Ashley Fochtman Zummo is a Partner at Ares Management Corporation, currently serving as Head of the East Region Relationship Management in the Americas and previously as Head of the Central Region Relationship Management. Since joining Ares in September 2018, Ashley has focused on assisting institutional investors in understanding and assessing investment opportunities across various platforms, including credit, private equity, and real estate. Prior to Ares, Ashley was a Managing Director and Head of Business Development & Investor Relations at Atalaya Capital Management from 2009 to 2018 and worked as a Commodities Derivatives Analyst at Goldman Sachs from 2006 to 2008. Earlier experience includes serving as an Investor Relations and Marketing Associate at Amaranth. Ashley earned an A.B. in Government from Harvard University.