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.

Some of Jim’s Past and Present Board Memberships, Commissions, and Honors include:

• Founder of the Anger Management Training Institute LLC
• Chairman & CEO of Baker Communications Inc.
• Baker Communications was an INC 500 company for three consecutive years
• Greater Houston Partnership – Board of Directors 1996 - 2005
• Industria Solutions Inc. Business-2-Business E-commerce Gulf Coast President 1999 – 2001
• DuPont Corporation Senior Consultant 1998 – present
• Bradmark Technologies Inc. Board of Directors 1998 - 2003
• Governor George Bush’s Business Council 1995 - 2000
• Governor Rick Perry’s Business Council 2001 - present
• Founding Board Member – Houston Drug Free Business Initiative
• Board Member – South Texas College of Law Board of Visitors
• Member – Executive Committee of the Office for the Prevention of Developmental Disabilities
• Disabilities (appointed by the Governor of Texas)
• Member – Statewide Media Task Force on Dropout Prevention (appointed by the Governor of Texas)
• Harris County Co-Chairman – George W. Bush for Governor Campaign – 1994
• Board of Directors – Corp. for Economic Development of Harris County, Inc.
• Elected Alderman – City Council Piney Point Village (1992, reelected 1994
• Deputy Police Commissioner – City of Piney Point Village Police
• Member "C Club" – 100-member conservative political alliance (Democrats, Republicans, and Independents)
• AACC American Association of Christian Counselors
• Board of Directors – Cenikor – Drug Rehabilitation Center
• Member – American Arbitration Association
• Board of Directors – Houston Symphony
• Lifetime Member – Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo

You may contact Jim by calling the main office number for Baker Communications Inc.