Previously, Ms. Aparece served as a Managing Director at Centerbridge Partners, where she oversaw marketing and fundraising efforts for West Coast relationships. Prior to joining Centerbridge, she was a Managing Director, Head of West Region, in the Investor Relations Group at Angelo Gordon. Prior to Angelo Gordon, Ms. Aparece was a Principal, Head of West Region, in the Relationship Management Group at Ares Management. Ms. Aparece began her career at J.P. Morgan and spent nearly 15 years in both their New York and Los Angeles offices in various investment and commercial banking roles in Syndicated and Leveraged Finance, Equity Capital Markets, and the Entertainment Industries Group.
Ms. Aparece received an A.B. degree in Classics, summa cum laude, from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from Columbia University. She currently serves as a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles.