Sara Star Villalon is a Director of Operations and Co-Founder of Pier Asset Management LLC. Prior to Pier, she was a Research Associate as Evolution Capital Management. Within the Evolution Income Funds investment team, she held responsibilities regarding technology support, loan servicing, platform analytics, and risk management. She holds a B.A. in Economics from University of California, Los Angeles.

Sara serves on the Advisory Board. She has had a passion for mentoring since her time at University of California, Los Angeles. She believes that she would not be where she is today in her career if it weren’t for her hard work and the mentorship and advice she received along the way. She hopes to take her skill sets to help further IMPACT’s mission while continuing her own efforts to providing support and advice to young professionals and entrepreneurs.