler has noted that as to Levin’s role in broadband policy, “no one"s done more to advance broadband expansion and competition through the vision of National Broadband Plan and Gig.U."
He has spoken at many conferences on telecommunications policy.
Along with former Federal Communication Commission Chairman Reed Hundt, Levin authored The Politics of Abundance: How Technology Can Fix the Budget, Revive the American Dream, and Establish Obama"s Legacy. He is now a non-resident fellow at the Metropolitan Policy Project of the Brookings Institution.
He also is the Executive Director of the Gig.U project, a consortium of research university communities seeking to accelerate the deployment of next generation networks in the United States. The project has led to a number of communities obtaining next generation networks.
He worked on the 1982 campaign of Mayor Tom Bradley"s unsuccessful run for California governor and disputes the so-called Bradley Effect.
From 1984 through 1993, he was a lawyer with Parker, Poe, Adams and Bernstein in Raleigh, North Carolina. He graduated summa cum laude from Yale College and is a graduate of Yale Law School.
State Bar of California. Public Finance, Corporations and Business Organizations, Administrative Law.