Staff

INSTITUTIONAL ADVISORY & CLIENT SERVICES:

Thien-Nga Tran
Senior Marketing Associate

Nga Tran is a Senior Marketing Associate at Aristotle. Prior to joining Aristotle, Nga was Marketing Communications Associate at Metropolitan West Capital Management, LLC and Events Assistant/Web Designer at California State University, Fullerton.

Nga earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration/Information Systems and her Master of Science degree in Information Systems from California State University, Fullerton.

Christy Fortriede
Senior Marketing Associate

Christy Fortriede is a Senior Marketing Associate at Aristotle. Prior to joining Aristotle, Christy was Marketing Specialist at Metropolitan West Capital Management, LLC and Marketing Manager at Engemann Asset Management.

Christy earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration/Marketing from California State University, Northridge and is a member of the Southern California Chapter of the American Marketing Association.

Brian Hansen
Marketing Associate

Brian Hansen is a Marketing Associate at Aristotle. Prior to this, Brian was a Marketing Associate at Reed, Conner & Birdwell, LLC before the firm joined with Aristotle in January 2012. Previously, Brian was an Associate at BlackRock, Inc., where he served on a global client communications team working on content management and performance reporting for hedge fund of fund investments.

Brian earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from Seattle Pacific University.

Therese Clemente
Marketing Associate

Therese Clemente is a Marketing Associate at Aristotle. Prior to this, Therese was a Marketing Associate at Reed, Conner & Birdwell, LLC before the firm joined with Aristotle in January 2012.

Therese earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from University of California, Santa Barbara.

Damon Chen
Marketing Associate

Damon Chen is a Marketing Associate at Aristotle. Prior to joining Aristotle, Damon was a Production Manager/Graphic Designer at Senlaveer Trading Corporation. He began his career as a Production Associate/Junior Graphic Designer for Da Hao TV Production, Inc.

Damon earned his Associate of Arts degree in Liberal Arts from Santa Monica College and his Bachelor of Arts degree in Graphic Design from California State University, Northridge.

OPERATIONS:

Madge Alston
Assistant Vice President, Senior Operations Administrator

Madge Alston is an Assistant Vice President and Senior Operations Administrator at Aristotle. Prior to this, Madge was with Reed, Conner & Birdwell for over 10 years in the same capacity, prior to the firm joining with Aristotle. Previously, she worked for Bank of America as a Senior Securities Operations Assistant in the Trust Securities Division and as an Administrator in the Institutional Trust Securities Department.

Jenifer Breman
Assistant Vice President, Senior Operations Administrator

Jenifer Breman is an Assistant Vice President and Senior Operations Administrator at Aristotle, a position she held at Reed, Conner and Birdwell, LLC. Previously, she was a member of the Private Banking & Investment Group at Merrill Lynch and held various positions with Merrill Lynch including Service Team Representative for the Mid-Atlantic States, Assistant Supervisor in Check Authorization, and Monetary Control Associate.

Carolyn Molloy
Senior Operations Administrator

Carolyn Molloy is a Senior Operations Administrator at Aristotle. Prior to joining Aristotle, Carolyn was an Operations Coordinator with Riverpark Capital, an investment advisory company based in New York and an Operations Analyst with Indus Capital Partners, a long/short international equity fund specializing in the Asia-Pacific region.

Carolyn earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from State University of New York at Geneseo and her Master of Arts degree in Applied Economics from State University of New York at Buffalo.

ADMINISTRATION:

Dylan Durham
Accounting Manager

Dylan Durham is an Accounting Manager at Aristotle. Prior to joining Aristotle, Dylan was an Accounting Analyst in the Institutional Client Reporting group at ClearLend Securities. Previously, he was a Fund Accountant at Wachovia Global Securities Lending.

Dylan earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah.

Marnie Zamano
Executive Office Manager

Marnie Zamano is an Executive Office Manager at Aristotle. Prior to joining Aristotle, Marnie was Office Manager and Executive Coordinator for Metropolitan West Capital Management, LLC. Previously, she was Office Manager for DB Home Lending, Office Manager/Branch Administrator for Secap Mailing Solutions and Office/Administrative Assistant at Farrell & Associates.

Marnie earned her Associate of Arts degree and Taxonomy in Business as well as a Certificate in Business Management from Orange Coast College.

Jamela Estrada
Office Manager

Jamela Estrada is an Office Manager at Aristotle. Previously, Jamela was an Executive Assistant/Office Manager for ClearLend Securities, a division of Wells Fargo. Additionally, she has worked in various administrative roles for different industries including software, human resource benefits and insurance.

Jamela earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from the University of Phoenix. She is a member of the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP).