Baird Foundation Annual Report 2019 Imagine: Inspiration and impact. | Page 8

Associate Resource G
Ascend seeks to expand leadership
opportunities for females at
Baird in support of the firm’s
goal of becoming the employer
of choice for women. In the spirit
of accelerating gender parity, key
Baird leaders and Ascend host an
annual International Women’s Day
celebration. Baird also sponsored
Milwaukee’s inaugural Ideation
Summit in 2019, which highlighted
perspectives from Baird associates
and local professionals on inclusive
leadership. In addition, Baird
sponsored the 2019 Chicago Booth
Women Connect Conference to
help Ascend members and other
participants cultivate networking
opportunities to enhance personal
and professional growth.
Baird Gives Back demonstrates
what it means to lend a helping
hand. This group hosts a global
week of caring that includes
nearly 2,200 associates and
family members donating more
than 7,800 hours to 179 nonprofit
organizations. Associates continue
to expand the program every year
and achieved new participation
records in 2019.
Prism represents multicultural
diversity across the firm. Several
associates represented Baird at the
Association of African American
Financial Advisors (AAAA) 2019
Vision Conference, which promotes
meaningful networks for African
American financial advisors. This
event brought an opportunity
to learn how to better integrate
diversity and inclusion efforts into
our company.
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retaining the next ge
clients and associate
2019, the group host
of “Next Gen” coffee
help foster cross-gen
communication and
at Baird. Baird assoc
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Patriot supports me
U.S. military, veteran
families. In 2019, the
a Career Forum for n
and career building o
and a Veterans Day c
to honor all who have
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“Military-Friendly Em
designation and to su
veteran-related initia
the country, such as
care packages for th
are deployed.
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associates and their
a network of peers a
In 2019, the group sp
fundraising competit
Baird’s IT and Financ
to support Courage M
which helps LGBTQ y
into community lead
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Corporate Equality In
a national benchmar
which evaluates corp
and practices related
equality for LGBTQ a
well as philanthropic
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