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Hi, and welcome to the Longview. I'm Christine Ben's Director of Personal Finance for Morning Star Inc.

And I'm Jeff Battack, Global Director of Manager Research for Morning Star Research Services.

Our guest today is Mary Ellen Stanick. Mary Ellen is managing director and chief investment officer of Baird Advisors,

which is the manager of the Baird family of mutual funds. Mary Ellen's career in the investment business

began more than four decades ago. In her current role, she oversees fixed income strategy

and portfolio management, among other duties. In addition, Mary Ellen serves on the board of Baird Financial

Group as president of the Baird Funds and as chair of the Baird Diversity Steering Committee.

She obtained her undergraduate degree from Marquette University,

her MBA from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and she's a CFA charter holder.

Mary Ellen was recently named one of the 100 most influential women in U.S. finance by Barents,

and Morningstar named her a finalist for

outstanding portfolio manager for the 2020 Morning Star Awards for Investing Excellence.

Mary Ellen, welcome to the Longview.

Thank you, Christine. Great to be together.

Thank you so much. So one question we've been asking all of our guests since the pandemic

began was how they've

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