Robert S. "Bob" Weiner (born April 3, 1947) is a newspaper columnist, American Democratic strategist and political commentator. Mr. Weiner served as campaign aide to Massachusetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy, chief of staff for the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Aging under Florida Congressman Claude Pepper, as well as a White House Chief of Press Relations and Director of Public Affairs during the Clinton and Bush administrations. He is president of the Maryland-based public relations firm Robert Weiner Associates and the founder and board member of the MD nonprofit group Solutions for Change. Weiner is best known for his progressive editorial articles, published in newspapers across the country, in which he addresses contemporary American public policy from a center-left position. He is married to Dr. Patricia Berg.