Our Team
Barry E. Dittus
President
Celebrating over 30 years in Disability Income Insurance & Life Insurance Sales, Barry is an industry leader in DI & Life Insurance sales having exceeded sales expectations year-over-year for the nation’s top insurance carriers including: Ohio National Life Insurance Company, Northwestern Mutual Life, MetLife, Guardian/Berkshire and Disability Resource Group.
Having worked with the nations top carriers, Barry’s comprehensive knowledge of their individual products offerings, applications, and underwriting processes contribute to Barry’s unique selling proposition. Barry’s led the efforts in building Group STD/LTD sales platforms and has partnered with the nations top producing brokers to provide disability income insurance and life insurance solutions to large physician groups, attorneys, and highly compensated individuals. Having presented at numerous main stage corporate and industry conventions, Barry is considered one of the most knowledgeable and highly captivating presenters in the insurance industry.
Barry is a graduate from Michigan State University’s, College of Business. He has recently relocated to Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida where he enjoys sailing on the Atlantic Ocean with his wife Danielle, and his three children, Stephanie, Daniel, and Sofia. He is improving upon his golf game while teaching his children the patience and skill required to play a proper game of golf. Barry has completed multiple triathlons, ran the Boston and Chicago marathon and is a master’s level swimmer having received numerous awards for the best time, in his age group, for the Butterfly Stroke. Today, Barry swims and lifts weights daily to try and keep up with his children.
Danielle L. Dittus
Chief Marketing Officer
With over 20 years of comprehensive marketing and public relations experience, Danielle delivers forward thinking and value-driven marketing & PR strategies to optimize Wealth Optix. Having worked on both the corporate side and on the agency side, Danielle utilizes her knowledge of best practices and her expertise in target marketing to deliver profit driven results.
Danielle graduated from DePaul University with a degree in Political Science. She subsequently received two professional certifications from DePaul University in Market Research and Marketing Plans, Strategies & Budgets. After graduation, Danielle enrolled in several courses at the Art Institute of Chicago including Art History and Contemporary Oil Painting.
Danielle is the Emeritus President of the DuPage County Regional Board of School Trustees, a quasi-judicial school board that hears cases for detachment and annexation. Danielle continues to look at opportunities for a future seat in public office.
Danielle, her husband Barry, and their two children Daniel and Sofia live in Florida. When asked, Danielle said that her most important accomplishment is her two children. For them, excellence in education continues to be a top priority along with surf, fun and sun on Florida’s Atlantic Coast. Danielle is an avid fitness enthusiast, painter and horticulturalist.
