Douglas R. Baker

Chief Growth Office

Douglas R. Baker is Chief Growth Officer at Learning Care Group, a position he has held since November 2024.

As CGO, Baker is responsible for ensuring alignment across all critical functions, including real estate, mergers and acquisitions, procurement, and related processes. His work enables Learning Care Group to expand its capacities and provide educational excellence for families and communities throughout the U.S. Prior to this role, Baker served as Learning Care Group’s Chief Financial Officer, where he led the company’s Finance and Real Estate functions in addition to its strategic growth initiatives. During his time at Learning Care Group, Baker has built a sustainable, scalable finance and accounting organization and constructed real estate growth teams and platforms designed to advance the company into the future.

Baker's career encompasses more than 25 years of leadership experience as a global senior finance and operating executive. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Discovery Networks International (DNI), a division of Discovery Communications. He joined Discovery Communications in 2005 as Senior Vice President and CFO for Discovery Commerce. He went on to serve as Senior Vice President and CFO for Emerging Networks, New Media and Business Development and as Executive Vice President and CFO for DNI before assuming his most recent role. Prior to that, Baker served in a variety of financial, operating and strategic leadership roles within Hallmark Cards and The Picture People, a strategic retail venture of Hallmark.

Baker earned an MBA in Operations Management from the University of Missouri – Kansas City and a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Miami University (Ohio).