Penelope Facemire Roll

Penelope (Penni) Facemire Roll previously served as an Executive Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer of Ares Management L.P.'s Direct Lending Group and the Chief Financial Officer of Ares Capital Corporation.

Penelope “Penni” Facemire Roll of Oakton, Virginia, graduated magna cum laude from WVU’s Chambers College of Business and Economics in 1988, earning her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in accounting. She is a Partner at Ares Management Corporation and serves as the chief financial officer of the Ares Credit Group. Roll began her career in public accounting at KPMG LLP and is a native of Summersville, West Virginia. While at WVU, she was a member of Chi Omega, Mountain and 4-H and was also Miss Mountaineer. Roll has been inducted into the Chambers College Roll of Distinguished Alumni, serves on its Visiting Committee, is a benefactor of the College’s Roll Capital Markets Center and is a member of the Founders Club of the Student Managed Investment Fund.