Daria is a senior executive at Crest Investment Company, a diversified global family office that invests in and operates businesses across media and entertainment, technology, hospitality, real estate, mining and energy, with offices in New York, Washington, Houston, Los Angeles, and Geneva.
At Crest, Daria oversees the company’s portfolio of digital media assets, including AL-MONITOR, a leading independent news site on the Middle East founded in 2012. Crest’s holdings also include August Night Pictures, a New York-based film financing company; The Bastion Collection, a fine dining group whose restaurants have been awarded 10 Michelin stars since 2019; Stettler, a heritage Swiss chocolatier established in 1947; and Muzo Emerald Colombia, an integrated group of enterprises spanning the full value chain of the Colombian emerald. In 2021, Crest expanded its hospitality footprint with the opening of The Woodward, a landmark luxury hotel in Geneva managed by Auberge Resorts Collection.
Daria previously held roles in the editorial departments of artnet News and The New York Times in New York, developing expertise at the intersection of global culture, media and journalism. She went on to serve as Director of the New Levant Initiative, a foundation dedicated to elevating Middle East cultural contributions, and partnered with the Rand Corporation on a proposed model for regional economic integration.
She studied International Law at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and earned a Masters of Arts in Cultural Reporting and Criticism from NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute in 2016. Daria serves as an Ambassador to UNICEF, and has received awards from the U.S. Fund for UNICEF recognizing her service to global communities. She also serves on the World Monuments Fund’s International Council, working to preserve cultural heritage sites around the world.