Paul Purcell

Chairman of the board and former president and CEO of Robert W. Baird & Co

Paul Purcell, chairman of the board and former president and CEO of Robert W. Baird & Co., died Feb. 28 2020 in Sarasota, Fla., of complications from cancer, a Baird spokeswoman confirmed. He was 73. Mr. Purcell joined Baird in 1994 and became president and chief operating officer in 1998, taking on the CEO role two years later. From 2006 until 2014, he served as chairman, president and CEO before relinquishing the president title and served as chairman and CEO before Steve Booth became CEO in 2016. Paul E. Purcell is Chairman & Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Baird Financial Group and affiliated entities including Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated. Paul joined Baird in 1994 and served in a variety of capacities, including Chief Operating Officer, before becoming President & Chief Executive Officer in 2000. He added the title of Chairman in 2006. Prior to joining Baird, he spent 22 years with Kidder, Peabody & Co., where he was a Managing Director and head of the Midwest Investment Banking Group. In addition to his duties at Baird, Paul is co-chair of the board of Teach for America – Milwaukee and chair of the University of Notre Dame Mendoza School of Business Advisory Council. He serves on the Alverno College board of trustees, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business Advisory Council, the Cristo Rey Network board of trustees, the Greater Milwaukee Committee board and executive committee, the board of Discovery World, the United Performing Arts Fund board, the Junior Achievement of Chicago board of directors, the United Way of Greater Milwaukee’s board and the board of directors of RiverFront Investment Group, LLC. He is a member of the board of directors of Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association and former vice chairman, as well as the former chairman of the board of directors at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School. He received an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business (1971) and is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame (1969).

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Robert McNair	John Boehner, John McCain, Paul Ryan, Phil Gramm, Bob Dole, Donald Trump, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Mitt Romney, Scott P Brown, Boehner for Speaker Cmte, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte, Congressional Leadership Fund, Trump Victory
Clark J Winslow	John Boehner, Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, Paul Ryan, Phil Gramm, Bob Dole, Donald Trump, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, McCain-Palin Victory 2008, Mitt Romney, Scott P Brown, Ron Johnson, Romney Victory, Boehner for Speaker Cmte, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte, Trump Victory
Paul Reid	John Boehner, John McCain, Paul Ryan, Phil Gramm, Mark W Neumann, Bob Dole, Donald Trump, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, McCain-Palin Victory 2008, Mitt Romney, Scott P Brown, Ron Johnson, Romney Victory, Boehner for Speaker Cmte, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Bradford M Freeman	John Boehner, John McCain, Paul Ryan, Phil Gramm, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Campaign America Inc, Mitt Romney, Scott P Brown, Ron Johnson, Boehner for Speaker Cmte, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
J Steven Hart	John McCain, Paul Ryan, Phil Gramm, Mark W Neumann, Bob Dole, Donald Trump, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Campaign America Inc, Mitt Romney, Ron Johnson, Romney Victory, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte, Trump Victory
Les Wexner	John Boehner, Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, Paul Ryan, Phil Gramm, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Campaign America Inc, Mitt Romney, Scott P Brown, Ron Johnson, Romney Victory, Boehner for Speaker Cmte, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Giuseppe Cecchi	Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, Paul Ryan, Mark W Neumann, Donald Trump, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, McCain-Palin Victory 2008, Campaign America Inc, Mitt Romney, Scott P Brown, Ron Johnson, Romney Victory, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte, Trump Victory
David Koch	Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, Paul Ryan, Phil Gramm, Mark W Neumann, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Campaign America Inc, Mitt Romney, Scott P Brown, Ron Johnson, Romney Victory, Boehner for Speaker Cmte, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Christopher B Galvin	John Boehner, Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, Paul Ryan, Phil Gramm, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Mitt Romney, Scott P Brown, Robert Dold, Ron Johnson, Boehner for Speaker Cmte, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Ken Griffin	John Boehner, Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, Paul Ryan, Mark Green, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Mitt Romney, Scott P Brown, Robert Dold, Ron Johnson, Boehner for Speaker Cmte, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte, Congressional Leadership Fund
Richard Gaby	John McCain, Mark Green, Phil Gramm, Mark W Neumann, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, McCain-Palin Victory 2008, Mitt Romney, Scott P Brown, Ron Johnson, Romney Victory, Trump Victory
Robert L Reynolds	John Boehner, John McCain, Paul Ryan, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, McCain-Palin Victory 2008, Mitt Romney, Scott P Brown, Ron Johnson, Romney Victory, Boehner for Speaker Cmte, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte, Congressional Leadership Fund
Bernie Marcus	John Boehner, Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, Paul Ryan, Phil Gramm, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Campaign America Inc, Mitt Romney, Scott P Brown, Ron Johnson, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte, Congressional Leadership Fund, Trump Victory
Henry Kravis	Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, Paul Ryan, Phil Gramm, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Campaign America Inc, Mitt Romney, Scott P Brown, Romney Victory, Boehner for Speaker Cmte, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte
Marc I Stern	John Boehner, John McCain, Paul Ryan, Donald Trump, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney, Scott P Brown, Ron Johnson, Andy Barr, Romney Victory, Boehner for Speaker Cmte, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte, Congressional Leadership Fund, Trump Victory
John Dowd	John Boehner, John McCain, Paul Ryan, Donald Trump, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, McCain-Palin Victory 2008, Mitt Romney, Scott P Brown, Romney Victory, Boehner for Speaker Cmte, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte, Trump Victory
John Canning Jr	John Boehner, Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, Paul Ryan, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Mitt Romney, Scott P Brown, Robert Dold, Ron Johnson, Boehner for Speaker Cmte, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte, Congressional Leadership Fund
Diane Hendricks	John Boehner, John McCain, Paul Ryan, Mark Green, Mark W Neumann, Bob Dole, Donald Trump, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Russ Darrow, Mitt Romney, Ron Johnson, Romney Victory, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte, Congressional Leadership Fund, Trump Victory
Helen Schwab	Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, Paul Ryan, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Mitt Romney, Scott P Brown, Robert Dold, Ron Johnson, Romney Victory, Ryan-NRCC Victory Cmte, Congressional Leadership Fund
Lewis M Eisenberg	Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, Paul Ryan, Phil Gramm, Bob Dole, Donald Trump, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Michigan Republican Party, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Campaign America Inc, Mitt Romney, Scott P Brown, Ron Johnson, Romney Victory, Trump Victory

Paul Purcell

Chairman of the board and former president and CEO of Robert W. Baird & Co

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