Background
Baird, Zoë was born on June 20, 1952 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Ralph Louis and Naomi Baird.
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Baird, Zoë was born on June 20, 1952 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Ralph Louis and Naomi Baird.
AB, University of California, Berkeley, 1974; Juris Doctor, University of California, Berkeley, 1977.
Law clerk to Honorary Albert Wollenberg United States District Court (northern district) California, San Francisco, 1977-1978. Attorney, advisor Office Legal Counsel United States Department Justice, Washington, 1979-1980. Associate counsel to President The White House, 1980-1981.
Associate, then partner O'Melveny & Myers LLP, 1981-1986. Counsellor, staff executive General Electric Company, Fairfield, Connecticut, 1986-1990. Vice president, general counsel Aetna Life & Casualty, Hartford, 1990-1993, senior vice president, general counsel, 1993-1996.
Visiting scholar Yale Law School, 1996—1997. President Markle Foundation, New York City, since 1998. Member Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, 1993-2002, International Competition Policy Advisory Committee, 1997-2000, Technology & Privacy Advisory Committee, 2003-2004.
Board directors Chubb Corporation, since 1998, Convergys Corporation, since 2003, Boston Properties, Inc., since 2005.
Board directors Lawyers for Children American, Brookings Institute. Member American Law Institute, Council on Foreign Relations.
Married Paul Gewirtz, June 8, 1986. 1child, Julian Baird Gewirtz.