Since coming to Baird through the 2019 acquisition of Hilliard Lyons, Jaleigh has been the architect to build the new Baird Family Wealth platform.  The Baird Family Wealth team works with advisors and their most complex UHNW clients ensuring that all business owners, executives, and multi-generational client families have access to the resources they need to meet their individual goals and navigate major transitions in their lives.

At Hilliard Lyons, Jaleigh was Executive Vice President. She joined the firm in in 2011 and had direct responsibility for Hilliard Lyons Trust Company (now Baird Trust), Wealth and Family Office, Wealth Planning and all investment products and services.

In her prior role at Fifth Third Bank headquarters in Cincinnati, Jaleigh was Managing Director of the Private Bank.  In 2009, her team built and launched their family office with Jaleigh as its inaugural CEO.

Prior to joining the banking industry in the 1990’s, Jaleigh spent over a decade in public accounting.  She began her career at Arthur Andersen and later joined Kemper CPA Group where she served as Managing Partner for the Tax Department that served the firm’s 26 offices in Indiana, Illinois, California, and Florida.