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David Chene co-founded Kennedy Lewis with Darren Richman in 2017. Mr. Chene is a Co-Portfolio Manager and a Co-Managing Partner of Kennedy Lewis, and he Co-Chairs the Firm’s Investment Committee and Executive Committee. Mr. Chene was formerly a Managing Director with CarVal Investors, responsible for managing the US Corporate Securities business based in Minneapolis, from 2012 to 2016. Prior to his role in the US, he was Co-Head of CarVal’s European Corporate Securities business based in London. In both roles, he focused on special situations and distressed investments, including the firm’s global liquidations exposures and European financial investments. Before joining CarVal, Mr. Chene worked at Credit Suisse in London, running the firm’s European Distressed business, and was responsible for risk management across the firm’s European Leveraged Finance trading activities, from 2010 to 2012. Prior to Credit Suisse, Mr. Chene was a Senior Distressed Trader for Morgan Stanley in London, from 2009 to 2010. Prior to Morgan Stanley, Mr. Chene was a Research Analyst at DiMaio Ahmad Capital from 2003 to 2009, first in New York and then later as Head of the Firm’s Asian Platform, based in Singapore. Mr. Chene began his career at CIBC World Markets as a Research Analyst in its Leveraged Finance Investment Banking Division in New York, from 2001 to 2003.
Mr. Chene actively supports charitable causes such as Ironman Foundation, Seeds of Peace, TreeHouse, Urban Ventures, WATCH, and Women for Women International. He is an Eagle Scout and an 8-time full distance Ironman finisher, including 2-times at the Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii.
He received a BA in Business Economics and Accounting from the University of California at Los Angeles in 2001.
Darren Richman co-founded Kennedy Lewis with David Chene in 2017. Mr. Richman is a Co-Portfolio Manager and a Co-Managing Partner of Kennedy Lewis, and he Co-Chairs the Firm’s Investment Committee and Executive Committee. Mr. Richman was formerly a Senior Managing Director with Blackstone from 2006 to 2016. He focused on special situations and distressed investments, and he sat on the Investment Committee for many of GSO’s special situation-oriented funds. Before joining GSO Capital Partners, Mr. Richman worked at DiMaio Ahmad Capital, where he was a Founding Member and the Co-Head of its Investment Research Team, from 2003 to 2006. Prior to joining DiMaio Ahmad, Mr. Richman was a Vice President and Senior Special Situations Analyst at Goldman Sachs, from 1999 to 2003. Mr. Richman began his career with Deloitte & Touche, ultimately serving as a Manager in the Firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions Services Group, from 1994 to 1999.
Mr. Richman is on the Board of Outward Bound USA, and the Executive Board of New York University’s Stern School of Business. He is a member of the Economic Club of New York and formerly served on its strategic planning committee.
Mr. Richman received a BS/BA degrees in Accounting from the University of Hartford in 1993, and an MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business in 2000. He was formerly a Certified Public Accountant and a Member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Doug Logigian joined Kennedy Lewis in 2020 and is a Co-Managing Partner and the President of the Firm. Mr. Logigian serves on the Firm’s Investment Committee as well as the Executive Committee. Mr. Logigian was formerly a Senior Managing Director with Blackstone from 2006 to 2019. He was the Head of Capital Markets and a Portfolio Manager for GSO Capital Partners, and he sat on the Investment Committee for GSO’s special situation-oriented funds. Mr. Logigian also served on Blackstone’s Capital Markets Committee. Prior to his portfolio management responsibilities, Mr. Logigian served as the Head Trader across the GSO alternatives platform, where he oversaw the operations of the trading desk and transacted in all of the asset classes in which GSO trafficked. Prior to joining GSO in 2006, Mr. Logigian worked as an Associate at Citibank where he was responsible for managing a book of high yield cash bonds and credit default swaps on the Credit Trading Desk. While at Blackstone, Mr. Logigian served on the Board of Directors for Seneca Mortgage.
Mr. Logigian received a BA with honors from Harvard University.
Richard “Dik” Blewitt joined Kennedy Lewis in 2020 and is a Partner and the Head of Tactical Opportunities. Mr. Blewitt serves on the Firm’s Investment Committee. Mr. Blewitt previously spent 6 years at GSO Capital Partners, a division of Blackstone, as a Managing Director focused on structured finance/credit investments. He was the Senior Portfolio Manager for Carador Income Fund PLC, a member of the Global Structured Credit Investment committee for the firm’s Liquid Credit business, as well as a member of Blackstone Insurance Solutions Investment Committee. Prior to that, he was a Managing Director and Co-Head of the Securitized Asset Team within Blackrock’s Fixed Income Portfolio Management Group, a senior PM for Blackrock BMI, PPIF, and TALF funds, as well as the Partner in charge of Securitization and Insurance Products for the R3 Capital Hedge Fund. Prior to Blackrock acquiring R3, Mr. Blewitt was with Lehman Brothers as a Managing Director and Head of Securitization and Insurance Product Investments for the Global Principal Strategies business. Mr. Blewitt was formerly a Managing Director and Global Head of Distribution for the Global Structured Products Group at Bank of America Securities, and previously spent 7 years with JP Morgan in Structured Finance.
Mr. Blewitt earned a BS in Finance from Lehigh University, and an MBA in Finance/International Business from the Stern School of Business at New York University.
Mark Crawford joined Kennedy Lewis in 2017 and is a Partner and the Head of Power. Mr. Crawford serves on the Firm’s Investment Committee. Mr. Crawford was formerly a Director with CarVal Investors, responsible for managing North American special situations and distressed investments, specifically focusing on power and energy investments. Before joining CarVal, he was a Senior Credit Analyst with GSC Group, focusing on liquid investment strategies within the firm’s distressed for control private equity unit. Prior to GSC Group, Mr. Crawford was a Research Analyst in the Carlyle Group’s High Yield Business, focusing on power, automotive and consumer product investments. Prior to Carlyle, he was an Investment Banking Associate at Credit Suisse First Boston, primarily working in the Distressed Finance and Global Energy groups. Prior to starting a career in finance, Mr. Crawford began as a Surface Warfare Officer in the U.S. Navy, during which he deployed to the North Atlantic, Mediterranean, Middle East and Latin America.
Mr. Crawford received a BS in Economics from the United States Naval Academy, a MS in Information and Telecommunications Systems from Johns Hopkins University, and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
James Didden joined Kennedy Lewis in 2021 and is a Partner of the Firm and the Head of Private Wealth Solutions. Mr. Didden serves as President of Kennedy Lewis Capital Company (“KLCC”) and is the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of KLCC. Prior to joining Kennedy Lewis, Mr. Didden was a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of a registered investment advisor based in New Jersey. For most of his career, Mr. Didden has been a senior executive in the leveraged finance industry. Previously, he was an original partner of GSO Capital Partners upon its founding in 2005. Subsequently, he became a Senior Managing Director at Blackstone upon its acquisition of GSO in 2008. While at Blackstone/GSO, Mr. Didden held several senior positions. Initially, he helped GSO run its liquid credit strategies as Head Trader and a Portfolio Manager for its flagship credit hedge fund and separately managed accounts. During this period, he was also involved in the formation of GSO’s private lending business and sat on several investment committees. Later, he was Co-Head of Customized Credit Strategies (CCS), which was Blackstone/GSO’s senior loan business and comprised over half the firm’s assets under management. As Co-Head of CCS, Mr. Didden helped oversee the firm’s CLO, closed-end fund and ETF businesses and sat on several investment committees. As Co-Head of CCS, he spent significant time on product development as well as raising capital in the private wealth arena as part of Blackstone’s initial efforts in that channel. Before joining GSO Capital Partners in 2005, Mr. Didden was a Managing Director in High Yield Sales & Trading at Deutsche Bank. Prior to Deutsche Bank, he was a partner at J. & W. Seligman & Co., serving as Portfolio Manager and Head Trader for the firm’s multibillion dollar High Yield portfolio. Prior to starting his investment management career, Mr. Didden was a tax lawyer at Kelley Drye & Warren in New York City.
