Duane Baughman

President and Creative Director

You can reach Duane at:
Phone:  (415) 672-4687
E-mail: dbaughman@baughmancompany.com  

With Duane’s leadership, The Baughman Company has become synonymous with giving back through charities such as the Jackie Robinson Foundation, B’Nai Brith, the Anti-Defamation League, Publicolor in New York City, USC’s Annenberg School of Communications, International Crisis Center and dozens of other causes.

On the personal side, Baughman is proud to honor his mother, a former president of the San Diego chapter of the United Nations Association (UNA) by creating and funding the Annette I Baughman Scholarship that sends students from Duane’s childhood home of San Diego to college.  The UNA has recognized Duane for his contribution with a “Friend of the UNA” award.

Duane founded the Baughman Company in 1995 and quickly rocketed to the top of his industry.  Also, in 2006, Baughman was one of only 6 national Democratic mail strategists hired by the DCCC to develop and execute the mail campaign ultimately responsible for winning back the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives.

Baughman played a pivotal role in the election of Atlanta’s first African-American woman mayor, Shirley Franklin, and in helping elect Kathleen Sebelius, the first Democratic woman governor of Kansas.  In 2004 Baughman created mail for Howard Dean's race for the White House.  Baughman’s innovative persuasion outreach program was recognized by the Association of Political Consultants with a near sweep of the Presidential mail category – collecting Gold and Silver Pollie Awards.

In 2001, Baughman created the award-winning 40 piece mail plan that helped bring Mike Bloomberg from 40 points behind and swept him into the New York City Mayor’s office. Bloomberg again tapped The Baughman Company to win a landslide reelection in 2005.

Baughman was a producer of the acclaimed off-Broadway play, “RFK” which enjoyed an extended run at the Bleeker Street Theater/Culture Project playhouse.