Katie Ward joined Baird in 2023 and serves as Branch Administrative Manager for our Nashville and Middle Tennessee offices.
In this role, Katie is focused on maintaining and enhancing the overall operational efficiency of the branch offices and training/developing our support staff. She applies her extensive investment industry knowledge and capitalizes on her 17 years of experience in financial services.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in French from the University of Tennessee and holds her Series 7, 66, 9, & 10 securities licenses.
Katie and her husband, Josh, are Nashville natives. They have two children, Watson and Suzanne. In her free time, Katie enjoys cheering for the Tennessee Volunteers and watching her kids play sports.