Merritt Shair Hooper

Ms. Merritt S.
Hooper is a Partner, Co-Head of Product Management, Investor Relations & Private Equity at Ares Management LLC.
and is a member of the Management Committee of Ares Management.
Prior to joining Ares in 1991, Ms. Hooper was a Senior Credit Analyst at Lion Advisors, LP, where she focused on portfolio management and strategy.
Previously, Ms. Hooper was a Vice President at Columbia Savings and Loan, where she focused on investment management.
Ms. Hooper serves on the executive and investment boards of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
She holds a B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles, in Mathematics and an M.B.A. from the University of California Los Angeles Anderson School of Management in Finance.