As the Vice President of Strategic Initiatives | Business Development at JGM, a leading architectural, project controls and construction management services firm in California, New York and New Jersey. Yolanda Baber leverages her multiple decades of experience and expertise in the industry to generate over two billion in revenue. She oversees all aspects of business development, client engagement, marketing communications, and strategic initiatives partnerships for the firm, which serves a diverse range of sectors, including transportation, aviation, infrastructure, energy, healthcare, and education.

Yolanda is also a transformational leader and a passionate advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the industry. She currently serves as the President of SMPS LA, a professional organization that promotes excellence in marketing and business development for the A/E/C industry. She is also a President of NAWIC LA, a national association that supports and empowers women in construction, and ASCE San Bernardino Riverside, a civil engineering society that advances the profession and the community. Additionally, she is a member of the CMAA SoCal DEIB committee, which fosters a culture of DEI in the construction management industry.

In October 2024, Yolanda was honored as a Latinícima™ Award recipient, recognizing her outstanding contributions and leadership in Sustainability.

Yolanda's mission is to create positive change and impact through her work and involvement in the industry and the community for women in our industry.

Family of Origin: Raised in San Gabriel Valley; Spanish speaking family and learned to read and write in Spanish elementary school my family is from Jalpa Zacatecas by way of Cleveland, OH.

FUN: has completed over 45 races 13.5 and (2) 26.2 mile runs – advocate for sex trafficking victims

Married: Steven R. Baber for six years and have known each other for 25 years, I have one hit wonder Seth Jedidiah Mason-Roseberry and (3) bonus adult children.