Mr. Didden actively supports charitable causes in his community and various academic institutions.
Mr. Didden received a B.A. from Boston College, a J.D. with honors from American University Law School and a Masters in Tax Law from New York University Law School. He was formerly a member of the New York and New Jersey Bars.
Brian Dubin joined Kennedy Lewis in 2018 and is a Partner focused on investments in the Technology, Media, and Telecom (TMT), Industrials and Fitness sectors. Mr. Dubin serves on the Firm’s Investment Committee. Mr. Dubin was formerly a Senior Analyst at Mariner Investment Group, a leading alternative investment advisory firm, specifically focusing on stressed loans, from 2015 to 2018. Before joining Mariner Investment Group, Mr. Dubin was a Partner and Research Analyst at MeehanCombs, a global credit opportunities fund, where he was responsible for specialty finance investments, from 2012 to 2015. Prior to MeehanCombs, Mr. Dubin was a Senior Analyst at Eos Partners, a distressed credit fund, where he focused on investments in the financial services industry, from 2008 to 2012. Prior to Eos Partners, Mr. Dubin was a Specialty Finance and Industrials Analyst at GSO Capital Partners from 2005 to 2008. Mr. Dubin began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst in the Global Industrial Group of UBS investment bank from 2003 to 2005.
Mr. Dubin received a BS from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 2002.
Sylvia Owens joined Kennedy Lewis in 2021 and is a Partner focused on the Firm’s business development and investor relations activities. Ms. Owens was formerly a Managing Director and Global Private Credit and Real Assets Strategist with Aksia, a specialty investment consultant. In her role at Aksia, she was responsible for overseeing the implementation of private credit and real assets portfolios across a global base of LPs, and advised investors with respect to portfolio construction, investment selection, pacing, risk and tactical plans.
Ms. Owens has partnered with prominent industry organizations to increase awareness of private credit as an asset class, including spearheading the development of Institutional Limited Partners Association’s (ILPA) Private Credit Specialist Series, where she was one of the lead instructors for the course.
Prior to joining Aksia, Ms. Owens spent nearly a decade in the private markets space, working with both investors and GPs across private equity, real assets, and private credit selection and positioning. She began her career at Goldman Sachs in Chicago, where she oversaw the Midwest Convertibles business and then moved to New York to co-lead the institutional synthetics convertibles business.
Ms. Owens graduated from the University of Southern California with a BA in Economics and East Asian Studies and holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.
Anthony Pasqua joined Kennedy Lewis in 2017 and is a Partner and the Firm’s Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Pasqua has direct responsibility across Legal, Finance, Compliance, IT, and HR, and he serves on the Firm’s Executive Committee. Mr. Pasqua was formerly the COO/CFO of several credit related hedge funds, including Ellis Lake Capital where he was a Founding Member. Prior to being a COO/CFO Mr. Pasqua was the Head of Operations at Shumway Capital Partners (2008-2009) and the Controller/Director of Operations at Chatham Asset Management (2003-2008).
Mr. Pasqua graduated from East Stroudsburg University in 2000 with a BA in Business Management and earned his MBA from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 2007. Mr. Pasqua is a Certified Public Accountant.
Ben Schryber joined Kennedy Lewis in 2018 and is a Partner and the Head of Business Development with responsibility for the Firm’s investor relations activities. Mr. Schryber was formerly a Managing Director at the Carlyle Group where he led its credit sales activities globally. Prior to Carlyle, Mr. Schryber was the Global Head of Credit at First Avenue Partners, a leading credit placement agent, where he oversaw for the origination, distribution, and ongoing management of credit funds. Prior to First Avenue, Mr. Schryber worked for Albourne Partners where he led the Firm’s due diligence on private credit funds. Prior to that, he worked for Blue Ridge Partners as a management consultant focused on company-level due diligence on behalf of private equity funds.
Mr. Schryber earned a B.A. with Highest Honors from the University of Florida and was a Visiting Scholar at the University of Cambridge.
David Valiaveedan joined Kennedy Lewis in 2021 and is a Partner focused on investments in Homebuilding and Land Development. Mr. Valiaveedan has over 30 years of experience in real estate focused on the structuring and placement of debt and equity for public and private companies across the homebuilding, multifamily, office and hotel segments. Prior to joining Kennedy Lewis, Mr. Valiaveedan was at DW Partners, LP where he led the formation of Domain Real Estate Partners and targeted residential investment.
Prior to joining DW Partners in August 2015, David was Vice President of Finance & Treasurer at Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc, a leading national homebuilder. At Hovnanian, he was a member of senior management responsible for the treasury and corporate finance functions and served as a member of the company’s land acquisition committee. He focused on raising debt and equity capital at both the entity level through senior notes and share issuances, and at the community level through project debt and joint venture equity including land banking.
Prior to joining Hovnanian in 2005, Mr. Valiaveedan was a Vice President at AIG Global Real Estate where he led capital markets for a portfolio of six AIG sponsored global private equity funds and direct portfolio investments with a gross invested balance of over $6 billion.
Prior to AIG, from 2000-2002, he was a Vice President in Real Estate Investment Banking at Credit Suisse; he held the same position at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette before it was acquired by Credit Suisse. At both firms he was involved in the structuring and placement of debt and equity capital as well as mergers and acquisitions for real estate companies.
From 1997-2000, Mr. Valiaveedan was a Vice President at Credit Re Mortgage Capital, a merchant bank focused on credit enhancement for affordable housing. From 1994-1997, he was an Associate in Real Estate Investment Banking at Bankers Trust (now Deutsche Bank) and participated in the acquisition of distressed and non-performing loan portfolios from various sellers, including the Resolution Trust Corporation.
Mr. Valiaveedan holds a BS in Finance from Georgetown University and an MBA from the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia.
Rizwan Akhter joined Kennedy Lewis in 2021 as part of the Kennedy Lewis controlled strategic partnership (“Generate Advisors”) with York Capital Management Global Advisors, LLC (“York”). He is a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager responsible for the CLOs managed by Generate Advisors. Prior to joining York in 2014, Mr. Akhter was a Portfolio Manager at DiMaio Ahmad Capital where he managed a number of funds and investment portfolios specializing in leveraged loans, high yield bonds and structured credit, and at Credit Suisse in fixed income and investment banking primarily as a Structured Trader within the credit derivatives business. Prior to that, Mr. Akhter worked at General Re Financial Products in fixed income derivatives structuring and at Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc. as an investment banker.
Mr. Akhter earned a BA in Economics from Columbia College and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
Ayaz Asaf joined Kennedy Lewis in 2023 and is a Managing Director focused on investments in Europe. Prior to joining Kennedy Lewis, Mr. Asaf was a Corporate Development Executive at the ION Group, a European financial technology conglomerate. At the ION Group he was involved in corporate development initiatives supporting portfolio companies and new acquisitions/investments. Prior to joining ION in 2020, Mr. Asaf worked at CarVal Investors from 2014 – 2020 where he was a Managing Director responsible for investing in high yield and distressed debt. Earlier in his career, Mr. Asaf worked at Credit Suisse in the distressed debt trading group and Leveraged Finance investment banking. Mr. Asaf began his career at Deloitte, and in 2006 he qualified as a Chartered Accountant (Canada).
Mr. Asaf received a Bachelors degree in finance and mathematics from the University of Toronto in 2004. He is a Chartered Accountant and CFA Charterholder.
