Zoë Eliot Baird (born June 20, 1952)[2] is an American lawyer and Senior Counselor for Technology and Economic Growth to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo.

with a joint degree in political science and communications and public policy, Phi Beta Kappa, in 1974 from the University of California, Berkeley, where she was a member of the Order of the Golden Bear.

Baird clerked for U.S. District Judge Albert C. Wollenberg from 1977 to 1978 and worked as Attorney-Advisor at the Office of Legal Counsel at the U.S. Department of Justice from 1979 to 1980.

[11] She withdrew her name from consideration when it was learned that she had informed Clinton that she and her husband had hired undocumented immigrants to serve as her chauffeur and nanny and also not paid their Social Security taxes.

[12] The matter, dubbed "Nannygate", attracted intense public attention, and the question "Do you have a Zoë Baird problem?"

Baird was also a member of the National Security Agency Advisory Board Cyber Awareness and Response Panel (2010–11).

[21] Baird and former Netscape CEO Jim Barksdale served as co-chairs of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age.

[7] Along with Starbucks chairman, president and chief executive officer Howard Schultz, Baird served as the co-chair for the Markle Initiative for America's Economic Future in a Networked World.