Nancy's Expertise

Nancy oversees all human resources functions, including talent acquisition, total rewards, employee relations, organizational development, change management, and employee engagement. She is also a member of the firm’s Operating Committee. Prior to joining the firm, Nancy spent over 25 years in human resources (HR), partnering with executive leadership teams to align human capital initiatives and strategies to business priorities, maximize talent, and foster cultures of collaboration and continuous improvement. Before Ariel, Nancy was the managing director and head of HR at Andersen, senior HR manager at PwC and HR operations manager at Arthur Andersen. Nancy serves as vice-chair of the board of trustees at Marymount High School, a private all-girls school in Los Angeles, where she chairs the audit and nominating committees, and serves on the DEI, as well as legal and reputational risk committees. She is also a board member of The People’s Music School in Chicago. Nancy earned a BS from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at University of California – Berkeley. Additionally, she holds a SHRM-SCP® certification.