Paula is a Senior Project Director at Closed Loop Partners, an impact investment firm and innovation center focused on the development of the circular economy. Her work focuses on evaluating new technologies, materials, and markets to drive investment towards viable, safe, and circular solutions and to accelerate their commercialization. Paula led the firm’s research in molecular recycling (i.e. chemical recycling) and currently manages the Center for the Circular Economy's Composting Consortium, a cross-industry initiative focused on modernizing and scaling the organics recovery infrastructure in the United States. She received her MBA and MS from the University of Michigan and her BA from UC Berkeley.