Ethan Baker

Baker is the mayor of Troy, first elected to city council in 2015 and mayor in 2019. He is an attorney who owns his own law practice in Troy, focusing on elder law, estate planning, business law, and real estate. He now chairs the Great Lakes Fishery Commission as a presidentially appointed U.S. commissioner, working with Canadian officials on Great Lakes environmental and economic issues. He holds a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Southern California, a law degree from Whittier College School of Law, and a Master of Public Affairs from the University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Early in his career he served more than four years as special assistant to the president in the post-presidential office of Ronald and Nancy Reagan.

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