REP. LANA LADD BAKER

91st General Assembly

 

Rep. Lana Ladd Baker, a Democrat, represents part of St. Louis County (District 76) in the Missouri House of Representatives.

 

Elected to her fourth two-year term in 2000, Rep. Ladd Baker is a former teacher at Ferguson/Florissant and Riverview Gardens School Districts.

 

She is a board member of the following groups: Visiting Nurse Association; A+ School Program, McCluer North High School; the Alzheimer's Research Grant Program, University of Missouri-Columbia; and the National Home and Community Based Services Resource Network. She is also a member of the Florissant Valley Chamber of Commerce; North County Inc.; and St. Marks United Methodist Church.

 

Rep. Ladd Baker is a recipient of the 2002 Leadership of the Year award from the Alzheimer's Association; Committed Statesperson award, 2001, National Multiple Sclerosis Society; 2001 Public Servant award from the Missouri Alliance for Home Care; Legislative award from the Missouri State Medical Association, 2001; Leadership award, Missouri Statewide Independent Living and Assistive Technology Councils, 2001; Outstanding Legislator for 2001 award, Adult Day Care Association; Progressive Legislator of the Year, 2001, Missouri Progressive Vote Coalition; Distinguished Service Award, 1998, Missouri Association of Homes for the Aging; Woman of Worth award, the Older Women’s League; Special Recognition award, North County Inc.; the 1995 Outstanding Freshman Legislator of the Year award, the Missouri Police Chiefs' Association; and the 1994 Volunteer of the Year from the Alzheimer's Association.

 

A 1976 graduate of McCluer North High School, Rep. Ladd Baker holds a bachelor's degree in history and a master's degree in education from Southern Illinois University.

 

Born September 5, 1958, in El Dorado, Arkansas, Rep. Ladd Baker currently resides in Florissant. She is married to A. John Baker. They have four children, Garrett, Adair, Alyson and Andrea.