Sharon deGuzman

Sharon has over 26 years of investment experience managing various types of fixed income portfolios.

She is a Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager for Baird Advisors, Robert W. Baird & Co’s institutional fixed income management group. Sharon has been a named portfolio manager on all of the Baird Bond Fund taxable offerings since their inception dates. She plays a lead role in risk management and portfolio construction and focuses on managing short and intermediate taxable portfolios and tax-exempt portfolios. She received her undergraduate degree from Eastern Illinois University.

Prior to joining Baird Advisors, Sharon was an Assistant Vice President and Portfolio Manager with Firstar Investment Research and Management Company (FIRMCO) where she did quantitative fixed income analysis and portfolio management. 

Sharon is a member of The CFA Institute and is a member of the CFA Society of Milwaukee. She serves on the boards of the American Lung Association of Wisconsin, Divine Savior Holy Angels High School, TEMPO Milwaukee and the Wauwatosa Public Library Foundation.  Sharon is a member of Milwaukee Women Inc. and Professional Dimensions. She is a former member of the Finance Committee and the former Assistant Treasury for United Way of Greater Milwaukee. Sharon received the Milwaukee Business Journal’s Women of Influence Award – Mentor category in 2015 and she is the past co-chair of Baird’s Women Associate Resource Group. 

Sharon is also an active volunteer at Christ King Catholic Parish and School in Wauwatosa, WI. Sharon and her husband, Jim served as Co-Chairs for the 2015 and 2016 Soles for Catholic Education Walk for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.

Sharon and her husband Jim have five children and live in Wauwatosa, WI.

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