With nearly four decades of management consulting experience, Alva Baker is recognized for her ability to communicate with all types of stakeholders from organization leaders to neighborhood residents, corporate executives to small business owners, elected officials to members of the faith community. Alva is the CEO of Baker Consulting Associates, LLC, a leading global consulting practice active in Dallas, New York and San Antonio. Her broad experience has included such diverse clients as Bank of America, Center for Nonprofit Management, Dallas Area Rapid Transit, NationsBanc CDC, InnerCity Community Development Corporation, Texas Department of Transportation, Comerica Bank, and the City of Dallas. A 1987 graduate of Leadership Dallas, Alva holds an MBA from the University of Southern California. Previously, she held executive positions at Citibank (Vice President, Cash Management Consulting) and at Atlantic Richfield Company (Senior Financial Analyst).
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Will is BCA’s Chief Strategy Officer. Mr. Baker is highly, sought after by for-profit and non-profit clients as a speaker and as well as a consultant for executive coaching, diversity audits, debate training, & resource maximization. In that capacity, Baker conducts trend analyses of economic, political and cultural developments on both the domestic and international fronts that inform branding and marketing practices for corporate and non-profit entities.
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Empowering people and building stakeholder partnerships in diverse communities is what Joyce Campbell has done for nearly two decades as a seasoned community development strategist. Her career in community outreach, education, and collaborative partnership development began as a grassroots volunteer and evolved into extensive experience gained through positions held in banking, state government, and nonprofit industries.
Read MoreThe foundation for creating value for your business is effective due diligence. The nature of BCA’s research is contingent on your industry, your presence/visibility in the current marketplace, where you are in the life cycle of your business and what research you already have on hand. Strategies and tactics that are grounded in research work better than cookie-cutter consulting techniques that end up as reports on a shelf gathering dust. Whether you need re-branding, training, technology integration, communication planning or operational assistance, understanding you, your customers or clients, and your competitors is the cornerstone of a successful relationship. We’ve found from experience that this process saves clients money by focusing on isolating key questions, eliminating non-essential elements and providing clear achievable objectives for our partnership. Beyond the direct benefits of our research into your industry, our clients have access to a database of articles, studies and helpful reports that can improve every aspect of their business.