The People Behind Your Plan

Alexis Delia joined Tilia Fiduciary Partners in 2023 as an Investment Advisor and earned her Certified Financial Planner™ certification in March 2025. She pairs deep financial expertise with an approachable, down-to-earth style, aiming to make financial planning empowering and stress-free for women, young professionals, retirees, and families.

Deeply invested in her community, Alexis serves as a board member for Communities in Schools – Cape Fear and actively volunteers with the Azalea Festival. She also delivers financial literacy talks to at-risk youth and provides pro bono advice to those in need—efforts that earned her a nomination for WILMA's Women to Watch Award in 2025.

Originally from Newport Beach, CA, Alexis now happily calls Wilmington home. Outside of work, she enjoys sailing and walking the boardwalk with her husband and their senior Yorkie, Ashley.

As an Investment Advisor at Tilia, Tom supports clients as a member of our advisory team and contributes to the firm's investment management committee. Drawing on more than two decades of leadership as a U.S. Marine Corps officer, he brings discipline, integrity, and a mission-driven approach to helping clients achieve lasting financial security. He is currently pursuing the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ designation.

After retiring from active duty, Tom spent nine years with the Federal Aviation Administration, where he honed his analytical skills and developed a deep appreciation for process and accountability. A proud UNCW graduate, he returned to the coastal community that first captured his heart.

He now enjoys life in Wilmington with his wife, Mira, and their son, Daniel.

Rajesh Dheenathayalan leads stock research and valuation analysis at Tilia Fiduciary Partners, identifying high-quality opportunities and scrutinizing how businesses generate long-term value. His curiosity about how value is created, preserved, or quietly vaporized has taken him from South India to the boardrooms of the Middle East and now to Wilmington, NC.

At Marmore MENA Intelligence — a subsidiary of Kuwait Financial Centre (Markaz) — he built a reputation for dissecting financial institutions, fluent in DCFs, SOTPs, and capital-structure arcana. He later joined KPMG's Deal Advisory team in Kuwait, leading projects that ranged from securing a new banking license for a telecom giant to orchestrating a $1 billion debt restructuring for a Gulf-based conglomerate.

A CFA charterholder and FMVA, he holds a Master of Finance from Hult International Business School and an MBA from Anna University, India. Now based in Wilmington, you'll likely find him jogging downtown when he is not untangling valuation puzzles.

Dustin Hudspeth is a Trader and Research Associate at Tilia Fiduciary Partners, supporting the Chief Investment Officer through daily trading and investment research. He approaches analysis with measured skepticism, forming opinions slowly and revising them readily when evidence shifts.

He holds a B.A. in Philosophy and Business Administration from UNCW and is currently pursuing the CFA designation. A Wilmington resident, Dustin spends his free time reading, volunteering, staying active, and enjoying the area's coastal lifestyle.

Alexis leads the Operations team at Tilia Fiduciary Partners, ensuring clients and advisors enjoy a seamless experience. She joined Tilia in 2021 as an Assistant Operations Manager, bringing a background in retail banking and a Mathematics degree from UNC Wilmington.

A Certified Estate & Trust Specialist (CES™), her expertise spans account transitions, beneficiary coordination, and the administrative intricacies of estate-related accounts.

As an Operations Associate at Tilia, Anna works to ensure clients and advisors enjoy a supported, efficient experience, serving as a key point of contact for day-to-day operations and account service requests.

With a B.A. in Cognitive Science and Linguistics from the University of Virginia, she brings a systems-oriented approach sharpened by her market research background. Off the clock, you'll find her baking, reading on the beach, or spending time with her cat, Winnie.