Our FOUNDING TEAM

Sarah is a builder at heart. As a creative economy consultant, she has provided leadership and strategic counsel to mission-driven organizations for more than 20 years. 

Sarah is co-founder and CEO of Co-Stellar, a social purpose corporation that connects creative entrepreneurs and arts organizations to capital that fuels next-level growth.  

An advocate for the power of music and art to lift up communities, Sarah is committed to helping organizations and individuals thrive in the creative economy. She is skilled in leading capital projects and has helped raise more than $750 million for projects around the world. 

As a strategic advisor at Public Sphere Projects, Sarah helps clients bring together their communities to develop novel – and sometimes radical – solutions to systemic challenges. As a writer, poet, and textile artist, Sarah prioritizes space for nature and creative adventure in her spare time.

Originally from Chicagoland Sarah is a mother of two curious and funny human children, and lives on Coast Salish land in Seattle.

With over 20 years in the music industry under his belt; Abe Claiborne is a premiere leader in the entertainment business working with top-tier companies such as Universal and Harley Davidson. Spending the last 6 years as an entrepreneur helping tech businesses integrate music strategy into their portfolios, he brought successful outcomes to dozens of startups and media companies. 

He is constantly working cross-collaboratively across entire organizations to help build the products and promotions that resonate with the audience. His responsibilities have ranged from artist relations, to music programming, and groundbreaking licensing contracts.

He has developed music strategy and licensing partnerships for major household brands such as Harley Davidson and American Eagle. He has worked with hundreds of labels and artists, building and cultivating innovative solutions.

Abe has a lifelong passion for music and has worn nearly every hat in the industry from booking tours to artist management, to licensing, marketing, and sales. Always one to wear a smile and share a good laugh, Abe is a consummate professional whose positive reputation opens doors.

Brian Abeel is a finance executive and former Certified Public Accountant with nearly forty years experience in accounting, finance, aerospace, technology and leadership. 

Brian’s most recent experience was as an executive with The Boeing Company, where he served as Director of International Accounting Operations and led a global team of accountants tasked with ensuring compliance with accounting and reporting requirements in over 70 countries around the world. Prior to that, Brian served as Director of Financial Accounting for the Boeing Commercial Airplanes division, where he led a team responsible for supporting the preparation of the company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Brian retired from Boeing after 17 years in 2020.

Prior to Boeing, his experience included the international accounting firm of Ernst and Young and a small Seattle-based aerospace subcontractor. 

Brian is passionate about ensuring high quality services are available to meet the needs of those in our community who suffer from mental illness and substance use disorders. To that end, he serves on the board of the MultiCare Behavioral Health Network, the largest provider of mental health services in Washington State, where he currently is board chair. Previously he served on the boards of BECU (the fourth largest credit union in the USA), Elder and Adult Day Services and Casa Latina. 

Jasmine Albertson has been fiercely carving her own path in the music industry for over a decade now, throwing herself at everything from booking, artist management, touring, publicity, and branding but is best known for her work at KEXP where she wrote and produced in-depth stories about music for the website and on-air for Sound & Vision.  

Now, she’s focusing on wider disciplines of art, as a digital content strategist for Co-Stellar. She uses her broad music knowledge, distinctive voice, and vulnerable spirit to write pieces, conduct interviews, and create content that’s relatable and humanizing. 

Albertson has found success due to her tenacity and diligence but primarily because of her compassion for the artists that make all of this happen in the first place. 

With a background in banking and finance, Renata is determined to put her knowledge to use to support artists and creative entrepreneurs. Renata brings energy and solid grounding to Co-Stellar and is accelerating our work every day. 

As a visual artist based in Seattle, she works with pen and copic markers to create psychedelic inspired works that revolve around water, nature, and women. She loves creating bold, colorful, otherworldly pieces that reflect her current state of mind, showcase her Indonesian roots through batik-style patterns, and display big, brown, southeast Asian women as ethereal beings. 

Her shop sells tote bags, fanny packs, shirts, masks, and stickers with her unique designs