Citizens Budget Commission (CBC) President Andrew S. Rein released this statement on behalf of the CBC:

“I am pleased to announce that Charlotte Levitt will become CBC’s Vice President for Strategy and Communications starting Monday, July 25. Charlotte is joining us to help ensure CBC’s high quality research is always clear and leveraged strategically to influence critical current fiscal and policy debates, as New York faces some of its greatest challenges in generations. She brings an uncommon breadth of experience, from communications and marketing to policy education, that will allow her to hit the ground running and even better empower New York’s policy makers with the information they need to make the best decisions.”

Charlotte Levitt, incoming Vice President for Strategy and Communications adds:

“I’m thrilled to be joining a CBC team who are the best in the business when it comes to independent, non-partisan research and policy recommendations. CBC’s reports are respected across all levels of government and the policy community, and help drive change that benefits all New Yorkers. I look forward to working with my colleagues in the coming months to amplify CBC’s important work.”

About Charlotte Levitt

Charlotte Levitt previously served as the Director of Marketing and Digital Communications at the New York City Campaign Finance Board, where she led a 14-person team that published the non-partisan Voter Guide and oversaw the NYC Votes public brand. Levitt previously served as Acting Vice President of Marketing and Communications at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, where she oversaw strategic marketing and campaigns, and as consultant with Strategy&, the strategy consulting division of PwC, where she advised clients in education and consumer products. Levitt has over 15 years of experience in external-facing roles in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors, earned an MBA from Columbia Business School, and is an alumna of Coro Leadership New York.