Kenneth S. Baer[1] (born October 17, 1972)[2] is an American political advisor and author who served as Associate Director for Communications and Strategic Planning and Senior Advisor forWhite House'sOffice of Management and Budget from 2009 to 2012.[3] He is the founder and co-editor ofDemocracy: A Journal of Ideas.[4] Baer is a former White House speechwriter, author, and analyst.[5] He is the CEO and Founder of the strategic communications firm, Crosscut Strategies.
Baer graduatedmagna cum laude from theUniversity of Pennsylvania, where he was elected toPhi Beta Kappa and was editorial page editor ofThe Daily Pennsylvanian. Afterward, Baer obtained adoctorate in Politics from theUniversity of Oxford as aThouron Scholar.[6][7]
Baer was Deputy Director of Speechwriting forAl Gore 2000 presidential campaign and Senior Speechwriter forVice PresidentAl Gore. He also wrote on technology and telecommunications issues forFederal Communications Commission (FCC) ChairmanWilliam Kennard.
During the2004 presidential election, he was a senior advisor to theJoe Lieberman 2004 presidential campaign and later advised theJohn Kerry 2004 presidential campaign. During the election, Baer was an online columnist forThe American Prospect. He was also a contributor to the blogTPMCafe.
Following the election of PresidentBarack Obama in 2008, he was named Associate Director for Communications and Strategic Planning forPeter R. Orszag, then director of the Office of Management and Budget. Baer remained in the position when Orszag resigned, and left OMB in July 2012.[8]
In addition to running his own consultancy firm, Crosscut Strategies, he has taught atGeorgetown University and atJohns Hopkins University.
Baer is the author ofReinventing Democrats.[9]
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