REYNOLD LEVY was most recently the president of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, from March 1, 2002 to January 31, 2014. Before that he was president of the International Rescue Committee, a senior officer at AT&T and the president of the AT&T Foundation, executive director of the 92nd Street Y, and staff director of the Task Force on the New York City Fiscal Crisis.
A frequent recipient of awards and honorary degrees, Levy maintains a busy schedule of public speaking, university teaching, and consulting. Currently he is an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s School of International Public Affairs and a special advisor to the private equity firm General Atlantic.
Levy is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the chairman of the Charles H. Revson Foundation, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a member of the Tony Awards Nominating Committee. He also serves as a director of First Republic Bank.
A graduate of Hobart College, Phi Beta Kappa, Levy earned a PhD in government and foreign affairs from the University of Virginia and a law degree from Columbia University.
They Told Me Not to Take That Job is his fourth book.