Don Baer

Donald A. Baer is the founder of Palisades Media Ventures LLC, founded in 2011, where he held the title of Chairman.
Currently, he is Chairman at Penn Schoen Berland Associates LLC, Director & Vice President at Basic Builders, Inc., Director at The News Literacy Project, Director at Planet Word Museum, Member-Advisory Board at Toura LLC, and Member at Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. In the past, he held the position of Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Burson-Marsteller LLC from 2013 to 2018, Chief Executive Officer at Burson-Marsteller LLC (California) from 2008 to 2012, Vice Chairman at Public Broadcasting Service, Chairman at WPP Plc, Chairman at BCW LLC from 2018 to 2020, Independent Director at Meredith Corp.
from 2020 to 2021, Director at The Urban Institute, Director at FORA.tv, Inc., SEVP-Strategy & Development at Discovery, Inc. from 1998 to 2011, and Editor at U.S.
News & World Report LP.
He received his undergraduate degree from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and his graduate degrees from London School of Economics & Political Science and the University of Virginia School of Law.