About
James A. Baker, Houston, Texas
 James
A. (Jim) Baker is a long-time resident of Houston,
Texas. Jim received his B.S. degree from the University
of Rochester, Behavioral Science 30 hour Certification -
Rochester Institute of Technology, his M.S. from the
State University of New York at Brockport, and attended
the 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 is the author of "The
Anger Busting Workbook" a 216 page Best Seller by Bayou
Publishing and the "Anger Busting™ Training and
Counseling Guide" and a senior management and sales
consultant. Jim’s monthly column on Anger related issues
appears in "Recovery Today" and is heralded as the
publications advice column which was first instituted in
2005 and continues today.
Past and Present Board Memberships, Commissions, and
Honors:
• Republican National Committee Advisory Board - 2010
• Gene Locke for Mayor Houston Texas Finance
Committee Cabinet Member 2009
• A. Robert Hinojosa Judge 312th District Court
Campaign Manager 2008 – 2010
• David Longoria for Judge 314th Juvenile District
Court Treasurer 2010
• Kay Polk for Judge 310th District Court Campaign Support - 2010
• Managing Partner – Anger Management Training
Institute LLC
• Chairman & Secretary - 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 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
• Sales & Marketing Association of Harris County
Founding Member
• Board Member – South Texas College of Law Board of
Visitors
• Member – Executive Committee of the Office for the
Prevention of Developmental
• 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 of Piney Point
Village (1992, reelected 1994
• Police Commissioner Village Police Department
Houston Texas – Assistant Deputy Commissioner City of
Piney Point Village Police
• Member "C Club" – 100-member conservative political
alliance (Democrats, Republicans, and Independents)
• Board of Directors – Cenikor – Drug Rehabilitation
Center
• Ad Hoc Committee Chairman Republican Judges for
Integrity Harris County Texas 2008 – 2009
• Member – American Arbitration Association
• Theatre Under the Stars Board of Directors 1994-
1996
• Board of Directors – Houston Symphony
• Lifetime Member – Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
Monthly Anger Management Advice Column by James A.
Baker "Recovery Today"
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http://www.recoverytoday.net/archives/february/feb_2008_baker.html
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http://www.recoverytoday.net/archives/march/mar08_baker.html
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http://www.recoverytoday.net/archives/april/apr08_baker.html
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http://www.recoverytoday.net/archives/may/may08_baker.html
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http://www.recoverytoday.net/archives/june/jun08_baker.html
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http://www.recoverytoday.net/archives/july/jul08_baker.html
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http://www.recoverytoday.net/aug08_baker.html
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http://www.recoverytoday.net/September_2008/baker.html
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http://www.recoverytoday.net/October_2008/baker.html
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http://www.recoverytoday.net/November_2008/baker.html
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http://www.recoverytoday.net/December_2008/baker.html
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http://www.recoverytoday.net/January_2009/baker.html
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http://www.recoverytoday.net/Feb_2009/baker.html
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http://www.recoverytoday.net/Mar09/baker.html
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http://www.recoverytoday.net/archive/8-april/21-anger-busting-getting-past-anger-can-take-a-long-time
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http://www.recoverytoday.net/archive/18-may/33-anger-busting-when-anger-is-not-your-problem
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http://www.recoverytoday.net/articles/42-anger-busting-anger-check-up-from-the-neck-up
You may contact Jim via email at
and by phone at
713-261-1996 Jim’s mailing address is: James A. Baker PO
Box 131608 Houston, Texas 77210-1608
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