Zoë Baird

Zoë Eliot Baird is an American lawyer and executive. She was CEO and President of the Markle Foundation from 1998 to 2022. She later served as Senior Counselor for Technology and Economic Growth to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo. In 1993, she was President Bill Clinton's initial nominee to serve as United States Attorney General. If confirmed, she would have been the first woman to serve in the role, but she withdrew her nomination when it was discovered she had hired illegal immigrants and failed to pay Social Security taxes for them.

Occupation

lawyer

Citizenship

United States

Born

June 20, 1952