Background
Levine was born ca 1954 and raised in California.
Levine was born ca 1954 and raised in California.
He presented his credentials to President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves on September 17, 2012. He left his post sometime in 2015. Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, 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 District of Columbia Public service
Levine joined the Foreign Service in 1985.
At the United States Department of State, he served in the Operations Center as desk officer for Hungary and as a special assistant to the Under Secretary for Management.
He served as Deputy Chief of Mission/Chargé d"Affaires at the United States. Embassy in Budapest, Hungary from 2007-2010. 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.
At the time of his nomination, he had been the State Department’s director of Recruitment, Examination and Employment since September 2010.
Before joining the Department of State, Jeff Levine worked as a newspaper reporter for seven years and was a founding staff member of United States of America Today, one of the largest newspapers in the United States. Levine is a member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister Counselor.
