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.
Intro
Founded in 2016 by Alex Levy, former chief speechwriter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, A.H. Levy & Co. has worked 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: a belief in the power of good ideas, persuasively stated, to drive impact.
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Alex Levy
Alex Levy is a media strategist, speechwriter, and four-time Tony Award-winning producer based in New York.
Alex began his career as an economic policy aide to Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer. In 2010, at age 24, he became the Senator’s Chief Speechwriter and Deputy Communications Director.
After his time on Capitol Hill, Alex moved to New York to attend law school at NYU School of Law. A member of the New York Bar, Alex clerked for Chief Judge Patti Saris of the U.S. District Court in Boston and was an associate at the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison before returning to speechwriting as a Vice President at the public affairs firm SKDK.
In 2016, he founded A.H. Levy & Co., a speechwriting and strategy firm. The firm helps high-profile leaders in business, politics, tech, and philanthropy hone their voice and navigate public life.
Alex’s writings on behalf of clients have appeared in every major American publication, 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 is vice chairman of the nonprofit theater Playwrights Horizons and a member of the Broadway League. He has co-produced seven Broadway shows: Sunset Blvd. (2024), Stereophonic (Tony Award, Best Play, 2024), Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club (2024), Just For Us (2023), Parade (Tony Award, Best Revival of a Musical, 2023), A Strange Loop (Tony Award, Best Musical, 2022) and Company (Tony Award, Best Revival of a Musical, 2022). He was the lead producer of Job, which ran on Broadway in the fall of 2024.
A native of Buffalo, New York, Alex received his BA, with honors, from Wesleyan University, and his JD, magna cum laude and Order of the Coif, from NYU School of Law, where he serves on the Board of Trustees.
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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
Team
Jesse Oxfeld, Managing Director
Jesse Oxfeld joined the firm in 2017 as a contributing senior writer and took on his current position in 2024. He is a speechwriter, strategist, and former journalist. For six years, he served as 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 previously worked in creative roles at Vox Creative, the in-house content studio at Vox Media, and Ogilvy & Mather. As a journalist, he was 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. He is a graduate of Stanford University.
Jimmy Soni, Senior Writer
Jimmy Soni, an award-winning author, speechwriter, and media professional, joined A.H. Levy & Co. in 2020. Under his own name, his work 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, was a national bestseller and 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. 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. As an actor, he’s 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. Jared is a graduate of Boston College.
Elijah Herenstein, Associate
Elijah Herenstein joined A.H. Levy & Co. in 2025. 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.