Hope Levy

Motivated to refocus services to create and maintain a variable healthcare system for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), Hope Levy has served as the Executive Director of Premier HealthCare, a YAI affiliate, since 2017. Every year, Premier sees more than 9,000 patients, many of whom would otherwise have limited access to medical and dental care. Levy’s efforts to overhaul legacy systems ended years of operating deficits in 2019. Since then, she has instituted numerous innovations as Premier became among the first specialty clinics in the United States to make telemedicine available. Given the increased vulnerability to infection within the I/DD community, Levy’s efforts over the earliest months of the pandemic saved lives. For more than 20 years, Levy has held increasingly senior roles in the I/DD field. Prior to joining Premier, she served as Senior Director of Business Development and Government Relations at YAI. Throughout her career, she has played a crucial role in expanding early intervention, Article 16 services, Article 28 clinics, and has provided technical assistance to more than 150 I/DD nonprofit agencies throughout New York City. In 2021, Crain’s New York Business called Levy one of New York’s “Notables in Health Care”. She earned her Master of Social Work from New York University.