Women at Baird Achieve Your Aspirations
A Best Workplace For and By Extraordinary Women
We’re honored to be named a Best Workplace for Women by FORTUNE and Great Place to Work in 2021. This would not be possible without the contributions of the many remarkable women – with special thanks to those in our ASCEND associate resource group - who have helped shape Baird into a truly great place for our associates and our clients. We know this recognition will help us continue to attract and retain more extraordinary women from around the world and across our industry – women who will help make us an even better employer and financial partner in the future.
I invite you to discover the power of women at Baird through their stories below.
HER View From Here
Mary Ellen Stanek, President of Baird Funds and Chief Investment Officer for Baird Advisors talks to other successful women at Baird about their careers and the passions that drive them.
In our latest podcast, Veronica Arias discusses her intercontinental career and current role as Baird’s Director of Capital Markets Operations.
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.
Our accomplished fixed income asset management team views different backgrounds and perspectives as advantages in their decision making and investment processes.
Chrissy Wostmann, CEO of n2y, shares how Baird was the right investment banking partner for her.
Baird's Financial Advisors have earned repeated national recognition and include some of the top-ranked women advisors in our industry
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. Our uniquely entreprenurial-yet-collaborative clients-first culture is designed to fuel your professional success and enhance your personal fulfillment.
Through professional development programs, networking opportunities and special events, our ASCEND associate resource group helps women at Baird realize their full professional potential.
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.
Laura Thurow, Director of Wealth Solutions and Operations for Private Wealth Management, was recognized as one of the Milwaukee Business Journal's Women of Influence.
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Ensuring Your Future, One Decision at a Time
Today women control the majority of personal wealth in the United States and many are the sole or final financial decision-makers for households and businesses. A Baird Financial Advisor's first job is to get to know and understand you – your goals, your concerns and the things that are most important to you. Then they draw on Baird's extensive planning and investment expertise – and coordinate with your existing tax and legal professionals – to help ensure those decisions are the right ones for you.
– Laura Thurow, Director of Wealth Solutions
Kathy Carey, Director of Investment Research and Advanced Planning, explains how Baird helps people make smart financial decisions in all areas of their lives.
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.
Your financial needs are as unique as the life you lead and the dreams you have. Our Financial Advisors have successfully navigated the kinds of important decisions that lie ahead.
Whether you're paying off student loans, saving for retirement or just thinking about what you want from life, planning is essential – and it begins with making sure your money is working for you today.
In the latest installment of our Women Talking Wealth series, Associate Branch Manager Peche Myers discusses the financial and professional impact of chronic illness
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.
Katie Costigan inspires by understanding people’s passions. That’s just part of why she is one of the Milwaukee Business Journal’s “Women of Influence” for 2021.
The Kinnard Crawford Group wanted to find a firm who shared their values and emphasized a clients-first culture.
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.
The Hollander Group in Baird's Evansville Private Wealth Management office is helping build better futures for those in need with Habitat for Humanity.
Laura Thurow, Director of Wealth Solutions and Operations for Private Wealth Management, was recognized as one of the Milwaukee Business Journal's Women of Influence.
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Where the Best Ideas Win
For corporations and institutions, success is often the result of connecting the best ideas with the right people. At Baird, we've always believed the best ideas come from teams with meaningful experience, diverse backgrounds and complementary perspectives – people who may view and think about goals, needs and possible solutions a little differently, but with a common focus on our clients' success. This philosophy is one of the main reasons smart, talented women choose to work with Baird – as clients or as our associates – and it's absolutely a key driver of our shared success.
– Mary Ellen Stanek, President of Baird Funds and Chief Investment Officer for Baird Advisors
Chrissy Wostmann, CEO of n2y, shares how Baird was the right investment banking partner to help her company bring education to market.
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.
Our accomplished fixed income asset management team views different backgrounds and perspectives as advantages in their decision making and investment processes.
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.
Through professional development programs, networking opportunities and special events, our ASCEND associate resource group helps women at Baird realize their full professional potential.
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's partnership with Cristo Rey Jesuit High School gives interns invaluable work experience and enables us to mentor and develop next-gen talent like Victoria Rios. Learn more about her time with Baird Advisors.
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