Sarah Pamplona Santos is Senior Project Director at the Closed Loop Center for the Circular Economy, Closed Loop Partners' innovation firm for research, analysis and collaboration.  
As a connector who brings brands together to catalyze behavior change, Sarah most recently worked with Maybelline New York and its parent company, L’Oréal Groupe, bolstered by the support of additional partners Kraft Heinz, CVS Health, P&G and Target, to design first-of-its-kind equipment to recover small format packaging curbside, which is currently destined for landfill. Prior to this, Sarah worked with Kroger, Ulta Beauty, Dollar General and 160+ others to activate a campaign to reduce single-use bag waste, impacting 2M+ customers. 
Sarah brings a decade of experience spanning strategy consulting, impact investing and CSR, which she leverages to support the world’s most prominent brands to realize their sustainability goals. Prior to joining Closed Loop Partners, Sarah worked for Arborview Capital, a private equity/venture capital firm that invests in companies building a more sustainable future. Prior to that, Sarah spent four years with Deloitte Consulting leading strategy and analytics projects for federal agencies, nonprofits and higher education institutions. At Deloitte, Sarah was selected to join Deloitte Global’s Corporate Social Responsibility team to develop and launch the firm’s 2030 impact strategy.
Sarah holds an MBA from the Yale School of Management and a BA in Public Policy from Princeton University.