Dana Baker is the Director of Multicultural Ministries at Grace Chapel, a non-denominational church in Lexington, Massachusetts. The average attendance at four weekend services is around 3000 people. She has served on the pastoral staff since October of 2000 in both urban and multicultural ministries. In September of 2005, Dana was asked to lead a new multicultural church initiative which seeks to intentionally respond to the growing multicultural population of Grace Chapel and the region. Approximately 30% of the congregation is from cultures other than those of Western European descent - including Chinese, Korean, Haitian, Hispanic, Brazilian, African American, Nigerian, Egyptian, and more than 30 other cultures. Worship services are translated into four languages – Korean, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese and Mandarin Chinese.

Raised in Oklahoma, Dana graduated from Rice University in Houston, Texas with a degree in architecture. Prior to joining the staff at Grace Chapel, Dana practiced architecture for twenty years before feeling called to vocational ministry. She also volunteered as a lay leader for many years in a wide variety of urban ministries in the city of Boston. She is presently pursuing a Masters of Divinity degree from the Center for Urban Ministerial Education, the Boston campus of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Dana resides in Medford with her husband Ron, and their daughter Melissa (17). Their son, Tim (20) is a junior at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan studying film production.