Women at Baird Achieve Your Aspirations
Developing the Next Generation of Leaders
Baird is focused on attracting and retaining talented women from across our industry. Not only to benefit our clients, but also to identify and cultivate leadership potential in those who can help ensure the strength of our culture and consistency of our commitment to excellence. Women like Maria Watts, recently named Co-Head of Our Global Investment Banking Team’s Consumer Group, and Angela Pittman Taylor, who became Director of Corporate Communications in January. We appreciate them and others like them whose vision and passion drive great outcomes for Baird and those who depend on us.
HER View From Here
This podcast series offers insights, advice and reflections from women who have overcome challenges to achieve excellence. In each episode, remarkable women share stories of personal and professional growth, unique experiences and the secrets to their success.
Expertise You Can Rely On
All of Baird's businesses – whether serving individuals and families or corporations, municipalities and institutions – are committed to helping people make important financial decisions. We provide insight and perspective to help you make them with confidence and – because we are employee-owned and free from distractions that can come with outside shareholders – certainty that your success is our priority.
Baird’s Devan D’Silva writes for CIO Review about an increasingly important area of focus for corporate risk managers.
Where the Best Build Success
At Baird we pride ourselves on being a destination of choice for top talent in our industry and a best workplace for women, including committing time, resources and effort to ensure fair and equitable pay. Our uniquely entreprenurial-yet-collaborative clients-first culture is designed to fuel your professional success and enhance your personal fulfillment.
Rodney Jones-Tyson, our Global Human Resources Officer, shared his perspectives in this recent article.
A Caring Community Partner
At the end of the day everything we do at Baird is with the goal of improving people's lives and futures. That's a passion that extends beyond what we do for our clients and fuels our commitment to giving back in the communities we share.
Baird Advisors Co-Chief Investment Officer, Mary Ellen Stanek, explains the importance of having a servant leadership mentality.
Baird is Proud to Support these Organizations:
Retire with Confidence
Experts from Baird’s Wealth Solutions Group provide the perspective and experience-based expertise you need to navigate the complexities women face in planning for retirement. From anticipating the challenges to optimizing your savings and securing income streams, Baird’s Retirement Guide for Women can help you envision the future you want and steps you can take to get there.
A Wealth of Advice
Coming from diverse backgrounds and experiences, supported by in-house planning and investment specialists, and informed by premier market insights, Baird's Financial Advisors are committed to helping you achieve your financial goals.
Where the Best Build Success
National recognition as a great place to work has brought some of the most successful women Financial Advisors to Baird. And our commitment to mentoring and helping women grow in their careeers helps us attract promising new talent as well.
We believe the best ideas come from passionate professionals working together. Our associate resource groups and the Baird Women Advisors Network drive new innovations and ways of thinking that keep our women advisors at the forefront of our industry.
A Caring Community Partner
Baird's women financial advisors care about the communities we share with our clients. Many serve on the boards of local organizations and more support those causes as volunteers – because a desire to improve people's lives and futures is why we do what we do.
Baird is Proud to Support these Organizations:
Talking Women’s Health and Wellness
For our Women’s Health and Wellness Showcase, Lauren Leibrandt, Director with Baird Global Investment Banking’s Consumer Group, interviewed executives and entrepreneurs from successful health, wellness and beauty companies about the inspirations for their enterprises, how the sector has evolved and how they are challenging traditional models, breaking taboos while continuing to drive change in a once male-dominated industry.
Enabling Great Outcomes
Across Baird and around the world, women are playing key roles in making great things happen for clients of our asset management, global investment banking, public finance, fixed income sales & trading, institutional equities & research and private equity businesses.
Katie Schoen, Vice President of Baird Capital, shares insights about scaling a business, seeking investors, and contributing to a firm’s good culture in this video chat with Entrepreneur Magazine.
A Best Workplace for Women
National recognition as a great place to work has brought some of the most successful women in our industry to Baird. And we are committed to attracting, developing and retaining top emerging talent across our businesses.
Baird Capital is pleased to announce that Rebecca (Becca) Schlagenhauf, Vice President on the Global Private Equity team, has been named a 2022 “Women to Watch” honoree by The Wall Street Journal Pro: Private Equity.
Committed to Our Communities
Baird is committed to making a positive impact in the communities where we live and work. In addition to providing financial support for education, health care, artistic and other causes, many of our associates serve on the boards of qualified non-profit organizations and more volunteer personally with local organizations.
Baird Advisors Co-Chief Investment Officer, Mary Ellen Stanek, explains the importance of having a servant leadership mentality.
Baird is Proud to Support these Organizations: