Don Baer | |
Office: | White House Communications Director |
President: | Bill Clinton |
Term Start: | August 14, 1995 |
Term End: | July 31, 1997 |
Predecessor: | Mark Gearan |
Successor: | Ann Lewis |
Office1: | White House Director of Speechwriting |
President1: | Bill Clinton |
Term Start1: | March 9, 1994 |
Term End1: | August 14, 1995 |
Predecessor1: | David Kusnet |
Successor1: | Michael Waldman |
Birth Date: | 17 September 1954 |
Birth Place: | Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S. |
Party: | Democratic |
Spouse: | Nancy Bard |
Education: | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BA) London School of Economics (MA) University of Virginia (JD) |
Donald Aaron Baer (born September 17, 1954) is an American who has worked as a media lawyer, journalist, and a senior advisor to then-president Bill Clinton who was formerly Chairman of Burson Cohn & Wolfe.[1] He was formerly the Worldwide Chair and CEO of Burson-Marsteller,[2] a public relations firm, and is the current Chairman of the Board of PBS.[3] Baer received his undergraduate education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a masters in international relations at the London School of Economics, and a J.D. degree from the University of Virginia School of Law.[3] He and his wife, Nancy Bard, wed in 1987.[4]