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Vice President
New York
Ms. Van Kula is a Vice President in the Ares Credit Group, where she focuses on U.S. direct lending. Prior to joining Ares in 2021, Ms. Van Kula was an Associate in the Leveraged Finance Group at Goldman Sachs, where she focused on transactions in the consumer retail and natural resources spaces. Ms. Van Kula holds a B.A., magna cum laude, from Middlebury College in Economics.