Phil Levy

Starting June 17th, 2019, Dr. Phil Levy will lead qualitative and quantitative economic research at Flexport informed by public policy data and proprietary data. Dr. Levy will use his research to inform the market on global trade trends and help Flexport teams make product and business strategy decisions to best serve clients. Dr. Levy comes to Flexport with over two decades of experience researching and forming global trade policy. Prior to joining Flexport, Dr. Levy served as Senior Fellow on the Global Economy at Chicago Council on Global Affairs and Adjunct Professor of Strategy at Northwestern Kellogg. Previously, Dr. Levy served on the President's Council of Economic Advisors as Senior Economist for Trade and as a member of the policy planning staff for the U.S. Department of State. He has testified before numerous congressional committees and has written regularly for Forbes, The Hill, and Foreign Policy. He has also taught global economic policy and international trade at Georgetown, Columbia, the University of Virginia, and Yale. Phil holds a Ph.D in Economics from Stanford University.