Full Name
Molly Levinson
Job Title
CEO
Company
The Levinson Group
Speaker Bio
Ms. Levinson is a strategic advisor to influential leaders and businesses on reputational and brand issues at the intersection of media, policy, and the law, and often serves as the lead strategist in communications campaigns. Her deep knowledge of media, including global landscape, relationships, and competitive positioning, has contributed to a track record of leveraging brand strengths in dynamic and complex environments.
Her two decades of practice includes experience on both sides of high-stakes news: developing hundreds of comprehensive communications campaigns to connect targeted audiences to compelling stories, and conversely, leading political coverage at major media outlets. Levinson receives top ranking by Chambers and Partners for her work in Crisis and Issues Management and Litigation Support Communications. PR News named her one of the “top Women in PR” in 2021 and called her a "known problem solver" when the organization awarded her the 2017 “Crisis Manager of the Year.” LawDragon named Levinson one of the “top 100 legal strategists in the U.S.” in 2021. She is a leading architect of the effort to achieve pay equality for the U.S. Women’s National soccer team, serving as an advisor to the team and its Players Association since its inception.
Levinson’s expertise in developing and implementing policy and communications strategies is rooted in her experience at the most senior levels of news. An Emmy-award winning producer, she served as Political Director at CNN and CBS. At both networks, she directed all political reporting, led the networks’ Decision Desks, and served as a primary liaison with national political parties, campaigns, local and national elected officials, Capitol Hill and the White House for every election from 2002 to 2012. Levinson also covered major events including September 11, 2001 and the aftermath, and the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Levinson worked in both domestic and international realms prior to working in news; she was an analyst for Greenberg, Quinlan, Rosner Research, and before that, worked at the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. Levinson serves on the Board of Advisors for the Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation, and the Board of Trustees for Sixth & I synagogue and the Network for Victim Recovery of DC. She graduated cum laude from Wellesley College.
Her two decades of practice includes experience on both sides of high-stakes news: developing hundreds of comprehensive communications campaigns to connect targeted audiences to compelling stories, and conversely, leading political coverage at major media outlets. Levinson receives top ranking by Chambers and Partners for her work in Crisis and Issues Management and Litigation Support Communications. PR News named her one of the “top Women in PR” in 2021 and called her a "known problem solver" when the organization awarded her the 2017 “Crisis Manager of the Year.” LawDragon named Levinson one of the “top 100 legal strategists in the U.S.” in 2021. She is a leading architect of the effort to achieve pay equality for the U.S. Women’s National soccer team, serving as an advisor to the team and its Players Association since its inception.
Levinson’s expertise in developing and implementing policy and communications strategies is rooted in her experience at the most senior levels of news. An Emmy-award winning producer, she served as Political Director at CNN and CBS. At both networks, she directed all political reporting, led the networks’ Decision Desks, and served as a primary liaison with national political parties, campaigns, local and national elected officials, Capitol Hill and the White House for every election from 2002 to 2012. Levinson also covered major events including September 11, 2001 and the aftermath, and the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Levinson worked in both domestic and international realms prior to working in news; she was an analyst for Greenberg, Quinlan, Rosner Research, and before that, worked at the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. Levinson serves on the Board of Advisors for the Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation, and the Board of Trustees for Sixth & I synagogue and the Network for Victim Recovery of DC. She graduated cum laude from Wellesley College.
