Leslee N. Cowen is a Management Committee Partner of the Credit Funds of Fortress Investment Group where she co-heads the corporate debt and securities group and serves on the investment committee. She is a member of the firm's management committee and diversity and inclusion committee. In her role she focuses on special situations, public and private transactions across the capital structure. Prior to joining Fortress in 2002, Ms. Cowen was at the Baupost Group where she was responsible for the acquisition of public and private distressed debt and equity securities, as well as the acquisition of non-performing loan portfolios. Previously she was an associate at The Argentum Group. Ms. Cowen began her career as an analyst at The Blackstone Group in the private equity and M&A groups. She graduated with a B.S. degree magna cum laude from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.