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.