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Don Baer
White House Communications Director
In office
August 14, 1995 – July 31, 1997
President Bill Clinton
Preceded by Mark Gearan
Succeeded by Ann Lewis
White House Director of Speechwriting
In office
March 9, 1994 – August 14, 1995
President Bill Clinton
Preceded byDavid Kusnet
Succeeded by Michael Waldman
Personal details
Born (1954-09-17) September 17, 1954 (age 69)
Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S.
Political party Democratic
SpouseNancy 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]

References

  1. ^ Don Baer to exit BCW at year's end Thomas Moore, PR Week, September 27 2019
  2. ^ "About". August 11, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Donald A. Baer PBS. Accessed October 28, 2016. Archive URL
  4. ^ Nancy Alison Bard Weds Donald Baer The New York Times. September 21, 1987.

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Political offices
Preceded by White House Communications Director
1995–1997
Succeeded by