About Baker Training Institute

Jackie English serves as President and Director of Program Development for the Baker Training Institute, assisting in the process of researching, generating and editing the Institute's exceptional variety of anger management training materials. For almost 35 years, he has been a pastor in Marble Falls, Texas, located in the Texas Hill Country just west of Austin. During his work as a pastor, he has developed expertise in pastoral counseling with a particular focus on issues relating to addiction, co-dependency, marriage and family relations, and anger management. He has many years of experience in producing preaching, teaching and training materials that speak to human needs in personal ways. Jackie is a Channel Partner for the Anger Busting TM Program; he also serves as President for the Highland Lakes Crisis Network for Marble Falls and the surrounding Texas Hill Country.

He and his wife, Peggy, have been married for almost 47 years. When they are not in Church, they love to hang out with their three kids and six grandchildren.

James A. (Jim) Baker was 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 was 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.

In 1979, Jim founded Baker Communications, with a vision to provide targeted performance improvement solutions to corporate clients in the Houston area. Baker Communications rapidly grew into a highly successful global training company, currently serving almost 60% of the Fortune 500 companies with exceptional, customized corporate training solutions. For more information see www.BakerCommunications.com.

After achieving success in the corporate training world, Jim dedicated himself to providing practical, easy-to-use, affordable online training programs for those dealing with personal challenges in their lives. He focused on creating solutions for anger management training, parenting training, and sexual harassment training. Jim was an active sponsor and author. Among his most popular publications are "The Anger Busting Workbook," "The Anger Busting Training and Counseling Guide," "The Positive Parenting Workbook," "The Sexual Harassment Prevention Workbook," "The Tactical Negotiator," and "Zen and the Art of Negotiation." Jim also wrote a monthly column on Anger Related issues which appeared in Recovery Today Magazine for many years.

Jim Baker passed away in September 2014, but his legacy lives on through the lives that have been changed by his highly effective online training programs.