Ben Bernstein joined Kennedy Lewis in 2019 and is a Managing Director focused on the Firm’s business development and investor relations activities. Mr. Bernstein was formerly a Principal at Actis, the leading emerging markets alternative investment manager, where he focused on the firm’s private equity, real estate and infrastructure fundraising and investor relations activities. Prior to Actis, Mr. Bernstein was an Analyst at Fortress Investment Group where he worked on capital formation and investor relations for the firm’s private equity business. He started his career at Albourne Partners where he was an Associate primarily responsible for conducting due diligence on private equity funds.
Mr. Bernstein received a BA in Political Science from Trinity College where he graduated with Honors in General Scholarship, Honors in Political Science and Faculty Honors.
Roger Brush joined Kennedy Lewis in 2024 as a Managing Director focused on investments in Homebuilding and Land Development. Mr. Brush has over 30 years of experience in residential real estate from investments to acquisitions to land development and homebuilding operations. In 2010, he co-founded Gibraltar Real Estate Capital, a residential real estate investment platform initially formed to pursue opportunistic real estate transactions coming out of the Great Financial Crisis and, as the housing market improved, transitioning to a provider of residential acquisition and development capital to builders and developers. Mr. Brush’s career in residential real estate began in 1993 when he joined Toll Brothers, the national homebuilder. Initially, Mr. Brush assessed and executed opportunities to purchase residential acquisition & development loans from financial institutions and the Resolution Trust Corporation. Subsequently, he played a key role in Toll Brothers’ nationwide expansion through his work on homebuilder acquisitions and organic growth with land acquisitions. Mr. Brush gained “boots on the ground” experience in homebuilding operations, ultimately becoming a Group President for Toll Brothers overseeing several markets across the country. Prior to joining Toll Brothers, Mr. Brush was an attorney at Klehr, Harrison, Harvey, Branzburg LLP, a prominent Philadelphia, PA law firm. He is a member of the Board of Trustees at Pennsylvania School for the Deaf.
Mr. Brush received a B.A. in Economics and Psychology from Tufts University and a J.D. from Temple University School of Law.
Tarik Dalton joined Kennedy Lewis in 2023 and is a Managing Director on the Firm’s investment team.
Prior to joining Kennedy Lewis, Mr. Dalton was a Managing Director and Head of Leveraged Finance Desk Research at Goldman Sachs. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs in 2021, Mr. Dalton served as Managing Director and Head of Business Development for Silverback Asset Management, an alternative investment manager based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Prior to joining Silverback, Mr. Dalton founded Price Cameron Woods which provided advisory services to investment managers. From 2012 to 2018, Mr. Dalton served as Senior Advisor to the CIO and Director of Multi-Strategy Investments at the North Carolina Department of the Treasury where he was responsible for a ~$3 billion portfolio of diverse alternative investments. Mr. Dalton served as one of the four members of the $100 billion pension’s investment committee, as well as on the asset and liability steering committee. From 2005 to 2012, Mr. Dalton was a Director at Credit Suisse in the Leveraged Finance Group, where he was a distressed credit analyst performing fundamental analysis on stressed and distressed corporate credits with a focus on autos and industrials, lodging, leisure, and gaming. Mr. Dalton began his career as a consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Mr. Dalton holds a BA in Economics-Philosophy from Columbia University and an MBA from The Kenan-Flagler Business School of the University of North Carolina where he also serves on the Next Generation Advisory Board.
Thomas DeSouza joined Kennedy Lewis in 2024 and is focused on investments in the Healthcare and Life Sciences sectors. Mr. DeSouza has served as the chief executive of multiple healthcare companies, has managed large P&Ls for global organizations, and has been an active advisor and investor during his career. Prior to joining Kennedy Lewis, he was a Venture Chair at Redesign Health; a seed stage healthcare venture studio that has launched over 60 healthcare software and services companies since 2018, where he was responsible for funding, launching, board governance, and recruiting for the companies launched by Redesign Health. During his tenure, Mr. DeSouza sat on the boards of six of Redesign Health’s companies of which he was Chairman of four.
Prior to Redesign Health, he formed Synthesis Health, Inc through the merger of three businesses and one asset acquisition. Mr. DeSouza served as Chief Executive Officer and Board Director of Synthesis Health. Prior to Synthesis Health, he was on the Global Leadership team at Philips Healthcare where he was the Global Head of New Ventures and Diagnostic Clinical Services. At Philips Healthcare, Mr. DeSouza was responsible for leading multiple M&A transactions and launching several new business lines. Prior to Philips Healthcare, he held a variety of healthcare venture investing and CEO roles, including CEO and Board Director of SemanticMD, Founding Managing Director of Allegory Venture Partners, and a Partner at R.W. Baird & Co. Prior to Baird, he was a Portfolio Manager at Morgan Stanley.
Mr. DeSouza holds an M.B.A. from Tulane University Freeman School of Business, and studied Finance and Political Science in his undergrad at Portland State University. He currently sits on the Board of Governors for the Tulane University School of Medicine. Mr. DeSouza earned a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, for which he has trained since 2002 and received his black belt from the esteemed Master Rilion Gracie. He still actively competes and has won multiple world class tournaments throughout his career. Mr. DeSouza is also an Executive Advisor to Oxford University’s Oxford Science Enterprises.
Yehuda Feldman joined Kennedy Lewis in 2024 and is a Managing Director focused primarily on investments in the Tactical Opportunities sector. Prior to joining Kennedy Lewis, Mr. Feldman was a Principal at Blackstone, where he worked for 9 years. Most recently, Mr. Feldman was a member of Blackstone’s Asset-Based Finance team from 2020-2024 and was responsible for sourcing and executing consumer and transportation structured finance investments on behalf of insurance clients. Prior to that, Mr. Feldman focused on structured finance/credit investments within Blackstone Credit (formerly GSO Capital Partners) from 2015-2020. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Feldman was a Vice President at Citigroup in the Asset Finance Group where he structured physical asset financings and leases. Mr. Feldman began his career as an Analyst at Merrill Lynch in the Structured Finance & Investments group which focused on alternative asset-based loans.
Mr. Feldman received a BS in Finance with Honors from Yeshiva University.
Doug Gerowski joined Kennedy Lewis in 2019 and is a Managing Director focused on the Firm’s trading activities. Mr. Gerowski is a member of the Firm’s Investment Committee. Mr. Gerowski was formerly a Trader at Fir Tree Capital Management (2014 – 2019), a multi-strategy hedge fund, where he was responsible for trade execution, sell-side relationship management and investment idea generation across a full suite of asset classes globally. Mr. Gerowski previously served as an Associate within Fir Tree’s operations group from 2012 to 2014. He started his career as a middle office Associate at HedgeServ, a hedge fund administrator, from 2011 to 2012.
Mr. Gerowski graduated from Lafayette College in 2011 with a BA in Economics. He is a CFA charterholder.
Adam Goldberg joined Kennedy Lewis in 2020 and is a Managing Director focused on investments in Tactical Opportunities. Mr. Goldberg was formerly on the residential mortgage team at EJF Capital, responsible for non-agency loan acquisition, from 2019-2020. Prior to working at EJF, Mr. Goldberg was a founding employee at Seneca Mortgage Servicing. At Seneca, Mr. Goldberg was the SVP of Capital Markets and his responsibilities included acquisition and portfolio management of $50 billion mortgage servicing rights. Prior to Seneca, Mr. Goldberg was a Vice President at Arbor Realty Trust (NYSE: ABR) and subsidiaries where he traded mortgage securities and nonperforming loans. Mr. Goldberg began his career in Asset Backed Finance at Nomura and UBS.
Mr. Goldberg earned a BS in Finance from the University of Maryland, and an MBA from Stern School of Business at New York University.
