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…
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 co-leads the growth equity investment practice…
Bennett Cohen
Bennett is a Managing Director at Closed Loop Partners. In this role, he co-leads the growth equity investment practice…
Bridget Croke
Bridget leads external affairs including investor partnerships, industry partnerships, communications and…
Kate Daly
Kate leads the Center for the Circular Economy at Closed Loop Partners, an innovation center for research, analysis…
Michael Gajewski
Michael is on the management teams of the Closed Loop Leadership Fund and Closed Loop Infrastructure…
Danielle Joseph
Danielle is the Managing Director of the Closed Loop Ventures Group, the seed and pre-seed investment…
Karine Khatcherian
Karine co-heads Closed Loop Partners’ private equity platform, the Closed Loop Leadership Fund…
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. Prior to joining Closed…
Herb Northrop
Herb is an industry veteran with more than 42 years of experience in the recycling, environmental and waste industry.
Matt Parker
Matt is Chief Financial Officer & Managing Director of Closed Loop Partners. He was previously…
Maite Quinn
Maite co-heads Closed Loop Partners’ private equity platform, the Closed Loop Leadership Fund. Her role includes…
Boaz Schweiger
Boaz works on the Closed Loop Ventures Group investment team to support sourcing, diligence, and portfolio…
Tazia Smith
Tazia is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) & Head of Capital Partnerships at Closed Loop Partners, responsible…
Erik Avni
Erik is the Controller and Chief Compliance Officer for Closed Loop Partners. He has been with…
Alicia Mandelkow
As Chief of Staff, Alicia manages the day to day operations of the company, as well as the coordination of initiatives…
Renée Winters
Renée joins the Closed Loop Partners team as a Senior Business Operations Consultant. Renée brings…
Amy Wagner
Amy is the Executive Vice President of Business Development and Operations at Circular Services, the largest privately held recycling company in the U.S.
Luba Shabal
Luba is head of Impact Measurement and Management at Closed Loop Partners. In this…
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…
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…
Aakash Pai
Aakash manages Closed Loop Partners’ growth plans, budgets and financial forecasts.
Jackson Pei
Jackson is a Director on the Closed Loop Leadership Fund team. He supports the…
Kristin Taylor
As Director and Origination Lead, Kristin is responsible for lead generation…
Lynn Bernabei
Lynn is an Investor on the Closed Loop Growth Opportunities Fund supporting…
Aly Bryan
Aly is an Investor on the Closed Loop Ventures Group team –– the seed and pre-seed investment division…
Anne-Marie Kaluz
Prior to joining Closed Loop Partners, Anne-Marie spent the last 6 years at Bank of America, most recently…
Daniel Liswood
Daniel is a Senior Project Director at the Center for the Circular Economy where he manages the NextGen Consortium…
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 for the Center for the Circular Economy, Closed Loop Partners’ innovation center that…
Matt Pundmann
Matt is a Senior Project Director for the Center for the Circular Economy – Closed Loop Partners’ innovation center that…
Lauren Rodriguez
Lauren joins the Corporate Partnerships team where she will support relationship management and…
Georgia Sherwin
Georgia works across platforms at Closed Loop Partners on strategic initiatives and partnerships…
Anh Giang
As the Project Innovation Director at the Center for the Circular Economy, Anh leads innovation pilots and consumer…
Bea Miñana
Bea works on the communication and branding strategies of Closed Loop Partners to engage more …
Sarah Pamplona Santos
Sarah is a Project Director for the Center for the Circular Economy, Closed Loop Partners’ innovation…
Bob Anderson
Bob Anderson supports sales and operations for Closed Loop Commodities Group, as well as several of Closed…
Denise Diorio McVeigh
Denise is Vice President & Director of Operations for Closed Loop Commodities Group, which takes an end-to-end…
Tim Horchar
Tim joined Closed Loop Partners as Director of Business Operations after serving on the SMR acquisition team…
Stephen Klemann
SK has over 27 years of experience in the solid waste/recycling industry, as an innovative, proactive leader…
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…
Caroline Barry
Caroline is the Innovation Fellow 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…
Marissa Kostoglou
Marissa is a Program Manager for Closed Loops Partners’ Center for the Circular Economy, the firm’s innovation…
Sonia Mahajan
Sonia is a Program Manager at Closed Loop Partners’ Center for the Circular Economy, working…
Lillian Childress
Lillian is our Circular Economy Strategy Associate, working on targeted growth opportunities …
Derek Trott
Derek is an Associate on the Closed Loop Leadership Fund team. He supports the investment team in…
Zach Venning
Zach works on the Partnerships team, centralizing and enhancing processes for efficiency, effectiveness and risk mitigation across the firm.
Julia Viner
Julia assists with pipeline management and due diligence for the growth equity group at Closed…
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 day to day administrative needs of Closed Loop Partners. She has a background in the music and entertainment…
Interns
Lee Larson
Lee is a Winter Intern working with the Closed Loop Ventures Group on impact management, deal sourcing and diligence.
Kara Marciscano
Kara is an intern at the Center for the Circular Economy, managing the analysis, evaluation and collation of dedicated research projects.
Advisors
Mark Cirilli
Mark is Co-founder, Managing Director of Mission Point Capital. He leads MissionPoint’s…
Yuly Fuentes-Medel Ph.D.
Dr. Yuly Fuentes-Medel is an advisor to Closed Loop Partners’ work in the fashion industry. She catalyzes…
Fred P. Keller
Fred is the Founder and Chair of Cascade Engineering which he started in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1973.
Carrie Ellen Phillips
Carrie is a Partner in communications firm BPCM, which she co-founded in 1999.
Dr. Thomas Tochtermann
Thomas is based in Hamburg, Germany. For more than 30 years, Thomas has been advising international clients…
Carter H. Strickland, Jr.
Carter is an advisor for Closed Loop Partners’ work in organics circularity. He has over 25 years of experience in…
Bruce Usher
Bruce Usher is The Elizabeth B. Strickler ’86 and Mark T. Gallogly ’86 Faculty Director of the Social Enterprise…
Careers
Interested in advancing the transition to a circular economy? Learn more about job opportunities at Closed Loop Partners.
