Leora Levy

Leora Levy is a Cuban-American businesswoman, currently serving a representative to the Republican National Committee for Connecticut. In October 2019, Levy was nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as the United States Ambassador to Chile.

Leora Levy
Personal details
BornCuba
NationalityAmerican
EducationBrown University (AB)

Early life and education

Levy born in Cuba in the late 1950s and fled with her family from Fidel Castro's regime.[1] She earned an Bachelor of Arts from Brown University.[2][3][4]

Career

Levy was one of the first female commodity traders to work as a sugar trader and Assistant Vice President at Ambrit Sugars and as an International Sugar, Steel and Copper Concentrates Trader and Traffic Executive for Phibro-Salomon, Inc.[2]

Her long history of leadership includes Finance Chairman of the Connecticut Republican Party from 2013–2015.[3] She served as served as the finance chair for Republican Bob Stefanowski during his bid for governor of Connecticut in 2018.[1]

In the 2016 Republican primary, she supported Jeb Bush. She criticized Donald Trump, saying at the time that he was "vulgar, ill-mannered and disparages those whom he cannot intimidate".[5] She later applauded Trump's leadership.[5]

Ambassadorship nomination

On September 26, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Levy to be the next United States Ambassador to Chile.[2] On October 25, 2019, her nomination was sent to the Senate.[6] On January 3, 2020, her nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate.[7] On May 4, 2020, her renomination was sent to the Senate.[8] Her nomination is currently pending before the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

Awards and recognition

In 2019, Levy was named the winner of the Prescott Bush Award, the highest honor of the Connecticut Republican Party.[9][5]

See also

References
  1. Kroeker, Jo (2019-12-12). "Trump ambassador hopeful Leora Levy of Greenwich once called him 'vulgar'". GreenwichTime. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  2. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate and Appoint Personnel to Key Administration Posts" White House, September 26, 2019 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. "Levy, Leora Rosenberg - Republic of Chile - October 2019". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  4. Keating, Christopher. "After escaping Castro's Cuba as a child, Leora Levy has become the top Republican fundraiser in Connecticut". courant.com. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
  5. Osnos, Evan. "How Greenwich Republicans Learned to Love Trump". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
  6. "Twenty-five Nominations and Three Withdrawals Sent to the Senate", The White House, October 25, 2019
  7. "PN1162 - Nomination of Leora Rosenberg Levy for Department of State, 116th Congress (2019-2020)". www.congress.gov. 2020-01-03. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  8. "Thirty Nominations and One Withdrawal Sent to the Senate", The White House, May 4, 2020
  9. Altimari, Daniela; Keating, Christopher. "White House nominates Greenwich's Leora Levy to be U.S. ambassador to Chile". courant.com. Retrieved 2020-05-05.


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