Donald A. Baer

{{Short description|Chairman of the Board of PBS (born 1954)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = 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 = {{birth date and age|1954|9|17}} |birth_place = [[Fayetteville, North Carolina|Fayetteville]], [[North Carolina]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = Nancy Bard |education = [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[London School of Economics]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])<br>[[University of Virginia]] ([[Juris Doctor|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]].<ref>[https://www.prweek.com/article/1706547/former-burson-marsteller-ceo-don-baer-joins-brunswick-group Don Baer to exit BCW at year's end] Thomas Moore, ''PR Week'', September 27 2019</ref> He was formerly the Worldwide Chair and CEO of [[Burson-Marsteller]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bcw-global.com/about-us/don-baer|title = About|date = August 11, 2021}}</ref> a public relations firm, and is the current Chairman of the Board of [[PBS]].<ref name=PBS>[https://web.archive.org/web/20151124162946/http://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/board-directors/donald-baer/ Donald A. Baer] PBS. Accessed October 28, 2016. [https://web.archive.org/web/20161029045357/http://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/board-directors/donald-baer/ Archive URL]</ref> 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]].<ref name=PBS/> He and his wife, Nancy Bard, wed in 1987.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/21/style/nancy-alison-bard-weds-donald-baer.html Nancy Alison Bard Weds Donald Baer] ''The New York Times''. September 21, 1987.</ref>

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== External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20101110034317/http://www.politico.com/arena/bio/don_baer.html Bio from Politico] *{{C-SPAN}} {{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before=[[Mark Gearan]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[White House Communications Director]]|years=1995–1997}} {{s-aft|after=[[Ann Lewis]]}} {{s-end}}

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