Nathanael R Hughes
Financial Advisor|MBA, RICP®, CLU®, ChFC®, CFP®
Personal
Nathanael Hughes was a collegiate basketball athlete where he played for five years at King University in Bristol, TN. Nathanael began his career with Northwestern Mutual in 2015 as a college financial representative intern. Nathanael used his final year at King in the 2015-16 to earn his MBA specializing in a finance concentration.
Upon graduation, Nathanael joined Northwestern Mutual and has been with the company full time since 2016. Nathanael's passion is helping people become financially secure.
Nathanael has been a lifelong member at Valley Forge Christian Church in Elizabethton, TN. Nathanael enjoys refereeing high school basketball, hiking, fishing and hunting. He is blessed with wonderful parents: Robert and Jennifer, and has two younger brothers: Milburn and Matthew.
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:
Lions Club International Foundation
Nathanael has been a member of the Elizabethton Lions club since July 2016. He has served as club president since 2017(July). Nathanael served as zone chair in 2019. Currently Nathanael is serving as Tennessee Lions District 12N 2nd Vice District Governor 2023-2024. .......Vision: We are a world leader in the effort to prevent avoidable blindness, and we’re diligently working with Lions clubs and local partners to help provide the local capacity building, training, medications and treatment needed for those with eye diseases and to provide disability rehabilitation and education for all.
Lions Volunteer Blind Industries
Nathanael has served on the board for LVBI since July 2019. Nathanael is currently an active board member. Nathanael served as Chair of the Board for LVBI 2022-2023 ......History: In October of 1951, men of vision responded to a need of people who were blind in East Tennessee, and Lions Volunteer Blind Industries came into being. With combined efforts of Lions Club members, National Industries for the Blind, the state and individuals, we began our mission of affording blind people: “Independence through employment.” Since 1951, Lions Volunteer Blind Industries has been helping the American Dream come true for thousands of visually impaired individuals across the state. Our goal is to help people who are blind to help themselves by achieving personal and economic independence.
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.
Education
King University- Physical Education (Bachelor of Arts) 2015'
King University- MBA (finance) 2016'
Retirement Income Certified Professional- (RICP®) 2021'
The RICP® is the nation’s leading credential for building integrated and comprehensive retirement income plans. A key focus is understanding, choosing, and executing a sustainable retirement income strategy from available resources—whether that means using systematic withdrawals from a portfolio, building a retirement income floor with bonds or annuities, or using a bucket strategy.
Chartered Life Underwriter- (CLU®)- 2023'
Launched in 1927, the CLU® is the insurance profession’s oldest standard of excellence. Today, it continues to be the premier credential for professionals who want to provide their clients with the security of life insurance and risk management.
CLU® designees know how to serve the diverse needs of their individual and business clients through in-depth insurance knowledge, including expertise on life insurance products, aspects of risk management, the legal aspects of life insurance, and assisting clients in making decisions about estate planning, including various wills and trust arrangements.
Chartered Financial Consultant- (ChFC®) - 2023'
The ChFC® professional is prepared with the essentials of financial planning, including insurance, income taxation, retirement planning, investments, and estate planning, Study areas include behavioral finance, financial planning for families with special needs dependents, small business planning, financial planning for clients in diverse communities, financial planning for divorce, and more.
Here are my areas of expertise
Financial Planning
Insurance Protection Strategies
Investment Planning & Strategies
Retirement Planning & Income Strategies
Advisory Services
Tax-Efficient Strategies
Long-Term Care Planning
Estate Planning
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.
