A Culture of Partnership
Diversity & Inclusion
At Piper Sandler, we believe diverse teams with unique backgrounds, skills, and experiences yield more innovative solutions.
Our Response: A Commitment to Racial Equity
Our Mission
To recruit, develop, retain and engage a diverse, high-performing team.
Our Pledge
Our business demands bright, committed people working in partnership within an environment that prevents no person from doing their best work. We commit to encouraging and valuing inclusivity because every partner brings unique perspectives that help us better serve our clients. By fulfilling this pledge, we believe we will exceed the expectations of our employees, clients and shareholders.
Diversity & Inclusion Council
The Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) Council serves as a means for employees to connect with one another to promote a greater awareness and understanding of inclusion and diversity across the firm. With the oversight and support from CEO, Chad Abraham, the D&I Council is co-chaired by James Baker, Managing Director and Co-Head of Investment Banking and Capital Markets, and Managing Director in Fixed Income Trading, Joanna Brody. The D&I Council works to advance the Diversity and Inclusion Mission to recruit, develop, include, retain and engage a diverse, high-performing workforce
Meet the Co-Chairs
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"My mission is to ensure we have an environment that allows our employees to bring their whole self to work and only by doing so will we be able to continue delivering exceptional customer service." |
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"I’m thrilled to be working with people from different backgrounds, experiences and working styles that allows each of us to learn, grow and share different perspectives. Diverse views make for better decisions and drive a high performance culture." |
Employee Resource Networks
In addition to the D&I Council, the firm has cultivated the following Professional Resource Networks as of 2020:
- Multicultural Network – To proactively help Piper Sandler unlock the power of multicultural diversity and inclusion by promoting racial and cultural awareness within our firm and our communities.
- Pride Network – The Pride Network is dedicated to fostering the inclusion of LGBTQ+ employees and their allies through awareness, education, empowerment, and involvement with the communities in which we live and work.
- Veterans Network – For current or former members of the Armed Forces, this group serves as an internal resource for transitioning veterans into the corporate workforce.
- Women's Network – The Women’s Network is an inclusive, companywide network designed to foster gender equality through networking, career development, philanthropy and informal mentorship.
- Young Professionals Network – YPN provides a forum for employees to develop professionally, build lasting connections, foster collaboration across the firm, and enrich the communities in which we live and work.
Recruiting Diverse Talent
Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) is a nonprofit organization that is transforming the career and life trajectories of a new generation of diverse leaders – while expanding the talent pipelines at leading businesses, social-sector organizations, and universities. MLT equips and emboldens high-achieving people from underrepresented communities –African American, Latino/a and Native American – to realize their full potential, to make a mark and make a difference.
Career Exploration Program (CEP) is Piper Sandler’s hallmark diversity recruiting program: an annual, two day informational event held at our Headquarters in Minneapolis. The program is a pipeline for our summer internship opportunities across seven nationwide Piper Sandler offices. The CEP application process is open to students from all majors and disciplines and is designed to attract high-achieving, diverse candidates, which includes female, Black, Hispanic/Latino, Native American, Asian, veteran, and LGBTQ students.
Piper Sandler MBA Fellowship Program is a newly piloted initiative for our 2020 summer associates. It is a competitive scholarship program to provide outstanding women, Black, Hispanic/Latino, and Native American MBA students with a financial award for exceptional academic achievement and a Summer Associate internship between the first and second year of business school.
For more information regarding the Diversity and Inclusion initiatives at Piper Sandler contact our D&I business partner, Hope Scheeler.
