Rick Baker (2)

Rick Baker is a businessman and lawyer who, from 2001 to 2010, served as mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida's fourth largest city. He led an unprecedented renaissance in the city and was named America's 2008 mayor/public official of the year by Governing magazine. Baker is an adjunct fellow of the show more Manhattan Institute's Center for State and Local Leadership based in New York City. He has been married to his wife, Joyce, for thirty-two years, and they have raised two college-age children, Julann and Jacob. He is also the author of Mangroves to Major League: A Timeline of St. Petersburg's History and The Seamless City, which is about city leadership and urban revitalization. show less