As Senior Advisor, Ellen ensures The Circulate Initiative and its partners connect with the data and learning they need to inform strategies that prevent plastic leakage and advance an inclusive, circular economy.

Ellen is Chief Impact Officer for Circulate Capital, the impact investment firm scaling infrastructure and innovations towards a circular economy in emerging markets. She is also a member of The Circulate Initiative’s Impact Metrics Working Group.

Previously, Ellen led impact and research at Closed Loop Partners. As a member of Closed Loop Fund’s investment team, she managed the fund’s due diligence process and investment portfolio as it grew to $50M in project financing deployed across North America. While at Closed Loop, Ellen also directed research, including studies on advanced recycling technologies for plastics, the economics of PET recycling, and strategies to increase the supply of post-consumer resins. Ellen has also worked as a strategy consultant at social impact consulting firm FSG.

Ellen holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Bachelor of Arts in English and Art from Yale University, United States.