Aaron Baird is the Director of Communications at Protect Democracy where he leads a team of narrative, media, content, creative and digital strategists. Aaron is also a co-author of The Authoritarian Playbook: A Media Guide and has staffed the National Task Force on Election Crises in past election cycles. Aaron previously served as a senior policy advisor to Rep. Adam Schiff, and later led content partnerships at Quartz, a media company. He holds a master’s in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics and a B.A. in Political Science from UCLA.