Team - Ariel Alternatives

Our Co-Founders

Our co-founders have successfully grown and led their own firms, while holding leadership roles on some of the most iconic corporate boards in the country. Both are steeped in the financial services industry with direct access to corporate leaders throughout the world.

Leslie A. Brun

Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Mellody Hobson

Co-Founder

Our Investment Team

Our experienced investment leaders have spent the last several decades cultivating deep relationships with Fortune 500 C-Suite executives, board members and purchasing officers to glean the proprietary insights that inform our targeted investment approach.

Charles Corpening

Senior Managing Director

Head of Investment Team

Frantz Alphonse

Senior Managing Director

Lorenna Buck

Managing Director

Aarti Kotak

Managing Director

Head of ESG and Social Impact

Eric Brice

Senior Principal

Clara Fagan, CFA®

Senior Vice President

Akilah Carter Davis

Senior Associate

Jai K. Parson

Associate

Erica Royal

Analyst

Our Business Leadership

Carlos E. Calderon

Chief Financial Officer

Arielle Patrick

Chief Communications Officer

Nancy Power, SHRM-SCP®

Chief Human Resources Officer

Emma Rodriguez-Ayala

General Counsel

Pascale Thomas

Deputy General Counsel

Chief Compliance Officer

Marvin Alfaro

Vice President, Controller

Nikki Stokes-Thompson

Chief of Staff

Our Board of Managers

Ariel Alternatives leverages strategic counsel from its board on an ongoing basis. This group has served on the boards of several Fortune 500 companies, and advised on countless M&A transactions.