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 William Jefferson Clinton ( né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and agai ...

who was formerly Chairman of Burson Cohn & Wolfe. He was formerly the Worldwide Chair and CEO of

Burson-Marsteller Burson Cohn & Wolfe is a multinational public relations and communications firm, headquartered in New York City. In February 2018, parent WPP Group PLC announced that it had merged its subsidiaries Cohn & Wolfe with Burson-Marsteller. The comb ...

, a public relations firm, and is the current Chairman of the Board of

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.Donald A. Baer
PBS. Accessed October 28, 2016
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/ref> Baer received his undergraduate education at the

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States ...

, a masters in international relations at the

London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...

, and a J.D. degree from the

University of Virginia School of Law The University of Virginia School of Law (Virginia Law or UVA Law) is the law school of the University of Virginia, a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. It was founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson as part of his "academical v ...

. He and his wife, Nancy Bard, wed in 1987.Nancy Alison Bard Weds Donald Baer
''The New York Times''. September 21, 1987.

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* 1954 births Living people American chief executives American male journalists American lawyers Clinton administration personnel University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni University of Virginia School of Law alumni {{PBS-stub