The Carlyle Group Names Ellen Gonda Director of Communications for the Americas

Washington, DC – Global private equity firm The Carlyle Group today named Ellen D. Gonda Director of Communications for the Americas. Based in New York, Ms. Gonda will be responsible for firm-wide communications initiatives in North and South America. She will report to Director of Global Communications Chris Ullman and begin her duties on December 3, 2007.

Ms. Gonda joins Carlyle from Brunswick Group, the international communications consultancy, where she was a Director focused on corporate and financial communications. She provided counsel to international companies experiencing crisis situations, particularly transactions and restructurings across a variety of sectors. Prior to joining Brunswick in 2000, Ms. Gonda held positions at Gavin Anderson & Company and Abernathy MacGregor Frank.

“I am delighted that Ellen will join the Carlyle Global Communications team at such an important and exciting time in the firm’s development,” said Chris Ullman, Principal and Director of Global Communications. “Her decade of experience as a trusted strategic advisor to companies facing complex communications challenges will be most helpful to Carlyle as we continue to grow apace in both established and developing markets and demonstrate how private equity creates value for our investors and portfolio companies.”

Ms. Gonda earned a B.A. with high honors from the University of California, Berkeley.