Melissa Griffiths-Brown joined Kennedy Lewis in 2024 and is a Managing Director focused on Middle Office and front to back-end operations. Mrs. Griffiths-Brown was formerly Director of Operations at Vista Credit Partners where she managed the middle office across multiple strategies, with a core focus on liquid and private credit, private equity, technology stack design and implementation, complex transaction structuring, liability management, and trading operations. Prior to Vista, she was a Managing Director at Anchorage Capital Group, LLC, where she built and led the global leverage loan closing and loan administration team across products, specifically covering liquid, opportunistic, and distressed credit, derivatives, and special situations, including trade claims and alternatives. Mrs. Griffiths-Brown began her career at Citigroup working for the distressed leverage loan desk.
Mrs. Griffiths-Brown received a BA in International Relations from the University of Delaware.
Eric Im joined Kennedy Lewis in 2021 as part of the Kennedy Lewis controlled strategic partnership (“Generate Advisors”) with York Capital Management Global Advisors, LLC (“York”). He is the Managing Director of Research and CLO Analyst responsible for the CLOs managed by Generate Advisors. Prior to joining York in 2014, Mr. Im was a Research Analyst at Alcentra where he was primarily focused on investing in syndicated leveraged loans for its CLO and mutual fund portfolios. Prior to Alcentra, Mr. Im was a Leverage Finance Analyst at J.P. Morgan where he focused on originating, structuring, and executing high yield and leveraged loan financings for various M&A, leveraged buyout and refinancing deals in the technology, media, and telecom sectors.
Mr. Im earned a BA from the University of California, Los Angeles.
David Kho joined Kennedy Lewis in 2019 and is a Managing Director focused on investments in the Life Sciences sector. Mr. Kho was formerly a Vice President at Bridge Bank, responsible for originating and managing credits in the life sciences industry, from 2018 to 2019. Before joining Bridge Bank, he was a Vice President with Life Sciences Alternative Funding (“LSAF”), a joint venture with Perella Weinberg Partners’ Asset Based Value Strategy, focused on providing structured growth capital to medical device and diagnostics companies, from 2014 to 2018. Prior to Life Sciences Alternative Funding, Mr. Kho was a Vice President in Square 1 Bank’s life sciences group, from 2008 to 2014. Mr. Kho began his career as a Performance Analyst at Hatteras Investment Partners.
Mr. Kho received a BS in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2007.
Gary Klayn joined Kennedy Lewis in 2022 and is a Managing Director and the Controller of Kennedy Lewis Capital Company. Mr. Klayn has 25 years of experience, and was formerly a Vice President at Onex Falcon where he was responsible for the finance function of Onex Falcon Direct Lending BDC Fund. Prior to that, Mr. Klayn held various positions at Muzinich & Co., including as Director of Fund Accounting and as Finance and Operations Manager in the Private Debt/BDC department. Mr. Klayn began his career at Deloitte & Touche LLP where he was a Manager in the Assurance and Advisory practice.
Mr. Klayn received a B.S. in Accounting from Brooklyn College and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Eugene Koltunov joined Kennedy Lewis in 2021 as part of the Kennedy Lewis controlled strategic partnership (“Generate Advisors”) with York Capital Management Global Advisors, LLC (“York”). He is a Managing Director and Credit Trader responsible for the CLOs managed by Generate Advisors. Mr. Koltunov joined York in 2008 where most recently he was a Credit Trader focusing on performing credit, including high yield and leveraged loans.
Mr. Koltunov earned a BBA in Finance and a minor in Economics from Pace University. He is a CFA charterholder.
Michael LaPat joined Kennedy Lewis in 2024 as a Managing Director focused on investments in Homebuilding and Land Development. Prior to joining Kennedy Lewis, Mr. LaPat co-founded Gibraltar Real Estate Capital, a residential real estate investment platform initially formed to pursue opportunistic real estate transactions coming out of the Great Financial Crisis and, as the housing market improved, transitioning to a provider of residential acquisition and development capital to builders and developers. At Gibraltar, he oversaw investments and strategies as well as originations and underwriting, finance, and reporting functions. Prior to Gibraltar, Mr. LaPat served as Vice President – Finance of Toll Brothers, , the national homebuilder, with responsibility for land banking transactions, joint ventures, homebuilder acquisitions, project-financed loans and strategic dispositions. Before Toll Brothers, he held positions with United Waste Systems and PriceWaterhouseCoopers Securities, serving in both a corporate and advisory capacity in the acquisition of over 70 companies and in raising debt and equity through private placements and public offerings.
Mr. LaPat received a B.S. in Finance from Syracuse University and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago – Booth School of Business.
Sean Lobo joined Kennedy Lewis in 2023 and is a Managing Director on the Firm’s investment team.
Prior to joining Kennedy Lewis, Mr. Lobo was a Principal at Vulcan Capital, the investment management arm of the family office of the late Paul G. Allen, co-founder of Microsoft. At Vulcan Capital, Mr. Lobo built out the credit team’s initial research capabilities, helped lead the firm’s growth into private credit, and was responsible for the portfolio management, origination, and execution of credit investments.
Prior to joining Vulcan Capital in 2014, Mr. Lobo worked at Nomura, Citi Alternative Investments, Goldman Sachs Principal Strategies (contingent employee), where he invested in credit, public equities, special situations, and private equity. Earlier in his career, Mr. Lobo worked at Marsh Risk Consulting as a management consultant and at ABN AMRO on the structured credit and the debt capital markets desks.
Mr. Lobo received an MBA from The University of Chicago and a BA from Boston College. He is currently a member of the Alumni Board of Directors for The University of Chicago.
David Magid joined Kennedy Lewis in 2020 and is a Managing Director focused primarily on investments in the Industrials sector. Mr. Magid was formerly a Senior Vice President at York Capital from 2013 to 2020. He was responsible for sourcing and managing special situation and distressed investments across public and private markets. Mr. Magid began his career as an investment banking analyst at Credit Suisse in the Leveraged Finance Origination & Restructuring and Debt Capital Markets Groups.
Mr. Magid received a BA in Economics and Politics from Brandeis University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
Richard Monje joined Kennedy Lewis in 2019 and is a Managing Director and the Head of Legal Affairs and Strategy. Mr. Monje has 40 years of experience as a lawyer with a practice divided between transactions, counseling, business litigation, and governmental relations and entitlements. Mr. Monje has also served as general counsel for a savings and loan association, general counsel for a land development and home building company, and chief executive officer for a development company.
Brieanne Nikrandt joined Kennedy Lewis in 2021 and is a Managing Director focused on investments in Homebuilding and Land Development. Over her 20+ year career in real estate and finance, Ms. Nikrandt has originated and underwritten over $4 billion in land banking and joint venture transactions and has extensive experience restructuring, repositioning, and selling residential real estate assets.
Prior to joining Kennedy Lewis, Ms. Nikrandt was a Managing Director at DW Partners, LP where she was responsible for originating and overseeing residential investments as well as the day-to-day management of the portfolio.
Before joining DW Partners in October 2015, Ms. Nikrandt held a senior role at Community Development Capital Group (“CDCG”), the residential investment platform of GSO Capital Partners, a division of Blackstone. Prior to CDCG, from 2006-2013, she was a Vice President at Saybrook Community Capital where she was focused on residential real estate investments. From 2003-2006, Ms. Nikrandt served as Vice President of Real Estate at JPMorgan Chase where she managed several key residential real estate relationships. She began her career at Bank One.
Ms. Nikrandt graduated with a BA in Finance from the University of Iowa.
