Women at Baird Achieve Your Aspirations
Focused on You
At Baird our broad capabilities and reputation as a workplace of choice for top talent enable us to provide timely, specialized financial advice for the women we serve, whether we’re helping you plan your own future, provide for the people and causes you care about, grow your business or stay on top of emerging trends in the global marketplace.
And, as employee owners of our firm, we pride ourselves on delivering that expertise in a way that prioritizes your needs and interests – because we all share a personal stake in your long-term success.
I invite you to discover the difference that combination can make through the stories below.
John Taft recently had the opportunity to talk to Marcia Page about the landscape for women and diverse professionals generally in asset management and across the financial services industry.
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.
A recent Barron’s article profiled the team behind the Chautauqua International Growth Fund, including Managing Partner Haicheng Li, who discuss their approach to an uncertain global market environment.
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.
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.
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Retire with Confidence
Retirement is supposed to be “our time” – yet nearly two-thirds of women do not expect their income to last throughout their lifetime. Why aren’t women as confident about enjoying retirement as men – and what can we do about it?
Baird’s Retirement Guide for Women breaks down everything you need to know about retirement – including the four components of wealth planning in retirement and how to maximize your own nest egg – so you can retire with confidence.
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.
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.
Baird is Proud to Support these Organizations:
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
A recent Barron’s article profiled the team behind the Chautauqua International Growth Fund, including Managing Partner Haicheng Li, who discuss their approach to an uncertain global market environment.
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.
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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 is Proud to Support these Organizations: