Clara's Expertise

Clara is responsible for sourcing and executing deal opportunities, performing due diligence and carrying out portfolio management and value creation strategies. She is also a board director for platform company, My Code—a leading multicultural media and marketing services firm. Before joining Ariel, she was a senior director with the impact investments group at NYL Investors, which manages over $320 billion across fixed income, real estate and private placements for the New York Life General account and third-party investors globally. In that capacity, Clara was tasked with new deal origination and portfolio management and contributed to the formulation and execution of New York Life’s impact investment strategy focused on addressing the racial wealth gap. Prior to that role, she spent 11 years with New York Life’s private placement group where she was responsible for investment origination, portfolio management, and maintaining relationships with investment banks. Clara earned a BS in finance from Manhattan College and an MBA from Columbia University. She is a CFA Charterholder.