Our Team
Our team is comprised of former industry CEOs, CFOs, senior executives of government agencies and fund managers with an average of 20+ years of operational and investment experience.
Closed Loop Partners
Ron Gonen
Ron is the Founder and CEO of Closed Loop Partners, a New York-based investment firm comprised of venture capital, growth equity, private equity, catalytic…
Bridget Croke
Bridget leads external affairs including investor partnerships, industry partnerships, communications and special projects at Closed Loop Partners.
Kate Daly
Kate leads the Center for the Circular Economy at Closed Loop Partners, an innovation center for research, analysis and collaboration to accelerate the transition to…
Talia Jarvis
Talia is the Chief Legal, Compliance and Administrative Officer at Closed Loop Partners, overseeing the legal, human resources and compliance teams across the firm.
Danielle Joseph
Danielle is the Managing Director of the Closed Loop Ventures Group, the seed and pre-seed investment division of Closed Loop Partners…
Jessica Long
Jessica leads strategic initiatives across Closed Loop Partners, working across all investment platforms…
Jennifer Louie
Jennifer is responsible for managing Closed Loop Partners’ debt investment funds.
Tazia Smith
Tazia is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) & Head of Capital Partnerships at Closed Loop Partners, responsible for…
Erik Avni
Erik is the Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance & Accounting for Closed Loop Partners. He has been with the company since its inception and is responsible for all…
Amy Wagner
Amy is the Chief Financial Officer of Closed Loop Partners and the Executive Vice President of Business Development and Operations at Circular Services…
Alicia Mandelkow
As Chief of Staff, Alicia manages the day to day operations of the company, including Human Resources and IT.
Kim Tran
Kim is the Executive Director of Operations and Development at Closed Loop Partners’ Center for Circular Economy, an innovation center for…
Mark Schmidt
Mark joins Circular Services as Head of North America, Organics. He will be instrumental in building out the organics program for Circular Services.
Elena Spinelli
Elena is Vice President of Accounting at Circular Services, Closed Loop Partners’ operating group and the largest privately held recycling company in the U.S.
Michael Gajewski
Michael is on the management teams of the Closed Loop Leadership Fund and Closed Loop Infrastructure Fund.
Daniel Liswood
Daniel is a Senior Project Director at the Center for the Circular Economy where he manages the NextGen Consortium, a multi-year partnership of…
Carol Lobel
Carolina is a Senior Director at our Center for the Circular Economy. Prior to joining Closed Loop Partners…
Paula Luu
Paula is a Senior Project Director at the Center for the Circular Economy – Closed Loop Partners’ innovation center that leverages research…
Sarah Pamplona Santos
Sarah is a Project Director for the Center for the Circular Economy, Closed Loop Partners’ innovation…
Matt Pundmann
Matt is a Senior Project Director for the Center for the Circular Economy – Closed Loop Partners’ innovation center that leverages…
Lauren Rodriguez
Lauren is on the Corporate Partnerships team, where she supports relationship management and…
Luba Shabal
Luba is head of Impact Measurement and Management, leading impact assessment and reporting for Closed Loop Partners’ portfolio companies across investment vehicles.
Georgia Sherwin
Georgia works across platforms at Closed Loop Partners on strategic initiatives and partnerships, helping to connect the dots and facilitate…
Michael Arnett
Mike manages Closed Loop Partners’ investment funds’ accounting, financial reporting, taxation and compliance.
