Kenneth Baer

Kenneth S. Baer[1] (born October 17, 1972)[2] is an American political advisor and author who served as associate director of communications for White House's Office of Management and Budget from 2009 to 2012.[3][4] He is the founder and co-editor of Democracy: A Journal of Ideas.[5] Baer is a former White House speechwriter, author, and analyst.[6]

Not to be confused with Kenneth Bae.
Kenneth Baer
Born (1972-10-17) October 17, 1972
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania (BA)
University of Oxford (PhD)
OccupationSpeechwriter, author
Political partyDemocratic

Early life and education

Baer graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and was editorial page editor of The Daily Pennsylvanian. Afterward, Baer obtained a doctorate in Politics from the University of Oxford as a Thouron Scholar.[7]

Career

Baer was Deputy Director of Speechwriting for Al Gore 2000 presidential campaign and Senior Speechwriter for Vice President Al Gore. He also wrote on technology and telecommunications issues for Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman William Kennard.

During the 2004 presidential election, he was a senior advisor to the Joe Lieberman 2004 presidential campaign and later advised the John Kerry 2004 presidential campaign on a variety of policy issues. During the election, Baer was an online columnist for The American Prospect. He was also a contributor to the blog TPMCafe.

Following the election of President Barack Obama in 2008, he was named director of communications for Peter R. Orszag, then director of the Office of Management and Budget. Baer remained in the position when Orszag resigned.

In addition to running his own consultancy firm, Crosscut Strategies, he has taught at Georgetown University and at Johns Hopkins University.

Baer is the author of Reinventing Democrats: The Politics of Liberalism from Reagan to Clinton. He has also published commentaries in Slate, the Los Angeles Times, and the Washington Post. He has appeared as a political analyst on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, ABC News, NPR, BBC, and CBC.

References
  1. https://www.c-span.org/video/?157842-1/reinventing-democrats
  2. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJZQ-21LH
  3. United States Government Manual (December 2012 edition) - Executive Branch: The President, Office of Management and Budget
  4. "Let's Scrap the ATF—and Other Fun Ways to Work Together".
  5. Broder, David S. (22 June 2006). "Thinking Outside The Blog". Washington Post. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
  6. Arena Profile: Kenneth Baer
  7. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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