Employee-owned D.A. Davidson Companies has earned the first-ever Washington Achieve Award in recognition of the company’s high-quality education and workforce development programs. The company’s CEO accepted the award from the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business association, at its Evening of Excellence on Wednesday.
This marks the first year that the AWB has honored a company with the award, which “recognizes a business that has excelled in creating, implementing or supporting a high-caliber education and/or workforce development system aligned with closing the employment gap.”
In bestowing the award, association executives noted that D.A. Davidson was selected because of the company’s deep commitment to internships and professional development not just at the beginning of a professional’s career but throughout.
We are honored and humbled that the Association of Washington Business has selected D.A. Davidson for this important recognition.
-Jim Kerr, CEO of D.A. Davidson Companies
D.A. Davidson has developed a number of programs and initiatives that provide young professionals, students and second-career candidates with an opportunity to thrive in the financial services industry. Among other initiatives, the company offers internships, a three-year apprentice program and its Student Investment Program, which offers a hands-on education in portfolio management for students at 20 colleges and universities.
About D.A. Davidson Companies
Employee-owned D.A. Davidson Companies is a diversified financial services company offering a range of financial services and products for individual investors, families, businesses, institutional investors and municipalities nationwide. Founded 81 years ago, the company serves clients with straightforward advice, personalized solutions and industry expertise. D.A. Davidson Companies is comprised of more than 1,350 employees serving clients from the platform of four distinct firms: D.A. Davidson & Co., offering wealth management and equity and fixed income capital markets services and advice; Davidson Investment Advisors, a professional asset management firm; D.A. Davidson Trust Company, a trust and wealth management company; and Davidson Fixed Income Management, a registered investment adviser providing fixed income portfolio and advisory services.
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