Aaron is a sales, marketing, communications and fund-raising leader with more than 25 years of experience. He's helped clients and employers in 15 industries get a lot of attention and raise a lot of money for charities. He's written articles for The Des Moines Register, The Omaha World-Herald, POWDER Magazine, BIKE Magazine, and more. He has published two books: Job Lo$$ and One Cook Many Mouths, an Amateur Cookbook for Single Parents (who hate cookbooks).

He is the proud father of four young adults; a proud manual transmission driver; an outdoors junkie; a salty snack addict; and a boxed wine snob.

Aaron received his BA from Iowa State University in 1994, where he focused on journalism, marketing, reading, drumming, skiing off roofs, eating cheap meals, and having fun.