Meet the Team
Michelle Armstrong Managing Director, Ares and President of Ares Foundation
Morgan Buchanan Associate, Ares, Employee Engagement and Community Impact
Lee Fabiaschi Vice President, Ares and Director of Learning Communities, Ares Foundation
Laura Junge Senior Associate, Ares and Chief of Staff, Ares Foundation
Dayanna Torres Vice President, Ares and Senior Program Officer, Ares Foundation
2023 Ares Foundation Board of Directors and Committees
Board of Directors
Michael Arougheti, Director, Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and President
Caroline Blakely, President and CEO, Rebuilding Together
Greg Margolies, Partner
Michael Weiner, Former General Counsel and Head of Public Policy & Legislative Affairs
President
Michelle Armstrong, Managing Director, Ares and President of Ares Foundation
Grant Approval Committee
Bill Benjamin, Partner, Head of Real Estate
Jessica Dosen, Partner, Global Head of Human Resources
Myles Gilbert, Partner, Head of Investment Strategies and Solutions
Adam Heltzer, Partner, Head of ESG
Jim Hirshorn, Partner, Private Equity
David Schwartz, Partner, Head of Credit, Secondaries Group
Grant Review & Diligence Committees
Asia and the Rest of the World
Co-Chairs
Sharad Bajpai, Partner, Head of Asset Management, Ares Asia
Shandesh Hegde, Partner, Global CIO, COO and President of AIOSSC
Edwin Wong, Partner, Head of Ares Asia
Members
Megha Bhatia
Michael Chen
Peter Graf
Lily Murakami
Ravi Singhvi
Nina Sui
Europe
Co-Chairs
Blair Jacobson, Partner, Co-Head of European Credit
Wilson Lamont, Partner, Co-Head of European Credit
Members
Lawrence Hayes
Daniela Jonsson
Allan Nielsen
Janine Schumann
Matt Theodorakis
William Twemlow
U.S. East Coast & Midwest
Co-Chairs
Mark Affolter, Partner, Portfolio Manager and Co-Head of U.S. Direct Lending
Joel Holsinger, Partner, Co-Has of Alternative Credit
Jana Markowicz, COO and Head of Product Management & Investor Relations for U.S. Direct Lending
Julie Solomon, Partner, Global COO, Investor Relations
Members
Victoria Catalano
Shelly Cleary
Kara Herskowitz
Miles Jackson
Mikos Legrand
Jake Levey
Sidy Ndiaye
Dhaval Parikh
Ankur Patel
U.S. West Coast
Co-Chairs
Jennifer Kozicki, Partner, Co-Head of Global Liquid Credit
Jarrod Phillips, Partner, Chief Financial Officer
Aaron Rosen, Partner, Co-Portfolio Manager of Special Opportunities, Private Equity
Members
Mollie Brahan-Penberthy
Courtney Clark
Anton Feingold
Meaghan Gorman
Anthony Magno
Kapil Singh
Shuming Wang
2023 AIM Committee Members
Asia and the Rest of the World
Sharad Bajpai
Aseem Bansai
Megha Bhatia
Justin Chan-Sew
Jeriel Endigeri
George He
Olivier Heinen
Chelsea Jin
Pamela Kwong
Helen Lee
Warren Macmil
Vijay Madhani
Neharika Purl
Sree Shyam NV
Dhairya Tanna
Vikas Tyagi
Lokesh Ukawat
Eric Vimont
Carl Wong
Jenny Yao
Europe
Christian des Pallieres
Kevin Early
Hilary Fitzgibbon
Sandy Howells
Blair Jacobson
Prajesh Kotecha
Jonathan Kravits
Tobia Lideus
Liz Parsley
Tobias Rabenstein
Celine Tarnay
Amelia Vellacott
U.S. East Coast & Midwest
Aila Balic
Eiti Batra
Karen Beresford
Victoria Catalano
Frank Catania
Travis Crocker
Ashley Eisele
Olivia Emer
Daniel Gluck
Amanda Healy
William Lee
Bingjie Li
Joanne Lyne
Alex Oropall
Liz Schiff
Michael White
U.S. West Coast
Emilie Adams
Bridget Beljan
Meaghan Gorman
Andre Hopkins
Brian Lindenberg
Patrick Maloney
Jennifer Nankin
Hanny Octaviani
Amanda Paru
Melissa Stephens
Howard Wang
Miguel Way
Alexander Williams
