Branch Leadership
Chuck Wheeler
Director
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Chuck is the senior member of the Baird team and the Branch Manager of the West Des Moines office. Chuck brings more than 35 years of investment expertise to his client relationships. As a Financial Advisor, Chuck has extensive...
Karen McKamy Ellingboe, CFP®
Branch Administrative Supervisor
Karen is a Certified Financial Planner™ and is our branch Branch Administrative Supervisor. She holds both the FINRA Series 7/63 and Series 9/10 licenses. She joined Baird in 1996. Karen is the supporting manager of the Wheeler...
Craig Vander Leest, CFP®
Associate Branch Manager
Craig Vander Leest is a Managing Director and Associate Branch Manager in Baird’s Cedar Rapids and West Des Moines branches, having joined the firm in 2001.
