Our Team
Our team is comprised of former industry CEOs, CFOs, heads of government agencies and fund managers with an average of 20+ years of operational and investment experience.
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Ron Gonen
Ron is the Co-Founder and CEO of Closed Loop Partners, a New York-based investment firm comprised of venture…
Martin Aares
Martin co-heads Closed Loop Partners private equity platform, the Closed Loop Leadership Fund. His role includes…
Caroline Brown
Caroline is a Managing Director at Closed Loop Partners. In this role, she leads the practice for fashion and beauty…
Bridget Croke
Bridget leads external affairs including investor partnerships, industry partnerships, communications and special…
Kate Daly
Kate leads the Center for the Circular Economy at Closed Loop Partners, an innovation center for research, analysis…
Michael Gajewski
Michael is the CFO of Closed Loop Partners and on the management teams of Closed Loop Leadership Fund and…
Bob Milligan
Bob is currently a Managing Director at Closed Loop Partners, working across the firm’s investment…
Maite Quinn
Maite co-heads Closed Loop Partners’ private equity platform, the Closed Loop Leadership Fund. Her role includes identifying industry trends, deal generation, due diligence and portfolio management. Maite has…
Tazia Smith
Tazia is responsible for institutional investor relations, family office partnerships for the funds and co-investment…
Boaz Schweiger
Boaz is working with the investment team to identify and evaluate potential investment opportunities, and post investment…
Erik Avni
Erik is the Controller and Chief Compliance Officer for Closed Loop Partners. He has been with the company since…
Alicia Mandelkow
As Chief of Staff, Alicia manages the day to day operations of the company, as well as the coordination of initiatives…
Danielle Joseph
Danielle is the Executive Director of Closed Loop Ventures, the seed and pre-seed investment division of Closed…
Jen Louie
Jennifer is responsible for managing CLP’s debt investment funds. Prior to joining CLP, Jennifer spent the last ten years managing emerging market debt portfolios across…
René Paula
René works with the Closed Loop Venture Fund team to source, diligence and execute new transactions while supporting …
Jon Powell, Ph.D.
Jon is Vice President at Closed Loop Partners working across its verticals to source deals, develop and execute novel research…
Allison Shapiro
Allison is responsible for strategic partnerships, capital formation, and fund structuring across the Closed Loop Partners…
Bob Anderson
Bob Anderson supports sales and operations for Closed Loop Commodities Group, as well as several of Closed Loop Partners’ portfolio companies.
Denise Diorio McVeigh
Denise is Vice President & Director of Operations for Closed Loop Commodities Group, which takes an end-to-end approach to solving local recycling challenges, providing a full suite of services that enables communities to take control of the entire recycling value chain and keep valuable materials in play.
Chris Cui
Chris leads Asia Programs at Closed Loop Partners where we build partnerships with the public and private sector…
Kate Krebs
Kate leads the Closed Loop Beverage Fund’s efforts to leverage infrastructure investments across the country …
Daniel Liswood
Daniel is a Director at the Center for the Circular Economy where he manages the NextGen Consortium, a multi-year…
Paula Luu
Paula is a Project Director for the Center for the Circular Economy, Closed Loop Partners’ innovation center that…
Matt Pundmann
Matt is a Project Director for the Center for the Circular Economy – Closed Loop Partners’ innovation center that…
Luba Shabal
Luba leads impact assessment and impact reporting for all of Closed Loop Partners’ investment vehicles. She is also…
Georgia Sherwin
Georgia works across platforms at Closed Loop Partners on branding and communications, spreading the word about…
Yuly Fuentes-Medel Ph.D.
Yuly is an advisor to Closed Loop Partners’ work in the fashion industry.
Hannah Friedman
Hannah works on the Closed Loop Ventures team to manage the pipeline, including sourcing and initial due diligence…
Zainab Gilani
As a member of the Center for Circular Economy team, Zainab researches topics such as advanced plastics recycling, new product and packaging material innovations, and business model and delivery trends.
Bea Miñana
Bea works on the communication and branding strategies of Closed Loop Partners, creating messages that engage more people in the transition towards a circular economy.
Hannah Piester
Hannah is an Investment Associate on the Closed Loop Leadership Fund team. She supports the investment team in all aspects of the deal process including origination, due diligence, deal structuring and portfolio management.
Allison Sellers
Allison conducts financial and operational due diligence for investments across the Closed Loop Leadership Fund…
Julia Viner
Julia assists with pipeline management and due diligence for the Fashion vertical at Closed Loop Partners.
Emma Watson
Emma is currently the Administrative Assistant at Closed Loop Partners. She helps coordinate internal activity and…
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Investment Committee
Mark Cirilli
Mark Cirilli is Co-founder, Managing Director of Mission Point Capital.
Fred P. Keller
Fred Keller is the Founder and Chair of Cascade Engineering which he started in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1973.
Karine Khatcherian
Karine Khatcherian is the Founder and CEO of Enervest Capital, LLC.
Bruce Usher
Bruce Usher is The Elizabeth B. Strickler ’86 and Mark T. Gallogly ’86 Faculty Director of the Social Enterprise Program at Columbia Business School
Careers
Interested in advancing the transition to a circular economy? Learn more about job opportunities at Closed Loop Partners.
