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, & Chief Executive Officer

Ariel Alternatives, LLC

Mellody Hobson

Co-Founder

Ariel Alternatives, LLC

Our Team

Our experienced investment leaders have spent the last several decades working together to cultivate 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

Ariel Alternatives, LLC

Frantz Alphonse

Senior Managing Director

Ariel Alternatives, LLC

Lorenna Buck

Managing Director

Ariel Alternatives, LLC

Aarti Kotak

Managing Director

Head of ESG and Social Impact

Ariel Alternatives, LLC

Marvin Alfaro

Vice President, Controller

Ariel Alternatives, LLC

Eric Brice

Senior Principal

Ariel Alternatives, LLC

Akilah Carter Davis

Senior Associate

Ariel Alternatives, LLC

Clara Fagan, CFA®

Senior Vice President

Ariel Alternatives, LLC

Jai K. Parson

Associate

Ariel Alternatives, LLC

Erica Royal

Analyst

Ariel Alternatives, LLC

Pascale Thomas

Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Ariel Investments, LLC

Chief Compliance Officer, Ariel Alternatives, LLC

Nikki Stokes-Thompson

Chief of Staff

Ariel Alternatives, LLC

Our Board

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.