CARING AND COLLABORATIVE
A Personalized Approach to Help You
Reach Your Financial Goals
Our mission is to assist our clients to help them achieve their financial objectives. Our team takes time to understand your goals so that the recommendations we offer are tailored to fit your needs. We then focus on providing simple and clear explanations of financial solutions and a plan you can follow.
While some of our clients are building wealth towards their retirement goals, we also focus on business succession and family financial planning for your legacy.
Experience Matters
Our team has been working with individuals, families and businesses since 2000. Each of our associates has extensive personal and professional experience and continue to work to enhance their knowledge.
Our Difference
We genuinely care for our client's well-being. We spend the time needed to gain a holistic view of your financial picture and ask focused questions about your goals for the future. Then we use our knowledge and experience to develop a strategy and plan designed to address your priorities and personal situation.
We are dedicated to developing lasting relationships with all our clients.
OUR TEAM
Ty Hughes MBA, AIF®, RICP
Founder, Financial Advisor,
Phone: (402) 401-2312
ty@thewalnuthilladvisors.com
Elkhorn Office
MaryJo Ribar
Director of Operations
Phone: (402) 401-2306
maryjo@thewalnuthilladvisors.com
Elkhorn Office
Debbie Hohler
Administrative Coordinator
Phone: (402) 690-0962
debbie@thewalnuthilladvisors.com
Bellevue Office
Jennifer Eby
Client Relations Coordinator
Phone: (402) 690-0962
jennifer@thewalnuthilladvisors.com
Bellevue Office
Beth Gilbert
Administrative Coordinator
Phone: (402) 401-2306
beth@thewalnuthilladvisors.com
Elkhorn Office
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Ty Hughes, MBA, AIF®, RICP
Founder, Financial Advisor
Ty Hughes is the founding partner of Walnut Hill Advisors. Ty moved to Nebraska in 2000 from Kansas City. He grew up on Walnut Hill Farm hence our business name. After becoming a Nebraska Cornhusker fan, he applied to graduate school and used that as an excuse to relocate permanently to rural Nebraska. He is married to Rebecca and has four children.
Ty always had a desire to build his own practice and began that effort in 2014. He has been employed in the industry since 2000. He enjoys coming to work every day and building the relationships he has with his clientele. He also loves the team with which he is privileged to work.
Outside of work, Ty enjoys time with his kids, golf, horseback riding, reading, live music, and traveling with his wife. He is involved in his church and a men's group in the Bennington community where he lives. Professionally, he is a Board member of the Advisory Board for Finance, Banking and Real Estate at the University of Nebraska Omaha, and host family for the Safe Families for Children Organization. His practice has grown since 2014, and he strives to help new clients each day. He attributes this to being a part of a team that is effectively serving their clientele.
Interesting fact: Our firm name hails from 1908 when Ty's family farm, Walnut Hill Farm, was in operation. The primary structures (barns and a farmhouse) on the property were constructed from indigenous walnut trees and rock that were harvested and milled. These buildings remain standing to this day.
Excess lumber and stone were hauled down the ¼ mile drive from atop the farm located 500 feet above the Little Blue Valley. There, the materials were sold and shipped on the local Union Pacific Railroad. The train's route cut through the valley adjacent to the Little Blue River that feeds directly into the Missouri River, a common waterway for transport and trade in the early 1900's.
Phone: (402) 401-2312ty@thewalnuthilladvisors.com
Omaha Office Location:
18205 Capitol Avenue Suite 300 Elkhorn, NE 68022
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Debbie Hohler
Administrative Coordinator
Debbie serves as an Administrative Coordinator with a focus on providing exceptional service. She helps process new business, prepare for annual financial plan reviews, and everything in between. Debbie watches the details closely and makes sure our clients are well informed and comfortable with every step of the process.
Debbie and her husband, Darran, grew up in Bellevue after moving there as children with their military fathers. They moved to Plattsmouth, after building a house, and have resided there since 1999 with their son. Debbie has a bachelor's degree in accounting with a minor in business administration.
She spends her free time with her family and friends, and enjoys reading and gardening.
