Biography
Jessica Menken joined Simon Quick Advisors in 2025 as Vice President, Family Office. In her role, she provides client service to the firm’s Family Office clients by managing legal entity structures and corporate governance, leading real estate and tangible asset portfolio oversight, coordinating legal and risk management, and delivering high-impact relationship and lifestyle management.
Prior to joining Simon Quick, Jessica spent ten years with Premier Family Office, where she specialized in serving a diverse clientele of UHNW families. Her work included corporate and partnership formation and governance, private equity due diligence, trust and estate planning, business contracts, and insurance management. Before her time at Premier, she spent three years in the residential real estate and mortgage industry. Prior to that, she served as Campaign Manager of Light the Night at The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (Iowa Chapter).
Jessica recently earned her Juris Doctor degree and Business Law Certificate from Drake University Law School, where she served as Treasurer of the Moot Court Board and as Secretary of the Iowa State Bar Association’s Probate Section. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Education from Greenville University, where she was awarded a Provost Scholarship and was an inaugural member of Kappa Delta Pi, the international education honor society. She is the current Secretary of the Board for Starts Right Here, an education non-profit for homeless and at-risk urban youth in Des Moines, and she also volunteers for other local education and faith-based organizations. In her free time, Jessica spends time with family and friends, reading, and exploring.