board members
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Scott Baker
Executive Director, Co-Founder
Scott is a native Cape Codder, who earned his BS in Finance from Babson College, and his MBA at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business.
Scott has had a 30-year career in the wealth management industry, holding senior positions at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Fidelity.
Scott has an entrepreneurial spirit and has been involved in many start-ups including Dynamic Logic, an online ad and research firm, Perspecta Trust, an investment management and estate planning services firm, and most recently, Caredge.com, an online automotive research site, which utilized Scott’s patent on the graphical presentation of data.
Recently, Scott acquired the town’s former railroad depot and has fixed it up to utilize his office-and man cave. After work, he will take a spin on the newly built rail trail, which runs past the depot.
When not working (which isn’t often), Scott enjoys projects in the yard, often involving his tractor or newly acquired backhoe. Having grown up on the Cape, Scott also relishes all things associated with the water, and is drawn to activities that place him on or in the ocean.
Most of all, Scott likes to watch his two girls grow, discovering new things together with them, and trying to come up with answers to their curious and expanding minds.
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Shawnee Baker
Executive Director, Co-Founder
Shawnee was born and raised, in a small town north of Toronto. Shawnee earned her registered nursing degree from Georgian College, in Barrie Ontario.
Shawnee began her career as a Canadian citizen, working in the US on a work visa. At the time, hospitals were closing across Canada. As a new grad, she accepted her first job in Brownsville TX, and later moved to San Antonio where she and her young family resided for five years.
Shawnee returned to the Toronto area after Baylie was born when she and her first husband separated. Shawnee worked in various hospitals in Southern Ontario, including the world-renowned Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.
Shawnee expanded her nursing specialty and transitioned to the emergency room where she acquired trauma nursing skills, and learned firsthand about the complications of brain injuries. Shawnee has worked in several hospitals both in Canada and the US, with positions held primarily in the NICU, and Pediatrics.
Shawnee was working in Boston, at Brigham and Women’s Hospital when she met her current husband, Scott, and moved to the Seacoast of New Hampshire with her daughter Baylie.
Shawnee has been on both sides of the coin in the ICU setting, first as a nurse, and sadly, as a mother. She knows the truly unbearable heartache and understands the tough decisions.
Shawnee shares her journey through Baylies’ book. As an experienced mother, she had three children early in life, and raised them to adulthood, before starting over again with Scott.
Shawnee was pregnant with Scott’s first child, in 2018. They thought they had it all, when the call came from the Miami Police Department. At that moment, their fairytale came crashing down. Baylie had been hit by a car.
Shawnee and her two sons, Mickenzie and Tristan, now carry Baylie’s legacy. Her boys reside, in Calgary Alberta, where they both have successful careers.
Shawnee honored Baylie’s wish, and two years after the loss, had a second baby, the last embryo. Shawnee and Scott are raising two little girls, publishing a book, and starting a foundation in Baylie’s name.