Phone: (402) 690-0962debbie@thewalnuthilladvisors.com
Bellevue Office Location:
1508 JF Kennedy Blvd Suite 201, Bellevue, NE 68005
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MaryJo Ribar
Director of Operations
MaryJo serves as our Director of Operations, leading the firm's daily activities and serving our clients and partners. MaryJo works diligently to find the answer to any question that may arise, and she excels in the details.
MaryJo and her husband, Pat, relocated from eastern Iowa to Nebraska in 1992 for his career in education. Although both remain die-hard Iowa Hawkeye fans, they call Omaha home and have raised their two children and three dogs here. MaryJo has a bachelor's degree in nursing and worked in intensive care units early in her career. She focuses on family, faith, fitness and food in her downtime.
Phone: (402) 401-2306
maryjo@thewalnuthilladvisors.com
Omaha Office Location:
18205 Capitol Avenue Suite 300 Elkhorn, NE 68022
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Jennifer Eby
Client Relations Coordinator
Jennifer serves as our Client and Community Relations Coordinator and focuses on client engagement. She organizes our communications with clients, schedules client reviews, assists with online marketing and events, and makes sure the team remains updated on important client milestones. Jennifer has a special way of connecting with our clients, and we believe she plays a big role in solidifying our clients' confidence and comfort with the entire team.
Jennifer and her husband, Scott, were born and raised in Bellevue. They have been married for more than 20 years and have two sons. Jennifer graduated with a bachelor's degree from Northwest Missouri State. Early in her career she worked as a paralegal for Sarpy County. In her free time, Jennifer enjoys spending time with her husband, sons, family, and friends. She loves traveling, gardening, and exercising.
Phone: (402) 690-0962
jennifer@thewalnuthilladvisors.com
Bellevue Office Location:
1508 JF Kennedy Blvd Suite 201, Bellevue, NE 68005
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Beth Gilbert
Administrative Coordinator
Beth serves as an Administrative Coordinator and is the voice you hear when you call. She is often the first point of contact outside the advisor. She processes new account paperwork, handles client requests, sets appointments for clients with their advisor, and preps the advisor for meetings. Beth is attentive to details and prides herself on connecting with clients throughout their journey.
Beth has a beautiful daughter, Ruby, and keeps things interesting by adding two dogs to the mix—never a dull moment! When she is not spending time with family, Beth is all about dance. She coaches a local high school dance team and teaches at a local dance studio.
Phone: (402) 401-2306
beth@thewalnuthilladvisors.com
Omaha Office Location:
18205 Capitol Avenue Suite 300 Elkhorn, NE 68022
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OUR SERVICES
We believe the tools of financial planning can provide the link between what clients envision and what they achieve. With this in mind, we will work with you to develop a plan that will help build, protect and manage your finances using tools such as insurance, investments, estate planning, business and tax planning strategies.
Tax strategies
We can work with your tax planning firm to provide a cohesive plan designed to work with what we're providing on the financial and business planning side. If you would like a recommendation for some tax professionals, please let us know.
We promise to help guide you through a step-by-step process to help make you feel comfortable and confident. In addition, we'll meet with you on a regular basis to see if goals have changed and to review your plan to measure progress.
OUR COMMUNITY
We sincerely care about our clients and the community in which we serve. Our team is actively involved in and supports many different deserving local organizations.
One that is near and dear to our founder's heart is Families Together (formerly Safe Families). This incredible group offers temporary child care for parents working to stabilize their lives. Watch the video below to learn more about Families Together and Ty and his family's direct involvement.
*Ty's involvement in Families Together are outside their role as a financial professional with Principal Financial Group®. Principal is not affiliated with and does not recommend or sponsor any of these activities.
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CONTACT US
How can we assist you? If you have a question you'd like to discuss, please feel free to call or email.
Omaha Office
18205 Capitol Avenue
Suite 300
Elkhorn, NE 68022
Open 8am - 5pm
Monday through Friday
Phone: (402) 401-2306
Fax: (833) 978-2421
Bellevue Office
1508 John F Kennedy Drive
Suite 201
Bellevue, NE 68005
Open 10:30am - 5pm
Monday, Wednesday & Friday
9am - 1pm Tuesday & Thursday
Phone: (402) 690-0962
Fax: (402) 505-9625
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