Caroline Brown is a former CEO of major luxury brands including Donna Karan International, DKNY, Carolina Herrera, and Akris who now leads the fashion and beauty investment practice at Closed Loop Partners, making her likely the only former major apparel brand CEO working hands-on with early-stage circular fashion technologies. She serves on boards of circular fashion companies like Browzwear, Dimpora, By Rotation, For Days, and Eileen Fisher while also advising at MIT's entrepreneurship center, giving her an unusual combination of big-brand operating experience and deep engagement with next-generation sustainability founders. Caroline Brown is a former CEO of major luxury brands including Donna Karan International, DKNY, Carolina Herrera, and Akris who now leads the fashion and beauty investment practice at Closed Loop Partners, making her likely the only former major apparel brand CEO working hands-on with early-stage circular fashion technologies. She serves on boards of circular fashion companies like Browzwear, Dimpora, By Rotation, For Days, and Eileen Fisher while also advising at MIT's entrepreneurship center, giving her an unusual combination of big-brand operating experience and deep engagement with next-generation sustainability founders.