Joe Check is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Net Lease Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on capital markets, arranging all of the financing needs of the firm and managing relationships with the lending community.

Before joining Blue Owl, Joe was Head of US Capital Markets at Heitman. Prior to that, he was a Vice President in the Real Estate Merchant Banking Group at Wells Fargo.

Joe received a BS in Finance from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and earned his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Jack Chen is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Legal Team. In his role, he focuses on legal and structural aspects of investments in private asset-backed securities and asset based finance transactions.

Before joining Blue Owl, Jack was Head of Structured Credit-Legal at Kuvare Asset Management, predecessor to Blue Owl Insurance Solutions. Prior to that, he supported MetLife Investment Management's fixed income legal team, focusing primarily on private asset-backed securities transactions.

Jack received his BA from Columbia College, Columbia University and his JD from Fordham University Law School. 

Dane Chodos is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Digital Infrastructure Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on acquisitions, development, and managing customer relationships.

Before joining Blue Owl, Dane was a Vice President at IPI Partners, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl's Digital Infrastructure strategy. Prior to that, he was an Associate at Digital Realty (DLR), a real estate investment trust that owns and operates data centers globally, where he focused on portfolio management. Dane began his career as an Associate at Barrington Capital.

Dane received his BS in Business Administration from the University of Southern California.

Nick Chong is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Liquid Credit Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on investments in broadly syndicated non-investment grade leveraged loans within the technology and software sectors.

Before joining Blue Owl, Nick was a Senior Credit Analyst at Littlejohn & Co., a middle-market private equity fund based in Greenwich, CT. Prior to that, he was a Vice President at Golub Capital on the Direct Lending team in Chicago. Prior to that, Nick was a Vice President in the Leveraged Finance Group at RBC Capital Markets. Nick began his career at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in its Leveraged Finance Group.

Nick received his BA in Government from Cornell University.

Notae Chong is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In his role, he focuses on the financial reporting function, which includes SEC and management reporting.

Before joining Blue Owl, he served as a Director in Finance at Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (Annaly), where his responsibilities included oversight of financial reporting, corporate accounting and financial controls functions. At Annaly, he also served as the Head of Inclusion, where he focused on efforts to create a more diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace. Prior to Annaly, he served in a number of senior roles at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. and Stifel Financial Corp., including Senior Vice President, Director of SEC Reporting and Accounting Policy, and financial controllership roles. He began his career at Deloitte LLP and provided assurance and advisory services to clients in the financial services industry, including alternative asset managers, publicly traded business development companies and private real estate entities.

Notae graduated from Rutgers University with a BS in Accounting.

Kevin Christy is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Compliance Team. In his role, he focuses on leading the firm’s Compliance Testing and Controls Program.

Before joining Blue Owl, Kevin was an exam manager in the SEC’s Division of Examinations and an attorney in the SEC’s Office of General Counsel. Prior to that, he was a member of the investment management practice at K&L Gates in Washington, D.C., where he advised mutual funds, ETFs, their boards of directors, and investment advisers on fund governance and regulatory issues related to the federal securities laws.

Kevin received his JD from the Washington College of Law at American University and holds a BA in Government from Georgetown University.

Julio Cifuentes is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Investment Grade Private Credit Investment Team. In his role, he is responsible for supporting the management and implementation of the firm’s investment grade corporate credit strategies.

Prior to joining Blue Owl, Julio was a member of the Corporate Credit team at Rimrock Capital Management, where he focused on sourcing and evaluating credit opportunities for investment across the healthcare, consumer cyclical, aerospace, and media sectors. Julio also previously held credit underwriting positions at Bardin Hill Investment Partners and Highland Capital Management. He began his career in Frankfurt, Germany as an analyst with a fund affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management. 

Julio holds a BBA in Finance from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Ryan Clark is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Business Development Team. Ryan has 17 years of asset management experience and oversees the business development and client service effort for Blue Owl’s investment consultant relationships.

Prior to joining Blue Owl, Ryan worked for PIMCO, Octagon Credit Investors, and BlackRock.

Ryan serves as a Trustee of the College Men’s Club of Westfield, which provides scholarships to promising and deserving graduates from Westfield High School in New Jersey. 

Ryan graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA in Economics.  He is a CFA Charterholder.

James Clarke is a Senior Managing Director at Blue Owl and the Global Head of Institutional Business Development. James has 23 years of asset management experience and oversees the business development and client service for Blue Owl’s institutional investors including public and corporate pensions, sovereign wealth funds, foundations and endowments, healthcare plans and large family offices globally.

Prior to joining Blue Owl, he worked for PIMCO, GoldenTree Asset Management and Landmark Partners.

Originally from Australia, James has a BA from the University of Sydney.

Scott Clifford is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Direct Lending Investment Team. In his role, he is focused on providing direct lending solutions to middle market companies and private equity sponsors.

Before joining Blue Owl, Scott was a Principal within the Credit Platform of Apollo Global Management, a leading alternative asset manager based in New York. Prior to that, he was an Investment Banking Analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in the Leveraged Finance Group.

Scott received a BA in Economics from Davidson College, where he graduated magna cum laude.