The Team Behind
the Machines

Jay Baker – since 1984

CEO

What’s your favorite hobby?
Playing with my grandkids, building stuff, hunting and fishing.

What is the one piece of advice you would give your younger self?
Patience is a double-edged sword.

If you trade places with anyone for a day, who would you choose?
Warren Buffet then hope I remembered what I’d learned.

If you could choose a superpower, what would it be?
Ability to fly.

What animal do you think most closely matches your personality?
Silver Backed Mountain Gorilla.

Jessup Baker – since 2007

President

What’s the top vacation destination on your must-visit list?
Drive the entirety of the Alcan Highway to Alaska.

What is one piece of advice you would give your younger self?
Don’t sweat the small stuff. Straight thinking solves most problems, sit down, and think it through.

If you could join a band, what band would it be?
Cody Jinks and his band The Tone-Deaf Hippies.

What’s your favorite hobby?
Spending time in the shop fabricating, building, and modifying vehicles and embarking on challenging trips exploring our beautiful country in them.

If you could only eat one item for every meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
A Godfather pizza from Coppola’s Pizzeria.

Ray Navarro – since 2002

Sales Manager

What’s the top vacation destination on your must-visit list?
Ireland.

If you had to listen to one song for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Hells Bells by AC/DC.

What animal do you think most closely matches your personality?
Killer Whale.

If you could only eat one item for every meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Lobster.

What’s your favorite household chore?
Mowing the lawn.

Raymond Navarro, Sales Manager
Ray’s robust work ethic, collaboration, and training skills were honed during his 20 years of military service in the U.S. Army, including serving in Germany during the fall of the Berlin Wall. These skills have been an asset to Jamestown Plastics’ customers in his current role as Sales Manager. In his years with the company, Ray has developed a keen understanding of operations through his past supervisory plant and production positions, and in his time as Plant Manager. Ray has been instrumental in helping Jamestown Plastics achieve record sales for the past three years in a row. Ray’s passion for football is evidenced by his time playing German American tackle football and coaching at the high school and midget levels.

Dave Brown – since 1990

Sales/Sales Engineer

What’s the most interesting place you’ve ever visited?
Sedona, Arizona.

If you could choose one age to be forever, what age would it be and why?
50 -because you know your past and young enough to still make choices.

What’s your favorite hobby?
Golfing/Hunting.

If you could only eat one item for every meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Seafood.

What’s your favorite household chore?
Mowing the lawn.

David Brown, Sales Engineer
With his experience at Jamestown Plastics, including 25 years as head of engineering, Dave works closely with our clients to determine the best design and process that helps meet their needs and allows JP to supply them with the best products. His expertise has resulted in him being named on many of our clients’ health care design patents; he has also been involved with various Jamestown Plastics’ design patents. Prior to Jamestown, he was a process engineer at a leading aerospace bearing manufacturer. An avid golfer and hunter, Dave earned the distinction of harvesting the largest archery Black Bear taken in New York State in 2020.

Dale Akin – since 1993

Design Engineering & Tooling Manager

What’s the top vacation destination on your must-visit list?
Walk the North Country Trail.

If you could have dinner with any historical figure, who would it be?
I would like to dine with Orville and Wilber Wright just as they were making the final changes to the “Wright Flyer.”

If you could trade places with anyone for a day, who would you choose?
Neil Armstrong as he stepped on to the Moon.

If you could choose a superpower, what would it be?
To be able to fly.

What’s your favorite household chore?
Anything in the kitchen with family. Cooking or even doing the dishes.

Fernando Baca – since 1994

Southern Division Manager/Sales

What is the one piece of advice you would give your younger self?
Get to know God and put God always first above all things that you do.

If you could choose one age to be forever, what age would it be and why?
In my twenties, to achieve the best and highest education and become a World class soccer player.

If you could snap your fingers and become an expert in something, what would it be?
A percussionist.

Do you have a hidden talent? What is it?
Emotional Intelligence.

What’s the most interesting place you’ve ever visited?
Peña de Bernal is a 433-meter monolith, one of the tallest in the world. It is in San Sebastian Bernal, a small town in the Mexican State of Queretaro.

If you could have any superpower, what would it be and why?
To change the world in the blink of an eye and change the world for the better for our future generations.

