Kenneth R. Baker has most recently served as President CEO and member of the Board of Trustees of Altarum Institute a leading nonprofit research institute recognized for advanced informatics/decision support applied to the areas of national defense healthcare homeland security and environment. Prior to that Mr. Baker served as the Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of Energy Conversion Devices in 1999.
Mr. Baker served as an executive at General Motors for over 30 years until his retirement in 1999 including Vice President of Global Research & Development and program manager of GM Electric Vehicles. He was the founding chairman of the USABC (United States Advanced Battery Consortia) the organization that has partially funded EnerDel's Lithium ion battery development. Mr. Baker graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Clarkson University. He currently serves on the board of directors and is a member of the audit and compensation committees of Millennium Cell Inc. (NASDAQ Capital Market symbol: MCEL) serves on the board of directors and is a member of the audit committee of AeroVironment Inc. (NASDAQ Global Market symbol: AVAV) and serves on the board of directors of the National Coalition for Advanced Manufacturing the Board of Governors of Cranbrook Science Institute and the Board of Trustees of the Center for Automotive Research. |