Positions included being the National Executive Director of the YWCA, a member of the New York School Board, and president and CEO of UNICEF.
Burgess Calvert was an automobile assembly-line worker who created a successful trash-carting business.
[3] Baker graduated from Ann Arbor High School and enrolled at the University of Michigan.
[2] In 1981, Baker moved to New York City to join the Bank Street College of Education as the vice president and dean of the Graduate and Children's Programs Division.
Baker computerized operations, commissioned a study on how to save money, and focused marketing efforts on the YWCA's role as an advocate for women and people of color.
Baker launched "Project Redesign" to restructure the organization and cut expenses by 45 percent in her first year while increasing programs.
[10] However, her authority was challenged by anonymous sources in the New York Times which accused her of being "indecisive, unable to mold an effective majority of the Board of Education, and autocratic.
[17] In her retirement, she also served on the boards of the Howard Gilman Foundation, and the American Educational Research Association (AERA).