James A. (Jim) Baker Chairman & CEO
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
