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Lauren Baer

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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Education

  • BA, Social Studies, Harvard University
  • JD, Yale Law School, 2004-2007
  • MPhil, Development Studies, University of Oxford, 2002-2004

Professional Experience

  • BA, Social Studies, Harvard University
  • JD, Yale Law School, 2004-2007
  • MPhil, Development Studies, University of Oxford, 2002-2004
  • Consultant, Albright Stonebridge Group, 2017-present
  • Senior Advisor, Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton and John Kerry, 2011-2017
  • Senior Policy Advisor, Untied States Ambassador to the United Nations, Samatha Power, United States Department of State, 2016-2017
  • Policy Planning Staff, Secretary of State, United States Department of State, 2011-2016
  • Senior Associate, WilmerHale, 2008-2011
  • Law Clerk, Honorable Robert D. Sack, United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 2007-2008
  • Policy Consultant, The Albright Group Limited Liability Company, 2006
  • Legal Advisor, Independent Inquiry Committee to the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program, 2005
  • Policy Advisor, UNDP, 2003
  • Researcher, South Asia Human Rights Documentation Center, 2000

Political Experience

  • BA, Social Studies, Harvard University
  • JD, Yale Law School, 2004-2007
  • MPhil, Development Studies, University of Oxford, 2002-2004
  • Consultant, Albright Stonebridge Group, 2017-present
  • Senior Advisor, Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton and John Kerry, 2011-2017
  • Senior Policy Advisor, Untied States Ambassador to the United Nations, Samatha Power, United States Department of State, 2016-2017
  • Policy Planning Staff, Secretary of State, United States Department of State, 2011-2016
  • Senior Associate, WilmerHale, 2008-2011
  • Law Clerk, Honorable Robert D. Sack, United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 2007-2008
  • Policy Consultant, The Albright Group Limited Liability Company, 2006
  • Legal Advisor, Independent Inquiry Committee to the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program, 2005
  • Policy Advisor, UNDP, 2003
  • Researcher, South Asia Human Rights Documentation Center, 2000
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Florida, District 18, 2018

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • BA, Social Studies, Harvard University
  • JD, Yale Law School, 2004-2007
  • MPhil, Development Studies, University of Oxford, 2002-2004
  • Consultant, Albright Stonebridge Group, 2017-present
  • Senior Advisor, Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton and John Kerry, 2011-2017
  • Senior Policy Advisor, Untied States Ambassador to the United Nations, Samatha Power, United States Department of State, 2016-2017
  • Policy Planning Staff, Secretary of State, United States Department of State, 2011-2016
  • Senior Associate, WilmerHale, 2008-2011
  • Law Clerk, Honorable Robert D. Sack, United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 2007-2008
  • Policy Consultant, The Albright Group Limited Liability Company, 2006
  • Legal Advisor, Independent Inquiry Committee to the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program, 2005
  • Policy Advisor, UNDP, 2003
  • Researcher, South Asia Human Rights Documentation Center, 2000
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Florida, District 18, 2018
  • Term Member, Council on Foreign Relations, 2014-present
  • Fellow, Truman National Security Project, 2014-present
  • Member, Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies, 2011-present
  • Vice President, Board Member, Association of Marshall Scholars, 2009-present
  • Member, NationSwell Council, 2015
  • Advisory Board Member, Yale Journal of International Advisory Board, 2008-2009

Other Info

Hobbies or Special Talents:

tennis, distance running, and spending time outdoors

  • 1 Dog: Buscuit

— Publications:

  • The Continuum of Deference: Supreme Court Treatment of Agency Statutory Interpretations from Chevron to Hamdan, Georgetown Law Journal, 2008

Policy Positions

2021

Abortion

Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Yes

2. In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
- Unknown Position

Campaign Finance

Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No

Education

Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Yes

Energy & Environment

1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- Yes

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes

Guns

Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes

Health Care

Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- No

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- No

2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- No

Marijuana

Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- Unknown Position

National Security

1. Should the United States use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- No

2. Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support?
- Unknown Position

Speeches
Events

2018

Nov. 6
Lauren Baer Election Night Watch Party!

Tue 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM EST

Embassy Suites by Hilton Palm Beach Gardens PGA Boulevard Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Nov. 6
Voting In The 2018 Midterm Election

Tue 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM EST