Rob Nitkin joined Kennedy Lewis in 2020 and is a Managing Director focused on investments across the Real Estate and Homebuilding sectors. Mr. Nitkin was formerly an investment principal at GPS Investment Partners, an institutional family office, where he was responsible for evaluating and executing transactions across GPS’s distressed and private equity investment strategies. Prior to joining GPS in 2015, Mr. Nitkin was as an Associate in the Securities Division at Goldman Sachs. Previously, he worked at Ernst and Young LLP as a member of the Transaction Advisory group.
Mr. Nitkin earned his undergraduate degree from the Cornell University School of Engineering and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School.
KC O’Brien joined Kennedy Lewis in 2021 and is a Managing Director focused on finance and front to back operations. Mr. O’Brien was formerly Director of Operations at Calypso Capital Management LP where he managed the middle office / operations team. Prior to joining Calypso, Mr. O’Brien was Director of Operations at GoldenTree Asset Management. He started his career at Morgan Stanley working in the Global High Yield middle office.
Mr. O’Brien received a BS in Marketing from the University of Scranton.
Kevin Schaffert joined Kennedy Lewis in 2024 and is a Managing Director focused on private wealth business development activities. Prior to joining Kennedy Lewis, Mr. Schaffert was a Vice President at iCapital, where he served as a senior member of the Private Wealth Solutions team, focusing on National Account relationships. Prior to joining iCapital, Mr. Schaffert was with CION Investment Management, where he held a number of senior product management and business development roles including raising capital across Private Wealth channels for CION’s alternative investment strategies.
Mr. Schaffert received a BBA with a concentration in marketing from Pace University.
Rachel Presa joined Kennedy Lewis in 2021 and is a Managing Director and the Firm’s Chief Compliance Officer and Fund Counsel. Ms. Presa has over a decade of experience representing and advising investment funds, financial institutions, and other clients in legal and compliance matters, including regulatory investigations and enforcement, civil litigation, and bankruptcy and restructuring. Ms. Presa was formerly Senior Counsel at the law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. Prior to her legal career, Ms. Presa taught English and writing in public high schools in North Carolina and Maryland.
Ms. Presa served on the Junior Advisory Board of Her Justice from 2017 – 2023.
Ms. Presa has a BA from Goucher College and earned her JD at New York University School of Law.
Josh Smith joined Kennedy Lewis in 2019 and is a Managing Director and the Chief Risk Officer. Mr. Smith is responsible for monitoring and analyzing investment risk across the platform, including significant focus on macroeconomic factors that inform portfolio strategy and construction. Mr. Smith was formerly Chief Risk Officer with GSO Capital Partners, (a division of Blackstone now known as Blackstone Credit), where he worked from 2008 to 2019. At GSO he managed a team of 20 across Dublin and New York and was responsible for leading the firm’s Quantitative Portfolio Analytics, Portfolio Compliance and Risk Management efforts. Prior to GSO, he spent 10 years in technology designing, developing, and implementing financial systems for the corporate and public sectors. From 1994 to 1997 he was a calculus teacher at Delbarton School in New Jersey.
Mr. Smith received a BS in Mathematics and Economics from Williams College and a Masters in Financial Engineering from Columbia University in 2008. He is a CFA charterholder.
Trevor Sotell joined Kennedy Lewis in 2024 and is a Managing Director focused on private wealth business development activities. Mr. Sotell was formerly a Managing Director and Head of National Accounts for CION Investments, a leading alternative investment distribution firm, where he was responsible for the coverage of national partner relationships. He began at CION Investments in their capital formation group, fundraising for a leading BDC and diversified credit fund focused on private credit, structured credit, ABS, and opportunistic credit. Prior to CION, Mr. Sotell worked at Lord, Abbett & Co in their sales group covering their equity and fixed income strategies. Previously, he was an analyst at JPMorgan in their Chief Investment Office.
Mr. Sotell received a B.S. in Finance from Gwynedd Mercy University.
Philip Volpicelli joined Kennedy Lewis in 2023 as a Managing Director. Mr. Volpicelli was formerly a Managing Director at Blackstone (formerly known as GSO Capital Partners) from 2015 to 2023 where he was most recently responsible for establishing and co-leading Blackstone Credit’s Investment Grade Private Placement business. In this role, Mr. Volpicelli re-underwrote a portfolio of inherited investments exceeding $12 billion and led new private placement investments for insurance clients. Mr. Volpicelli was a member of the Investment Committee for Blackstone Credit’s Liquid Credit Strategies and a Portfolio Manager for its high yield bond funds. While at Blackstone, Mr. Volpicelli also focused on broadly syndicated loans and high yield bond investments for the firm’s BDCs and opportunistic funds.
Mr. Volpicelli has experience as a research analyst covering broadly syndicated loans and high yield bonds across the Homebuilding, Building Materials, Industrial, and Services sectors. Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Volpicelli worked at several investment banks, including Deutsche Bank (1997-1999, 2010-2015), Cantor Fitzgerald (2009-2010), Goldman Sachs (2006-2008), and CIBC World Markets in both London (1999-2003) and New York (2003-2006).
Mr. Volpicelli started his career at Bankers Trust, where he worked in the Retirement Services and Private Client Services divisions. He also served as an Officer in the United States Army for both Active Duty and Reserve Duty posts.
Mr. Volpicelli received a BS degree in Finance from Lehigh University in 1992 and an MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business in 1999.
Joe Williams joined Kennedy Lewis in 2023 and is a Managing Director and Head of National Accounts, Private Wealth Solutions. Mr. Williams was formerly a Managing Director and Head of Distribution at Cadre, LLC, a fintech company focused on democratizing access to institutional quality real estate private equity, where he was responsible for managing both the direct to High Net Worth and Intermediary sales teams. Prior to Cadre, Mr. Williams was Head of Distribution at Altegris in La Jolla, CA from 2018-2020. Prior to Altegris, Mr. Williams was with Cohen and Steers, an Asset Manager focused on real assets and preferred securities, in New York, NY from 2009-2017. He began at Cohen and Steers as a regional vice president, Broker Dealer Channel, and was eventually promoted to senior vice president, National Sales Director of Wealth Management Consulting where he was responsible for managing a 23-person internal and external sales team. Prior to joining Cohen and Steers, Mr. Williams was a regional vice president for Evergreen Investments, the former investment management business of Wachovia, in Boston, MA and held positions at J&W Seligman in New York, NY beginning in 1998. Mr. Williams began his career in finance in 1993 as an institutional Government Bond Broker at Cantor Fitzgerald L.L.C. in New York, NY.
Mr. Williams earned a BA in Psychology from the College of the Holy Cross, and holds the CAIA designation.
Sanjay Ghandikota joined Kennedy Lewis in 2022 and is a Director and CLO Analyst responsible for investments in the CLOs managed by Generate Advisors. Prior to joining Kennedy Lewis, Mr. Ghandikota was a Senior Analyst at Onex Credit where he focused on investing in the firm’s various leveraged credit strategies including CLOs, high yield, opportunistic credit and direct lending. Prior to Onex, Mr. Ghandikota was a Senior Analyst at DA Capital, where he concentrated on investments in their CLO and opportunistic portfolios, including special situations. He was a Senior Analyst in Credit Agricole’s CLO group and an Analyst at Orix USA before that. Mr. Ghandikota started his career in the mergers & acquisitions group of PNC Bank, where he also received his formal credit training.
Mr. Ghandikota earned a BS in Biosciences and an MBA with distinction from Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning in India.
Renata Green joined Kennedy Lewis in 2020 and is a Director focused on fund accounting and operations. Ms. Green was formerly a Senior Associate at KPMG from 2016 to 2020.
