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 on the management team of the Closed Loop Fund and provides due diligence support for infrastructure…
Maite Quinn
Maite focuses on identifying industry trends, deal generation, due diligence and portfolio management. Maite has…
Tazia Smith
Tazia is responsible for institutional investor relations and family office partnerships for the funds and co-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…
Allison Shapiro
Allison is responsible for strategic partnerships, capital formation, and fund structuring across the Closed Loop Partners…
Chris Cui
Chris leads Asia Programs at Closed Loop Partners where we build partnerships with the public and private sector…
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…
Luba Shabal
Luba leads impact assessment and impact reporting for all of Closed Loop Partners’ investment vehicles. She is also…
Yuly Fuentes-Medel Ph.D.
Yuly is an advisor to Closed Loop Partners’ work in the fashion industry.
Allison Sellers
Allison conducts financial and operational due diligence for investments across the Closed Loop Leadership Fund…
Georgia Sherwin
Georgia works across platforms at Closed Loop Partners on branding and communications, spreading the word about…
Hannah Friedman
Hannah works on the Closed Loop Ventures team to manage the pipeline, including sourcing and initial due diligence…
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…
Closed Loop Fund
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.
