Bryan David Hughes
Financial Advisor|BBA
Personal
Bryan Hughes is a Financial Advisor at Northwestern Mutual – The Aventura Group. In this role he specializes in Wealth Preservation, Accumulation, and Distribution. He has won numerous company and national awards and honors for his production, achievements and impact in his local community.
Since 1999 Bryan has served as a volunteer at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. where he conducts interviews of Survivors and World War II veterans. In 2002 he was honored with the State of Maryland Governor’s Award & Citation for community service for his work in the Prince George’s County School System. In 2005 he was honored as an Executive Leadership Council Scholar. During the same year, he completed both the Harvard Business School SVMP, and Management Leadership for Tomorrow’s Career Prep Program.
Bryan graduated cum laude with a BBA in Marketing from Howard University in 2006 and began his career at Goldman Sachs as Financial Analyst in the Private Wealth Management Division. While at Goldman, he was part of a 4 member team managing approximately $1.5 billion under supervision.
Bryan serves on the Board of Directors of The Lighthouse of Broward, an organization that provides essential training and various therapies for the blind. Involved philanthropically, he serves on the host committee for many programs and events at the Perez Art Museum in Miami. He also sits on the Board for Russian Connections, an organization to foster the growth of Russian owned businesses.
A native of Bowie, Maryland, Bryan currently resides in Miami, Florida. He is a spoken word artist and enjoys traveling – 39 countries traveled. There are two sayings that Bryan lives by when it comes to his philosophy on achievement: “Get comfortable being uncomfortable.” “If you want to walk on water, you must get out of the boat.”
Professional
I'm committed to helping you get closer to your dreams. When you partner with me, you can expect a judgment-free, pressure-free environment with conversations that will be jargon-free. I strive to provide you the best experience possible.
Experience
- Goldman Sachs, Senior Financial Analyst, Private Wealth Management, July 2006- Sept 2009
- Harvard Business School - Summer Venture Management Program (SVMP) - 2005
- Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) - 2005
- Merrill Lynch, Summer Analyst, Sales and Trading, July 2005
- J.P. Morgan, Summer Analyst, Chase Insurance Agency, July 2003
Education
Howard University - Washington, D.C., Marketing (Bachelor of Business Administration)
Here are my areas of expertise
Financial Planning
Insurance Protection Strategies
Life Insurance Strategies
Retirement Planning & Income Strategies
Education Planning & Funding
Disability Planning
Multigenerational Planning
Estate Planning
Lending a hand in my community.
As part of Northwestern Mutual, I'm proud to help accelerate the search for better childhood cancer treatments while supporting families undergoing treatment, and survivors from late effects. Here are some of the organizations we partner with:
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer (ALSF)
ALSF funds cancer research, raises awareness, and supports the families of children with cancer. Since 2012, Northwestern Mutual, its employees, and financial professionals like me have donated more than $20 million to support ALSF and fund over 400,000 research hours.
Beads of Courage
Beads of Courage is an art-in-medicine program that helps kids with cancer tell their unique treatment story through colorful beads that are symbols of their courage.
How Northwestern Mutual helps you live the life you want.
When people feel better about their money, good things happen—they become more confident and feel more secure. For more than 160 years, Northwestern Mutual has helped people achieve the financial flexibility they need to live more and worry less.
Being a mutual company means Northwestern Mutual reports to its clients, not Wall Street. They don't believe in chasing fads or taking undue risk for short-term gains. Instead, they take a long-term approach—both in the way we help people plan to reach their goals, and in the way they do business. This has served their clients (and mine) well through all kinds of economic ups and downs, including wars, recessions, even the recent pandemic.
It's why I'm happy to be part of a company that's in it for the long-haul and prioritizes clients over profit.