Ms. Green received a BS in Accounting from Rutgers University and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Sylvain Hutier joined Kennedy Lewis in 2023 and is a Director focused on Risk Management, Compliance Monitoring, and ESG Analysis for investments in Europe. Prior to joining Kennedy Lewis, Mr. Hutier was a Quantitative Analyst at Mirante Fund Management, a Swiss asset manager, where he developed the firm’s quantitative portfolio analytics and risk management platform. Prior to joining Mirante Fund Management, Mr. Hutier was the Head of Risk Management at Jabre Capital Partners, a hedge fund based in Geneva. Prior to joining Jabre Capital Partners, Mr. Hutier led the Quantitative Analysis team at GAM, a Swiss asset manager, where he established and managed a team of 10 professionals and developed investment and risk management tools. Mr. Hutier began his career in 1999 as a project manager in the Compliance department at BNP Paribas.
Mr. Hutier received a postgraduate degree in engineering from ESIEA (a French engineering school) and a Masters in Market Finance from the Sorbonne University in Paris.
Irfan Ismaili joined Kennedy Lewis in 2023 and is a Director focused on the Firm’s business development and investor relations activities. Mr. Ismaili was formerly the Head of Fund Distribution at ISP Group, a European placement agent, where he oversaw the origination and distribution of private market funds. Prior to ISP, Mr. Ismaili was a Business Development Manager at Rasini Fairway Capital, a Zurich-based asset manager. He started his career in the Finance department of Belimo, a Swiss corporation.
Mr. Ismaili earned a B.Sc. in Business Administration from the Zurich University of Applied Sciences.
Brandon Karsch joined Kennedy Lewis in 2021 as part of the Kennedy Lewis controlled strategic partnership (“Generate Advisors”) with York Capital Management Global Advisors, LLC (“York”). He is a Director and CLO Analyst responsible for the CLOs managed by Generate Advisors. Prior to joining York in 2017, Mr. Karsch was an Associate at Kingsland Capital Management where he focused on investing in leveraged loans and high yield bonds primarily for its CLO portfolios. Prior to Kingsland, Mr. Karsch was an Analyst in TD’s corporate banking group where he focused on underwriting syndicated loan transactions.
Mr. Karsch earned a BS in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Reed Kern joined Kennedy Lewis in 2020 and is a Director focused on investments in the Technology, Media, and Telecom (TMT) sector. Mr. Kern was formerly an Equity Research Associate with J.P. Morgan from 2014 to 2020. At J.P. Morgan he was responsible for covering the telecom, cable, satellite, and communications infrastructure sectors. Prior to joining J.P. Morgan, Mr. Kern was a cross-asset trading assistant at Third Avenue Management.
Mr. Kern earned a B.S. in Finance and a B.A. in Economics from Stonehill College in 2013.
Rachel Langer joined Kennedy Lewis in 2020 and is a Director focused on the Firm’s business development and investor relations activities. Ms. Langer was formerly on the Client and Product Solutions team at Apollo Global Management where she primarily focused on the firm’s loan and high yield investor relations activities. Prior to her time at Apollo, Ms. Langer worked as an Investment Specialist at the J.P. Morgan Private Bank. She began her career as a teacher at a public high school in New York City through Teach For America.
Ms. Langer earned an AB in History from Duke University, an MSEd from the Bank Street College of Education and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Matthew Palka joined Kennedy Lewis in 2021 and is a Director focused on investments in the Power and Life Sciences sectors. Mr. Palka was formerly an Analyst in the Financial Restructuring Group at Houlihan Lokey, from 2019 to 2021. He focused on advising companies on various transactions including in-court and out-of-court restructurings, distressed mergers and acquisitions, and capital raises. Mr. Palka previously served as an Analyst in the Financial Sponsors Group at Houlihan Lokey, from 2017 to 2019. Mr. Palka began his career as an Analyst in the portfolio management group at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation where he focused on corporate and project finance loans, from 2015 to 2017.
Mr. Palka graduated cum laude with a B.A. in Economics from New York University in 2015 and is a CFA charterholder.
Adil Pasha joined Kennedy Lewis in 2022 and is a Director responsible for building the Firm’s analytics capabilities. Mr. Pasha was formerly a Data Scientist at Schonfeld Strategic Advisors, a multi-strategy hedge fund, where he was responsible for the fund’s performance reporting. Prior to joining Schonfeld, Mr. Pasha was a Product Manager focused on designing and building accounting/financial applications. Mr. Pasha started his career in consulting at PwC.
Mr. Pasha has a BA in Accounting & Finance from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is a Certified Public Accountant.
Ludwig Schrittenloher joined Kennedy Lewis in 2022 and is a Director focused on investments in Europe. Prior to joining Kennedy Lewis, Mr. Schrittenloher was a Director and Portfolio Manager on the Credit Opportunities team at the Pictet Investment Office, a Geneva-based multi-family office owned by Banque Pictet. At Pictet he helped run the unconstrainted credit strategy which focused on opportunistic investments across the liquidity spectrum. Prior to joining Pictet in 2018, Mr. Schrittenloher was an Associate in the Investment Banking and Capital Markets division at Credit Suisse.
Mr. Schrittenloher received a B.Sc. in Economics from the University of Mannheim in Germany.
Michael Sorna joined Kennedy Lewis in 2021 as part of the Kennedy Lewis controlled strategic partnership (“Generate Advisors”) with York Capital Management Global Advisors, LLC (“York”). He is a Director and CLO Analyst responsible for the CLOs managed by Generate Advisors. Prior to joining York in 2018, Mr. Sorna was a Credit Analyst at AXA Investment Managers where he focused on investing in syndicated leveraged loans for its CLO and loan mutual fund portfolios. Prior to AXA, Mr. Sorna was a Credit Analyst in the Financial Institutions Group at Standard & Poor’s.
Michael earned a BBA in Finance from Hofstra University. He is a CFA charterholder.
William Schroeder joined Kennedy Lewis in 2021 as part of the Kennedy Lewis controlled strategic partnership (“Generate Advisors”) with York Capital Management Global Advisors, LLC (“York”). He is the Head of Capital Formation, Director of Portfolio Risk, and CLO Analyst responsible for the CLOs managed by Generate Advisors. Prior to joining York in 2014, Mr. Schroeder was a CLO Support Analyst at Apollo Global Management where he was responsible for portfolio management support and compliance reporting for its CLO platform. Prior to Apollo, Mr. Schroeder was a CLO Operations Analyst at Prudential Fixed Income where he focused on CLO analytics and compliance reporting. Mr. Schroeder earned a BA in Economics from Rutgers College. He is a CFA charterholder.
Jennifer Swalley joined Kennedy Lewis in 2021 and is a Director focused on office operations. Ms. Swalley was formerly an Executive Assistant at Jadian Capital and Fir Tree Partners. Prior to joining Fir Tree, Ms. Swalley was with Regus Management Group for 12 years where she worked as the Operations Manager and Office Manager for several locations throughout New York City and Long Island.
Ms. Swalley studied Psychology and Political Science at Hofstra University.
Odelya Yodice joined Kennedy Lewis in 2020 and is a Director focused on investments in the Consumer and Life Sciences sectors. Ms. Yodice was formerly an Investment Banking Associate in the restructuring practice of Guggenheim Securities. At Guggenheim, Ms. Yodice advised corporations on the evaluation, structuring, and execution of transactions including in- and out-of-court restructurings, distressed asset sales, refinancings, exchange offers, and rights offerings across several industries. Prior to Guggenheim, she was a Valuation Analyst with Houlihan Lokey. Ms. Yodice started her career as an equity derivatives Sales & Trading Analyst with Citigroup Global Markets.
Ms. Yodice received a BBA in International Business & Marketing with a minor in Finance from The George Washington University.