Fernando Baca, Manager/Sales, Southern Division
Fernando has been instrumental in the success of our Southern Division Manufacturing Facility. As our first employee in Brownsville, Fernando has effectively grown our customer base across all industries in Texas and Mexico, while also helping to build our Texas team. He is active in local industry organizations, including the South Texas Manufacturers Association, Brownsville Chamber of Commerce, Greater Brownsville Incentive Corporation, and the Port of Brownsville. An avid athlete, you can often find Fernando playing soccer, golf, racquetball, tennis, or basketball. He’s also always up for a card game! Fernando enjoys spending quality time with his family (especially his grandkids!). He also loves dancing, listening to music, and playing the congas and piano. He is a graduate of Keene State University, where he earned his BA degree in business and education.

Craig Zwilling – since 2020

Sales & Marketing

What’s the top vacation destination on your must-visit list?
Australia.

What is your personal mantra by which you live?
You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.

If you had to listen to one song for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old).

What’s your favorite hobby?
Trying new recipes on my Kamado Joe.

If you could snap your fingers and become an expert in something, what would it be?
Playing piano.

Trevor Nickerson – since 2000

Automotive Business Director

What is one piece of advice you would give your younger self?
Manage time better, life is short.

If you could join a band, what band would it be?
ZZ TOP they are just cool!

What animal do you think most closely matches your personality?
Big Red Rhino (nickname from college football)

What is your hidden talent?
Artist

What’s your favorite household chore?
Walking the dogs.

Trevor Nickerson, Director, Automotive Business
Trevor has spent decades engineering custom OE products that can be found throughout automotive production facilities, vehicles, or as aftermarket products. In his time at Jamestown Plastics, Trevor has been instrumental in developing automotive exterior, interior, and badging programs for prestigious customers that include GM, Tesla, and Toyota. This work has included hybrid thermoformed/compression molded parts, multi-part thermoformed assemblies, and injection molded programs. A former F-111 Crew Chief in the U.S. Air Force, competitive powerlifter, strongman, and former collegiate football player, Trevor is a graduate of the University at Buffalo, a member of both the Society of Plastics Engineers and the Specialty Equipment Market Association, and a very proud husband/Dad.

Mike Mulholland – since 2014

Sales & Customer Service

What’s the most interesting place you’ve ever visited?
Costa Rica. The landscape is amazing, the food is amazing, and the people are amazing! ¡Pura Vida!

If you could have dinner with any historical figure, who would it be?
Leonardo da Vinci. His foresight was remarkable, and he was an engineering genius who looked at everything with creativity and understanding!

What’s the top vacation destination on your must-visit list?
Europe in general, I love old architecture!

If you could snap your fingers and become an expert in something, what would it be?
I mean there are much better answers for this, but my golf game could use a lot of work!

What is your personal mantra by which you live?
Your first failure is your first step towards success.

Jason Preston – since 2022

Division Manager/Tamarack Packaging

What’s the top vacation destination on your must-visit list?
Saskatchewan, Canada.

What is your personal mantra by which you live?
Any job big or small, do it right or not at all.

If you had to listen to one song for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Drink a Beer, Luke Bryan.

If you could snap your fingers and become an expert in something, what would it be?
Becoming bilingual.

If you could trade places with anyone for a day, who would you choose?
Albert Einstein, the only source of knowledge is experience.

What’s your favorite household chore?
Any, nothing more rewarding than having a clean home.

Sara Stadtherr – since 2025

Sales & Marketing

What’s the most interesting place you’ve ever visited?
Australia – and if you go, go for a whole month!

What is one piece of advice you would give your younger self?
Nothing is as big as you think it is.

If you could only eat one item for every meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
A big salad with all sorts of toppings.

What animal do you think most closely matches your personality?
A Siamese cat.

What’s your favorite household chore?
Grocery shopping and then making the food I purchased.

What is your personal mantra by which you live?
Be Kind, you never know what others are going through.

Joann Caldwell – since 2007

Sales Associate Tamarack Packaging

If you could have any superpower, what would it be and why?
To be able to fly and soar with the eagles.

What’s the most interesting place you’ve ever visited?
American Eagle Foundation in Kodak, TN

What’s your favorite hobby?
Stained glass. I just started in 2024, and I love it!

If you could only eat one item for every meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Pizza.

If you had to listen to one song for the rest of your life, what would it be?
What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong

What’s your favorite household chore?
Taking care of Willow, my golden girl.