# ARIEL ALTERNATIVES, LLC

ARIEL ALTERNATIVES, LLC of CHICAGO, IL is an SEC-registered investment adviser.

## Registration

- CRD: 314178
- Type: SEC-registered investment adviser
- SEC file number: 801-121577
- Location: 200 E RANDOLPH STREET, SUITE 2900, CHICAGO, IL, 60601-6505
- Phone: 312-726-0140
- Latest filing: 2026-07-16
- Regulatory AUM: $1.5B
- Discretionary AUM: $1.5B
- Clients: 57
- Accounts: 6

## Business model

- Compensation: % of AUM, Performance
- Clients served: Investment cos

## Officers, owners & control persons (58)

_Showing 25 of 58 people._

| Name | Role | Location |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Mellody Louise Hobson Lucas](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/670484) | CO-CEO, PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR (AND CO-FOUNDER, ARIEL ALTERNATIVES, LLC) | — |
| [Carlos Estuardo Calderon](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/670485) | CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER; SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | — |
| [Emma Leonor Rodriguez-Ayala](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/670486) | CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER & BOARD SECRETARY; CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER, GENERAL COUNSEL & SECRETARY; PRESIDENT, BOARD SECRETARY | — |
| [John Washington Rogers](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/670487) | CHAIRMAN, CO-CEO AND DIRECTOR; MANAGER; SHAREHOLDER | — |
| [Klaas Jan Cremers](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/670488) | DIRECTOR | — |
| [Paula Wolff](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/670489) | DIRECTOR | — |
| [Arne Starkey Duncan](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/670490) | DIRECTOR | — |
| [Valerie Bowman Jarrett](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/670491) | DIRECTOR | — |
| [Heather Elise Tookes](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/670492) | DIRECTOR | — |
| [Fazal Farook Merchant](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/670493) | DIRECTOR; MANAGER | — |
| [Anthony David Romero](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/670494) | DIRECTOR | — |
| [Judy Arline Smith](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/670495) | DIRECTOR | — |
| [David John Vitale](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/670496) | DIRECTOR | — |
| [Leslie Adolphe Brun](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/679870) | CHAIRMAN, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, CO-FOUNDER, AND MANAGER; CO-FOUNDER, OWNER | — |
| [Paget Leonard Alves](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/679871) | MANAGER | — |
| [William Milton Lewis](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/679872) | MANAGER | — |
| [Pascale Marie Thomas](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/679873) | CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER AND DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL; GENERAL COUNSEL & CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER; SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL, CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER | — |
| [Vicki Lynn Fuller](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/679874) | MANAGER | — |
| [Mark Joseph Hawkins](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/679875) | MANAGER | — |
| [James Aaron Bell](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/679876) | CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, MANAGER; MANAGER | — |
| [Stacy Sharon Brown-Philpot](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/679877) | MANAGER | — |
| [Yue Bonnet](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/679878) | SENIOR MANAGING DIRECTOR, HEAD OF INVESTMENTS | — |
| [Mellody Louise Hobson](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/697195) | CO-CEO, PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR (AND CO-FOUNDER, ARIEL ALTERNATIVES, LLC) | — |
| [K J Martijn Cremers](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/697196) | DIRECTOR | — |
| [Shelley Stewart](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/715959) | MANAGER | — |


## Related pages

- Form ADV Part 2 brochure: https://search.stillhousedata.com/firm/314178/brochure
- Similar advisers: https://search.stillhousedata.com/firm/314178/similar
- Related entities: https://search.stillhousedata.com/firm/314178/related
- SEC IAPD (source of record): https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/314178

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