Christine Yom joined Kennedy Lewis in 2024 and is a Director and Head of CLO Compliance and Operations in connection with the CLOs manages by Generate Advisors . Prior to joining Kennedy Lewis, Ms. Yom was the Director of CLO Compliance at Silver Point Capital Management where she oversaw the CLO Compliance and CLO Operations Group, including helping to build the infrastructure for their Broadly Syndicated Loan CLO platform. Prior to Silver Point, Ms. Yom was the Director of CLO Compliance at Black Diamond Capital Management, Patriarch Partners, Primus Asset Management, Airlie Group, and Wellington Management. Ms. Yom began her career at Goldman Sachs in their Credit and Treasury Group.
Ms. Yom earned a BA in Psychology from Smith College.
Max Bruckner joined Kennedy Lewis in 2023 and is a Vice President focused on Compliance. Mr. Bruckner was formerly a Compliance Associate at P. Schoenfeld Asset Management LP. Prior to that, he was an Associate at AllianceBernstein in Nashville, TN, where he managed various aspects of Compliance for the firm’s Alternatives businesses. Mr. Bruckner began his career as a Compliance Analyst at J.P. Morgan.
Mr. Bruckner earned a BBA in Finance and a BA in Psychology from Iona College.
Bao Bui joined Kennedy Lewis in 2024 and is a Vice President focusing on the funds’ taxation. Ms. Bui was formerly a Senior Manager at PwC, where she provided tax compliance, consulting, and structuring services for various alternative asset managers.
Ms. Bui received a BBA in Accounting and Legal Studies from Drexel University and a Master of Taxation from Villanova University. Ms. Bui is a Certified Public Accountant.
Jennifer DiPasquale joined Kennedy Lewis in 2023. She is a Vice President focused on CLO operations in connection with CLOs managed by Generate. Prior to joining Kennedy Lewis, Ms. DiPasquale worked on the Operations team at Chatham Asset Management. Ms. DiPasquale was formerly a Vice President at Deutsche Bank and she began her career at Merrill Lynch Asset Management.
Daniel Dombrowsky joined Kennedy Lewis in 2023 and is a Vice President focused on fund accounting and operations for Kennedy Lewis Capital Company. Prior to joining Kennedy Lewis, Mr. Dombrowsky was an Audit Manager at Deloitte from 2016-2023. Prior to Deloitte, Mr. Dombrowsky served as an enlisted sailor in the US Navy, during which he deployed to the North Atlantic, Mediterranean, Black Sea, Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean.
Mr. Dombrowsky received a BS in Accounting from the University of North Florida and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Matthew Fischetti joined Kennedy Lewis in 2024 and is a Vice President focused on investments in Core Lending. Mr. Fischetti was formerly a Vice President in the Financing and Securitization Group at Citi, where he worked for 6 years. During his time at Citi, he focused on originating, structuring and executing various corporate and asset-based financing transactions across the capital structure.
Mr. Fischetti received a BA in Economics with a minor in Computer Science from the College of the Holy Cross.
Jessica Hedges joined Kennedy Lewis in 2021 and is a Vice President focused on the Firm’s business development and investor relations activities. Mrs. Hedges was formerly Manager of Business Development with Insight Wealth Strategies, LLC from 2018 to 2021 where she focused on lead and prospect nurturing, as well as client acquisitions. Prior to her time at Insight, Mrs. Hedges worked as an Inside Sales and Retention Lead for Consolidated Communications for the Northern California region.
Mrs. Hedges received a BA in English Literature with a minor in Creative Writing from Sonoma State University. She studied abroad at the University of Swansea, Wales. Mrs. Hedges earned her MBA with a marketing concentration from the University of Phoenix.
Langston Johnson joined Kennedy Lewis in 2021 as part of the Kennedy Lewis controlled strategic partnership (“Generate Advisors”) with York Capital Management Global Advisors, LLC (“York”). He is a Vice President and CLO Analyst responsible for the CLOs managed by Generate Advisors. Prior to joining York in 2020, Mr. Johnson was a Research Associate at Shenkman Capital Management where he focused on investing in high yield bonds, leveraged loans, and convertible bonds across the healthcare, telecommunications, and technology sectors.
Mr. Johnson earned bachelor’s degrees in Finance and Political Science from Southern Methodist University. He is a CFA charterholder.
Brian Morrison joined Kennedy Lewis in 2022 and is a Vice President and CLO Analyst responsible for the CLOs managed by Generate Advisors. Prior to joining Kennedy Lewis, Mr. Morrison was a Director at Z Capital Group where he focused on investing in syndicated leveraged loans for its CLO and opportunistic credit portfolios. Prior to Z Capital Group, he was an Associate in Oaktree Capital’s Special Situations Group.
Mr. Morrison earned a BA in Mathematics from Pomona College and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a CFA charterholder.
Brendan O’Brien joined Kennedy Lewis in 2022 and is a Vice President and CLO Analyst responsible for the CLOs managed by Generate Advisors. Prior to joining Kennedy Lewis, Mr. O’Brien was a Credit Analyst at AXA Investment Managers where he focused on investing in US and European high yield debt for various bond fund portfolios. Prior to AXA, Mr. O’Brien was an analyst at Silvermine Capital Management.
Mr. O’Brien earned a BA in Economics from Dickinson College. He is a CFA charterholder.
Kelly Pan joined Kennedy Lewis in 2019 and is a Vice President focused on CLO operations in connection with the CLOs managed by Generate Advisors. Ms. Pan joined the Generate Advisors team in 2023 after working on Kennedy Lewis’ business management team focused on office operations. Ms. Pan was formerly on the Administrative Team at Fir Tree Capital Management LP as an Administrative Assistant from 2011 to 2018.
Ms. Pan received her BA in Sociology from University at Albany in 2011.
Hugo Vuachet joined Kennedy Lewis in 2022 and is a Vice President focused on investments in Europe. Prior to joining Kennedy Lewis, Mr. Vuachet was an Associate Vice President and Portfolio Manager on the Credit Opportunities team at the Pictet Investment Office, a Geneva-based multi-family office owned by Banque Pictet. Prior to joining Pictet in 2017, Mr. Vuachet worked in Corporate and Asset Finance at Macquarie Group and in M&A Advisory at Houlihan Lokey.
Mr. Vuachet received a MSc in Financial Economics from EDHEC Business School in 2015.
Arianna Bombardiere joined Kennedy Lewis in 2024 as a Senior Associate supporting the Firm’s Human Resources function. Ms. Bombardiere was previously an HR Business Partner at BlackRock, supporting their Portfolio Management Group. Prior to BlackRock, she spent five years at Wafra Inc., an alternative investment manager, where she was an HR Business Partner across all functions of the Firm.
Ms. Bombardiere received a BA in Sociology from the State University of New York at Albany.
Dan Brownstein joined Kennedy Lewis in 2021 as part of the Kennedy Lewis controlled strategic partnership (“Generate Advisors”) with York Capital Management Global Advisors, LLC (“York”). He is a Senior Associate focused on CLO operations in connection with the CLOs managed by Generate Advisors. Prior to joining York in 2021, Mr. Brownstein was a Consultant in the CLO Securitization group at Deloitte.
Mr. Brownstein received a BS in Finance from Bentley University.
Remy Costa joined Kennedy Lewis in 2020 and is a Senior Associate focused on operations. Mr. Costa was formerly an Investment Operation Analyst at FCI Advisors in Kansas City, MO from 2018 to 2020.
Mr. Costa received a BBA in Finance from the George Washington University in 2018.
Thomas Brophy joined Kennedy Lewis in 2023 and is an Associate focused on fund accounting and operations. Mr. Brophy was formerly a Senior Fund Accountant at Carta, a financial technology platform. Prior to joining Carta, Mr. Brophy worked as an Operations Analyst at SEI Investments from 2018 to 2020.
Mr. Brophy earned a BA in Economics from the University of Maryland.
