Ms. Calcaterra is a Managing Director and Co-Head of the Financial Advisor Solutions Team (FAST) within Ares Wealth Management Solutions, a premier provider of private market investment solutions for private wealth investors and family offices. Leveraging the power of Ares’ leading private markets platform, FAST is a team of asset allocation specialists that deliver education, insights and analytical tools that we believe can help optimize the inclusion of private markets in portfolios.

Prior to joining Ares in 2022, Ms. Calcaterra was a Senior Investment Consultant at Goldman Sachs in New York (11 years) and then Mercer in Denver (2 years), where she built and managed institutional custom, multi-asset institutional portfolios. She held both discretionary and advisory responsibilities with respect to strategic asset allocation and manager selection. She brings with her a focus on quantitative portfolio construction optimization, with specialization in cash flow-driven investing and enterprise risk modeling. 

Ms. Calcaterra received her dual B.A. in Economics and French from Bucknell University.