Levin, Fay Hartog, 1948-

Fay Hartog Levin (born 1948) is an American lawyer, consultant, and diplomat. She is a former United States Ambassador to the Netherlands, from 2009 to 2011. She has served as a Trustee of the Weinberg Foundation since May of 2016. Ambassador Levin is a Distinguished Fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. She has been a Lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School since 2013.

Ambassador Levin’s prior professional roles include serving as a senior consultant at Res Publica Group, Vice President for External Affairs at the Field Museum, and a legal advisor to the Illinois State Board of Education. Her professional career includes 20 years in private practice representing primarily school boards, private and public colleges, and social service agencies. Ambassador Levin holds, or has held, numerous board positions with organizations, including the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, WWCI (WTTW-WFMT), the Harris Public Policy School of the University of Chicago, the East Bank Club, the Chicago Advisory Board of U.S. Bank, DePaul University, Columbia College Chicago, the Merit School of Music, the Buck Institute for Research on Aging (Novato, CA), the Foundation for the National Archives (Washington, DC), and the Roosevelt Institute (New York, NY). She has served as a member of and chaired the Arts Alliance Illinois Board of Directors.

Ambassador Levin is a graduate of Northwestern University with a degree in Russian language and literature. She received her JD from Loyola University School of Law. She holds an honorary LLM from Knox College. She resides in Winnetka, Illinois with her husband, Daniel Levin, Chairman of The Habitat Company and is the mother of two children and two grandchildren.