Suruchi Changela joined Kennedy Lewis in 2024 and is an Associate on the accounting team focused on accounts payable. Prior to joining Kennedy Lewis, Ms. Changela was focused on Accounts Payable Operations at Blue Owl Capital for three years. Prior to Blue Owl Capital, Ms. Changela was a Senior Accounts Payable Associate at Planned Companies.
Ms. Changela earned a degree in Finance from Montclair State University.
Carlo D’Ascanio joined Kennedy Lewis in 2023 and is an Associate and CLO Analyst responsible for the CLOs managed by Generate Advisors. Prior to joining Kennedy Lewis, Mr. D’Ascanio was an Assistant Vice President at SuMi Trust where he focused on investing in leveraged loans across the technology sector.
Mr. D’Ascanio earned a BA in Economics from Villanova University.
Lauren Drooks joined Kennedy Lewis in 2024 and is an Associate focused on the Firm’s business development and investor relations activities. Ms. Drooks formerly worked at Schroders Capital Private Equity as a fund manager where she focused on the funds’ finance, operations, and investor services. Prior to joining Schroders Capital, Ms. Drooks worked at PwC where she supported private equity clients.
Ms. Drooks received a BSM in Finance with honors and a Masters in Accounting from Tulane University.
Jordan Duke joined Kennedy Lewis in 2023 and is an Associate focused on investments across Real Estate and Tactical Opportunities. Mr. Duke was formerly a Senior Analyst at Harbor Group International, a real estate private equity firm, where he oversaw and evaluated investments across Harbor Group’s real estate equity and credit strategies. Prior to Harbor Group, he worked in investment sales and client advisory at Newmark, a commercial real estate advisory and services firm.
Mr. Duke earned a BS/BA in Consumer Science and Business from the University of Alabama, a Graduate Certificate in Quantitative Business Foundations from the George Washington University, and a MS in Real Estate Finance from Georgetown University.
Brian Fagella joined Kennedy Lewis in 2024 and is an Associate focused on private wealth investor relations activities. Prior to joining Kennedy Lewis, Mr. Fagella was an Associate in the Alternative Investments group at Morgan Stanley, where he supported the firm’s Financial Advisors and managed the field’s sales support across the WM Alternatives Platform.
Mr. Fagella received a BS in Finance from Wake Forest University.
Grant Gelles joined Kennedy Lewis in 2024 and is an Associate focused on investments in the Opportunistic Cyclicals vertical. Mr. Gelles was formerly an Investment Banking Analyst in the Capital Structure Advisory practice of Raymond James. At Raymond James, Mr. Gelles advised corporations across all industries on in- and out-of-court restructurings, capital raising, distressed asset sales, and refinancings. Prior to Raymond James, Mr. Gelles was a Summer Associate at Berkeley Research Group in the Corporate Finance and Restructuring practice.
Mr. Gelles received a BS in Business Administration with concentrations in Computational Finance and Strategic Management from Babson College.
Kyle Hoberman joined Kennedy Lewis in 2024 and is an Associate focused on the firm’s middle-office operations. Mr. Hoberman was formerly a Trade Support & Operations Analyst at HPS Investment Partners. Prior to HPS, Mr. Hoberman was employed at Morgan Stanley and Wellington Management through Northeastern University’s Cooperative Education program.
Mr. Hoberman earned a BBA in Finance from Northeastern University.
Ali Khan joined Kennedy Lewis in 2024 as an Associate focused on data analysis and data engineering. Prior to joining Kennedy Lewis, Mr. Khan was at FactSet, working on Execution Management Services from 2023 to 2024. He also served as a Data Consultant at Boxplot Analytics from 2020 to 2024.
Mr. Khan earned a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Economics from Rutgers Honors College.
George Kuliner joined Kennedy Lewis in 2024 and is an Associate focused on portfolio risk and analytics in connection with the CLOs managed by Generate Advisors. Prior to joining Kennedy Lewis, Mr. Kuliner was a Quantitative Developer at Riskcare, a financial services consultancy, where he focused on quantitative research and developing applications at investment banks.
Mr. Kuliner earned a BS in Applied Mathematics and Economics from the State University of New York at Geneseo and a MS in Quantitative Finance from the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University.
Amanda Lambert joined Kennedy Lewis in 2023 and is an Associate focused on the Firm’s business development and investor relations activities. Ms. Lambert was formerly in the Client Partnership Group at Angelo Gordon where she primarily supported the firm’s institutional client relationships. Ms. Lambert is currently a member of the New York City Junior Board of Only Make Believe.
Ms. Lambert received a BA in Psychology from The College of the Holy Cross.
Alexander Licea joined Kennedy Lewis in 2024 and is an Associate and CLO Analyst responsible for the CLOs managed by Generate Advisors. Prior to joining Kennedy Lewis, Mr. Licea was an Investment Research Analyst at CIFC Asset Management where he focused on investing in leveraged loans and high yield bonds primarily for its CLO portfolios.
Mr. Licea earned a BBA in Finance from Florida International University.
Maarek Mascarenhas joined Kennedy Lewis in 2024 and is an Associate focused on investments in the Healthcare and Life Sciences sectors. Mr. Mascarenhas was formerly an Investment Banking Associate on the Healthcare coverage team at TD Cowen, where he advised corporations in both the life sciences tools & diagnostics and biotechnology sectors, on the evaluation, structuring and execution of transactions including mergers & acquisitions and equity & non-dilutive financings.
Mr. Mascarenhas received a BS in Business Administration and a Specialization in Applied Computer Security from the University of Southern California.
Teresa Organisciak joined Kennedy Lewis in 2024 and is an Associate focused on fund accounting and operations. Prior to joining Kennedy Lewis, Ms. Organisciak was a Senior Associate at KPMG from 2019 to 2024.
Ms. Organisciak received a BS in Accounting from Saint Peter’s University and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Sam O’Sullivan joined Kennedy Lewis in 2021 and is an Associate focused on business management functions. Mr. O’Sullivan undertook an internship at Kennedy Lewis in 2020 and then rejoined the Firm after graduation.
Mr. O’Sullivan earned a BS with honors in Finance and Business Analytics from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business in 2021.
Victoria Salazar joined Kennedy Lewis in 2023 and is an Associate focused on operations. Ms. Salazar was formerly a Vice President on the Operations team at One William Street Capital Management.
Ms. Salazar received a BA in English Literature from the State University of New York at Geneseo in 2017.
Sean Smart joined Kennedy Lewis in 2022. He is an Associate focused on CLO operations in connection with the CLOs managed by Generate Advisors. Prior to joining Kennedy Lewis in 2022, Mr. Smart spearheaded strategic projects across various business segments at Legacy Housing Corporation.
Mr. Smart received a BBA in Finance from the University of Georgia.
Michael Tabak joined Kennedy Lewis in 2023 and is an Associate focused on fund accounting and operations. Mr. Tabak was formerly a Senior Associate at Deloitte from 2021 to 2023. Prior to joining Deloitte, Mr. Tabak worked as an Audit Associate at KPMG from 2019 to 2020.
Mr. Tabak earned a BS in Accounting from Queens College and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Trinity Wade joined Kennedy Lewis in 2024 and is an Associate focused on office operations. Ms. Wade was formerly a Business Operations Manager and Consultant at Accenture. Prior to joining Accenture, Ms. Wade was with AT&T as a Marketing Communications Manager.
Ms. Wade earned bachelor’s degrees in Marketing and International Business from Howard University.
Catarina Wolf Rohde joined Kennedy Lewis in 2024 and is an Analyst focused on Firm’s business development and investor relations activities. Ms. Wolf Rohde undertook an internship at Kennedy Lewis in 2022 and 2023, and then rejoined the Firm after graduation.
Ms. Wolf Rohde earned a BA in Finance and Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics from The University of Notre Dame.