NEW YORK & NAPLES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 26, 2025--
Hilton Global Associates Inc. (“Hilton Global”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Heather Calabret-Morison as Senior Director of Business Development. Heather brings extensive experience in enhanced due diligence across private markets, working hand-in-hand with compliance professionals, legal teams, and investment professionals throughout the deal lifecycle.
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In her new role, Heather will focus on expanding and strengthening institutional client relationships while ensuring that clients receive high-quality, defensible insights to support critical decision-making. Her background spans private credit, private equity, mergers and acquisitions, and IPOs readiness – helping clients proactively manage risk at every stage of a transaction.
“I’ve had the privilege of working with Heather over the years and have seen firsthand her commitment to excellence, integrity, and exceptional client service,” said Melissa Kelley-Hilton, Founder and CEO of Hilton Global. “Her approach aligns seamlessly with our market-driven delivery model and our dedication to a truly client-centric experience. We’re grateful she chose Hilton Global as her next professional home and are excited for the value she will bring to both our clients and our firm.”
Heather’s track record supporting both limited partners and general partners – balancing investigative rigor with commercial and compliance objectives – provides Hilton Global with a differentiated advantage in an increasingly competitive market. Her ability to bridge the needs of LPs, GPs, and deal teams ensures that clients receive deeply sourced, investigator-led intelligence that strengthens confidence, accelerates decision-making, and protects value across the investment lifecycle.
“I am truly grateful for this opportunity,” said Heather Calabret-Morison. “Hilton Global is an exceptional firm, and I look forward to contributing to the team and serving our clients in meaningful, impactful ways.”
About Hilton Global Associates Inc.
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Hilton Global Associates is a professional investigative research firm providing best-in-class due diligence and white-glove client service. Utilizing sophisticated, time-proven methodologies developed over decades, we specialize in tailor-made investigations, placing particular emphasis on exploring the context of a client’s needs and sourcing the information required to make critical legal and investment decisions.
Heather Calabret-Morison
As 2025 wraps up, The Associated Press has curated a list of memorable stories and enjoyable reads published this year that you may have missed in the flurry of news and the busyness of living.
There are storybook endings and heartbreak. Some are stranger than fiction, and others take you behind the scenes. Even if you read them the first time around, the stories on this “in case you missed it” list are worth revisiting.
If you have ever felt that nagging sense of the unknown, you may be able to relate to Robert Friedrichs and his search for Miss Atomic Bomb — the Las Vegas showgirl in a 1957 promotional photograph for nuclear tourism. He couldn’t get her out of his head; it was a hole in the historical record. Friedrichs, a historian and a retired scientist who got his start during the Atomic Age, ultimately prevailed — but it took decades.
Miss Atomic Bomb: The woman, the mystery and the man who solved it
Khaled Kazziha, an assistant AP news director who has covered Africa since 1998, recounts the realities of raising his children in a part of Nairobi, Kenya, where lions roam free. This year, a lion killed a 14-year-old girl about a kilometer (0.6 mile) from their home. She was the same age as his daughter. Kazziha says what is missing from efforts to address the problem is greater awareness on how to behave around predators.
He lives alongside lions in Nairobi. The human-wildlife collision is dazzling — and dangerous
Go ahead, let down your hair. Or if you are like these Londoners, draw on a goatee and throw on your best bald cap and suit because you too can join in the Pitbull look-alike phenomenon. In this story, the Miami superstar explains what it is like to watch this dress-up trend explode across his fan base.
White shirts. Black ties. Bald caps. Pitbull’s fans party like clones worldwide
Giving up is not an option in this story. In Atlanta, an out-of-work film industry veteran, Sechita McNair, relentlessly pursues a better education for her child after an eviction. The story captures McNair as she navigates a seesaw of wins and setbacks. There is no fairy tale ending here, but there is real life — and resilience.
She wanted to keep her son in his school district. It was more challenging than it seemed
What is it like to report on a pope for his entire papacy? AP Vatican correspondent Nicole Winfield takes us inside her complex journalist-public figure relationship with Pope Francis, including their memorably tense exchange aboard the papal plane about the clergy sex abuse scandal in Chile. He later told her that it was a turning point in his understanding of the depths of the abuse scandal. Francis died in April.
Pope Francis bestowed a special nickname on AP’s Vatican reporter for her often-tough questions
Some stories come together easily, and then there is the AP investigation into U.S. Big Tech’s role in China’s digital surveillance state. The story became a reality because AP journalists spoke with more than 100 sources, scoured tens of thousands of documents, and obtained several major leaks of internal and classified material.
Silicon Valley enabled brutal mass detention and surveillance in China, internal documents show
If you need a reminder that you are never too old to pursue your dreams, this story is for you. In it, you will meet Tom Cillo, who played in his first-ever college football game this year — at age 58. Go inside this life-changing ride in which Cillo enrolls in Lycoming College in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, survives NCAA Division III football tryouts and — finally — hits the field.
At 58, Tom Cillo is tackling his dream of playing college football
Yes, there are luxury private jets, a secret meeting at an airport hangar and high-stakes diplomacy. While it may read like a Cold War spy thriller, the events in this story actually happened. It details a scheme that speaks to the United States’ efforts to topple Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.
US sought to lure Nicolás Maduro’s pilot into betraying the Venezuelan leader
FILE - Derrick McNair-White, left, yawns next to Sechita McNair as they ride the city bus to Atlanta on June 11, 2025, in Jonesboro, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
FILE - Lycoming College nose tackle Tom Cillo stands on the sidelines during an NCAA Division III junior varsity college football game against King's College in Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
FILE - Fans gather in front of the O2 Arena prior to a performance by Pitbull on Monday, June 9, 2025, in London. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - A lioness rests on top of a sign inside Nairobi National Park, where lions are known to roam, on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, on Jan. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Laila Kazziha, File)
FILE - Robert Friedrichs poses for a photo at the Atomic Museum, on April 16, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