Greg Budetti
Greg is a Director on the Capital Partnerships team at Closed Loop Partners, focused on business development…
George Freyermuth
George is the Director of Investments at Circular Services – Closed Loop Partners’ operating group and the largest…
Raymond Hugel
Ray is responsible for supporting the activities of Closed Loop Partners’ private credit funds with a focus…
Kate Krebs
Kate leads the Closed Loop Beverage Fund’s efforts to leverage infrastructure investments across the country to drive forward a circular system for…
Jackson Pei
Jackson co-heads Closed Loop Partners’ private equity platform, the Closed Loop Leadership Fund. He leads the investment team in…
Kristin Taylor
As Director and Origination Lead, Kristin is responsible for lead generation…
Anh Giang
As the Project Innovation Director at the Center for the Circular Economy, Anh leads innovation pilots and consumer behavior labs across…
Bea Miñana
Bea leads communications at Closed Loop Partners, across the firm’s investment platforms, innovation center and operating…
Bob Anderson
Bob supports sales and operations for Closed Loop Commodities Group, as well as several of Closed Loop Partners’ portfolio companies.
Tim Horchar
Tim joined Closed Loop Partners as Director of Business Operations after serving on the SMR acquisition team…
Meredith Vass
Meredith is the Director of People & Talent. She is responsible for recruiting talent while providing a stellar…
Aly Bryan
Aly is an Investor on the Closed Loop Ventures Group team –– the seed and pre-seed investment division…
Malikah Mack
Malikah is on the Circular Services team, where she manages accounting for the operating group…
Lillian Childress
Lillian is working on targeted growth opportunities with a focus on Closed Loop Partners’ commercialization group.
Derek Trott
Derek is an Associate on the Closed Loop Leadership Fund team. He supports the investment team in…
Amanda Hendy
Amanda joins the Closed Loop Ventures Group as a Venture Partner where she will be sourcing deals…
Andrew McColm
Andy works on the Closed Loop Ventures Group investment team to support sourcing, diligence, and portfolio…
René Paula
René works on the Closed Loop Venture Group investment team to support sourcing for U.S. consumer packaged goods companies.
Ian Yolles
Ian works with Closed Loop Partners’ Ventures Group on deal sourcing and diligence, and serves on boards of portfolio companies.
Caroline Barry
Caroline is a Program Manager at the Center for the Circular Economy, the firm’s innovation hub …
Carol Grzych
Carol is a Program Manager at Closed Loop Partners’ Center for the Circular Economy, where she supports data analysis…
Sonia Mahajan
Sonia is a Program Manager at Closed Loop Partners’ Center for the Circular Economy, working…
Theresa Mullaley
Theresa will support data analysis and content creation across key priority areas of infrastructure, community engagement…
Brendan Keefe
Brendan works across the firm’s group of private credit and catalytic capital funds, and is involved in all aspects of the deal cycle…
Stephanie Boriskin
Stephanie manages the operational needs of and the office at Closed Loop Partners.
Renee Harris
Renée provides full-time administrative assistance to the finance and operations team, supporting accounts payable…
Astha Jain
Astha is a Fund Accounting Associate at Closed Loop Partners, responsible for the execution of all general accounting functions….
Akshatha Bhat
Akshatha works across the firm’s private credit and catalytic capital group to help finance recycling and circular economy projects and infrastructure.
Utsab Roychowdhury
Utsab is an Associate with Closed Loop Partners’ buyout private equity arm. He supports the investment team in all aspects of the deal process…
Risa Hirata
Risa Hirata is our Secondee in Closed Loop Partners’ private credit and catalytic capital group, the Closed Loop Infrastructure Group. She supports the team’s impact…
Interns
Neil Chavan
Neil is a Mosaic Fellow on the Closed Loop Ventures Group team. He is currently an MBA candidate at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
Staphany Hou
Staphany is a Mosaic Fellow on Closed Loop Partners’ buyout private equity team. She supports the investment team in…
Ioana Solomon
Ioana is an intern with Closed Loop Partners’ Ventures Group. She is currently a first-year MBA student at the Yale School…
Advisors
Cherish Changala
Cherish is the Vice President of Sustainability and Public Affairs for Revolution.
Michael Jones
Michael is Vice President, Lending Business Development at RSF.
Fred P. Keller
Fred is the Founder and Chair of Cascade Engineering which he started in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1973.
Careers
Interested in advancing the transition to a circular economy? Learn more about job opportunities at Closed Loop Partners.
