Dani Hughes is the Founder and Managing Director of Divine Asset Management, a boutique advisory firm specializing in values-aligned wealth management and transformational strategy for women-led and service-based businesses. She works with individuals, families, and business owners to connect their money with their mission — offering long-term portfolio management, strategic guidance, and clear, purposeful financial planning.
Dani is widely known as an entrepreneur’s entrepreneur, bringing more than 30 years of experience on Wall Street to every relationship. Her work centers on clarity, intention, and helping clients build lives and businesses rooted in vision and growth.
Dani began her career in equity market making and investment banking in the early 1990s, ultimately building and selling multiple companies — including a women-owned investment bank that led hundreds of IPO and M&A transactions for both public and private companies. Today, she blends that institutional background with a deeply personal and strategic approach to wealth and business advisory.
She is an experienced guest on CNBC and Fox Business, and a sought-after speaker on leadership, capital creation, succession planning, and women’s economic power. Dani serves as Chair of the Audit and Compensation Committees on the board of Miller/Howard Investments and as Treasurer of Hudson Valley Women in Business.
Known for her sharp financial judgment and warm, grounded presence, Dani’s work helps clients make powerful connections — between values and action, vision and execution, and capital and community. She brings steady guidance to moments of growth, transition, and long-term planning, whether clients are investing for the future or preparing their business for its next chapter.
Her approach pairs institutional rigor with personal clarity, giving clients a trusted partner for both wealth management and transformational business strategy. Dani holds the FINRA Series 7, 63, 55, 24, 53, 79, 99, and 65.