Dee Baker is the Founder and Chief EmPOWERment Officer of Beyond the Uniforms™ LLC, an identity-centered leadership development company committed to assisting women in moving beyond roles, titles, uniforms, and expectations into leadership rooted in clarity, identity, and purpose.

A U.S. Air Force veteran and former federal leader, Dee has spent decades leading complex teams, navigated high-stakes environments, and served in systems where leadership required decisiveness, accountability, and resilience. While her professional background spans military service and federal leadership, her work today is shaped just as deeply by lived experience particularly the realities women face in leadership spaces where their voices are often overlooked or undervalued.

Dee’s leadership philosophy is grounded in a simple truth: leadership begins with identity. Titles may open doors, but clarity, alignment, and self-awareness determine how a leader shows up once inside the room. Her work focuses on helping women pause, reflect, and lead with intention from the inside out.

Through speaking, coaching, facilitation, and experiential leadership development, Dee creates space for women to strengthen confidence, reclaim voice, and expand leadership capacity without abandoning who they are. Her approach is reflective rather than prescriptive, grounded rather than performative, and centered on transformation rather than transition.

At the heart of Dee’s work is a belief in collective growth. Leadership is not about standing alone at the top it’s about creating pathways where others can rise as well. When one woman rises, we all rise.