James A. (Jim) Baker
Chairman & Secretary
Jim Baker is a long-time resident of Houston, Texas. He received his B.S. from the University of Rochester, his certification in Behavioral Science at the Rochester Institute of Technology, an M.S. from the State University of New York, and attended South Texas College of Law in Houston, Texas. Jim is a co-founder of the National Center for Dispute Settlement of the American Arbitration Association, a past instructor for the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University and an Adjunct Professor for the University of Houston. Jim remains an active sponsor and author with "The Anger Busting Workbook", the "Anger Busting™ Training and Counseling Guide" “TeleSales Marketing” and “Negotiations Tactics For Professionals” are a few of his recent publications. Jim also has a monthly column on Anger Related issues which appears in Recovery Today Magazine.

Walter Rogers
President & CEO
Walter Rogers is President and CEO of Baker Communications. He has created and led businesses in 13 countries on 3 continents. He was a finalist for the 2000 and 2001 Texas eCommerce Awards, is Vice-Chairman for the Houston Institute for Management Studies, is a guest instructor on the topics of entrepreneurship, sales and marketing at the University of Texas and has been interviewed on ABC News on the topic of Negotiating Skills. During his time with Baker Communications he has increased sales by over 800% in just four years and pushed the organization into new products, services and markets. Under his leadership he has increased Baker Communications market share to 1000 active clients who are now receiving over 200 training workshops per month growing 25% to 50% per year.

Lawne Gerhardt
Vice President of Global Sales and Business Development
Lawne Gerhardt is Vice President of Sales at Baker Communications. He has more than 15 years of sales and marketing experience in the technology and training fields.
Prior to coming to BCI, he was Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Communispond, a division of InformaUSA, where he was responsible for both national and international sales. While at Communispond, he developed highly effective sales and marketing strategies that significantly increased the company’s customer base and tripled the size of the sales organization. Before his tenure at Communispond, he was also Vice President of Sales for the Northeast region of Element K. He has also managed national sales for IBM Global Services.