Words matter.
And leaders in business, politics, tech, and philanthropy turn to A.H. Levy & Co. to help them convey their ideas with nuance and care.
Founded in 2016, A.H. Levy & Co. works with Fortune 500 CEOs and startup founders, university presidents and leading philanthropists, former Cabinet secretaries and rising stars in Congress. What they all have in common is a belief in the power of good ideas, persuasively stated, to drive impact.
We’re speechwriters and strategic advisers, comfortable with complexity and precise with language. Working across a range of industries, we partner directly with principals to craft and deliver messages, protect and enhance reputations, and advance our clients’ objectives.
Intro
We offer bespoke services to our clients, shaping each engagement to meet specific needs. Our offerings include:
What We Do
Communications strategy
CEO advisory
Crisis response
Speechwriting
Ghostwriting
Editing
Media training and delivery coaching
Who We’ve Worked With
Alex Levy
Alex Levy is a media strategist, speechwriter, and five-time Tony Award-winning producer based in New York.
Alex founded A.H. Levy & Co. in 2016. The firm helps a wide range of leaders hone their voice, refine their reputations, navigate political dynamics, defuse crises, and otherwise achieve their goals.
Alex began his career as a tax policy aide to Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and later served as the Senator’s Chief Speechwriter. He then moved to New York to attend law school, and upon graduation clerked for Chief Judge Patti Saris of the U.S. District Court in Boston. He briefly joined the law firm Paul, Weiss before returning to speechwriting as a VP at the public affairs firm SKDK.
Alex’s work on behalf of clients has appeared in most major American publications, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and Vogue. He has written under his own name for The New York Times.
Alex also produces theater in New York and London through his production company, Alex Levy Productions.
Alex serves on the Board of Trustees of NYU School of Law and is vice chairman of the nonprofit theater Playwrights Horizons. A native of Buffalo, New York, Alex earned a BA, with honors, from Wesleyan University, and a JD, magna cum laude and Order of the Coif, from NYU School of Law. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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Alex Levy helps big shots say the right thing.
Alex Levy, 37, describes himself blandly as an “adviser to people in public life.” New York Review of Books editor Emily Greenhouse calls him “the secret macher whisperer beneath Gotham.” His ex-boss, Senator Chuck Schumer, attests, “He always gives great advice.” What that means is Levy is on hand to help various eminences sound eminently reasonable. His clients, who hire him on long-term retainer, have included Robert Rubin, Steve Ballmer, Ronald Lauder, Shari Redstone, and Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick — not to mention the top brass of the New York Times (including various Sulzbergers who work at the family biz). — Brock Colyar, October 2023
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Team
Jesse Oxfeld, Managing Director
Jesse Oxfeld leads the firm’s work for several major clients in media, philanthropy, and advocacy.
Jesse joined A.H. Levy & Co. in 2017 as a contributing senior writer and took on his current position at the start of 2024. Beginning his career as a journalist, he has spent more than 25 years in media and communications roles in New York, giving him a deep knowledge of the city’s media industry and landscape.
His first job was as an intern at Newsweek, and he later served as an editor at New York Magazine, the theater critic at The New York Observer, an editor at Gawker.com, and a leader of the founding team at Tablet Magazine, among other editorial roles. More recently, he was communications advisor and speechwriter to the president of Pace University, in lower Manhattan, where he guided the university’s messaging through the Covid-19 pandemic. He also worked in creative roles at Ogilvy & Mather and Vox Creative, the content studio at Vox Media.
He is a graduate of Stanford University, and he splits his time between Manhattan and Bellport, New York.
Jimmy Soni, Senior Writer
Jimmy Soni handles technology and startup clients for the firm.
An award-winning author, speechwriter, and media professional, Jimmy joined A.H. Levy & Co. in 2020. His work under his own name has appeared in The Atlantic, Slate, Forbes, and many other publications. His last book, THE FOUNDERS: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley, a national bestseller, was called one of the “books to read in 2022” by the Financial Times and “an intensely magnetic chronicle” by The New York Times.
He began his career at McKinsey & Company and is a graduate of Duke University.
Caleb Spiegel Ostrom, Vice President
Caleb Spiegel Ostrom first joined A.H. Levy & Co. in 2018 as an associate and rejoined the firm in 2024 in his current role. He works with several philanthropies, media companies, and financial services firms.
A writer, strategist, and book editor, Caleb served for more than two years as a speechwriter to the Mayor of New York City, where he shaped messaging on the most important matters facing New Yorkers. Previously, he staffed the 2020 presidential campaigns of Pete Buttigieg and Joe Biden. He is a graduate of Harvard College.
Jared Reinfeldt, Chief of Staff
Jared Reinfeldt joined A.H. Levy & Co. in 2023 and manages the firm’s operations.
As an actor, Jared has appeared in plays and musicals Off-Broadway and around the country. His film and television work includes projects with Greta Gerwig, Ryan Murphy, Steven Soderbergh, Gus Van Sant, and Kathryn Bigelow. He is a graduate of Boston College.
Elijah Herenstein, Associate
Elijah Herenstein joined A.H. Levy & Co. in 2025 and supports work across all of our clients.
Prior to joining the firm, Elijah worked on speechwriting projects in the United States Senate and served as a research assistant to the historian Jonathan Sarna. He received a bachelor's degree, summa cum laude, from Brandeis University and an MPhil degree, with first class honours, from the University of Cambridge.