As the Founder and CEO of Coalescion, a U.S.-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose vision is sustainable human survival, security, and thrivability, she works with security practitioners at home and abroad to achieve optimal and mutually reinforcing human security outcomes. This requires working with global security practitioners to operationalize policies, goals, and capabilities. It also requires providing global citizens with easy-to-understand information so they can make better sense of the world around them. Both lines of effort equip practitioners and citizens alike to make more meaningful contributions to sustainable human systems. 

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Prior to founding Coalescion, Ms. Baker-Garcia co-founded and served as CEO of a small woman-owned business that focused on sustainability in security assistance programming. From 2012-2016 she coordinated and oversaw implementation of U.S. government nonproliferation and counter-WMD assistance programming for Iraq. From Embassy Baghdad she worked directly with Government of Iraq (GOI) counterparts to inform, structure, and execute security and defense assistance efforts. Ms. Baker-Garcia developed a complementary and effective working strategy with her GOI counterparts that enabled successful bilateral efforts to, among other accomplishments, stand up and professionalize a CBRN Response Team in Iraq where none previously existed and establish an annual Iraq CBRN Security Coordination Conference which served as a forum for Iraqi and American government stakeholders to convene and address shared CBRN security goals. Further, in close coordination with GOI partners, Ms. Baker-Garcia oversaw and shaped numerous U.S. government-sponsored CBRN safety and security programs for Iraq’s private and public sectors.

 

Ms. Baker-Garcia has compiled or co-authored a variety of independent and U.S. government-sponsored assessments and papers including on topics such as Iraq’s national CBRN/WMD history and current frameworks, strategic trade controls, and security policy frameworks. Ms. Baker-Garcia is a recognized, respected, and trusted expert, facilitator, and stakeholder convener among the international relations, and global security and defense communities. She maintains an excellent record of success in achieving bilateral and multilateral consensus, commitment, and coordination on sensitive and complex security initiatives. Ms. Baker-Garcia is conversant in Arabic and Spanish and holds a master’s degree in security policy studies from George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs.