For thirty years, Carolyn L. Baker has held executive positions in various nonprofit organizations, including those in Skid Row, downtown Los Angeles, the West Los Angeles Veterans Campus, and the Clinton Global Initiative. In her role as a Development professional, Baker has overseen capital campaigns, annual solicitations, and proposals to secure funding from private and governmental sources, raising hundreds of millions of dollars for safety net causes. She previously served as an adjunct professor in the community college system. She holds a graduate degree in Organizational Development from Northern Arizona University and is currently a doctoral student and Impact Scholar at the University of Southern California’s Rossier School of Education. Her book, Dispatches, From Racial Divide to the Road of Repair, A Collection of Essays, is forthcoming.

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