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Arielle Patrick

Senior Vice President, Chief Communications Officer

Arielle's Expertise

Arielle joined the firm in 2020 and is responsible for the firm’s corporate communications where she oversees Ariel’s media relations, public affairs and philanthropy. Prior to Ariel, Arielle worked for Edelman, the world’s largest communications consulting firm. There, she served as executive vice president and transaction director, leading mergers and acquisitions and bankruptcy/restructuring communications and investor relations on behalf of Fortune 500 CEOs and boards of directors. She formerly held a variety of positions at global PR firm Weber Shandwick, a subsidiary of IPG, within its financial communications, crisis communications and issues management and corporate reputation management practices. In her spare time, Arielle sits on the board of governing trustees of American Ballet Theatre, her alma mater, The Chapin School, the Institute for Public Relations, the board of directors of Yellowstone National Park’s foundation as well as Chelsea Factory, an incubator for underrepresented artists founded by First Republic Bank. She also serves on the Investment Company Institute public communications committee and is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She graduated with an AB in classics from Princeton University.