Baird Capital Promotes Walker, Mounce and Schultze CHICAGO, September 5, 2017-- Baird Capital, the direct private investment arm of Baird, recently announced that Nicole Walker was promoted to Partner, Melissa Mounce was promoted to Principal, and Kathleen Schultze was promoted to Global Investor Relations Manager. Nicole Walker joined Baird Capital's Venture Capital team in 2013 and focuses on early-to-growth stage healthcare investments. Walker is a current member of the board of directors at Amphora Medical, Elucent Medical, MI Bioresearch, NeoChord, Inc., NeuMoDx Molecular, and Strata Oncology.