Leadership
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.
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...