Aaron brings over 25 years of experience building companies and leading high-performing teams. In 2014 Aaron left his CEO role at StrataCore, to explore opportunities in the psychedelic field.  After 15 months, he concluded he was “too early” and returned to leading StrataCore.  In September 2022, he completed an asset sale of the business, enabling him to “retire” and focus on psychedelic endeavors full-time.

Following the business sale, Aaron founded the Washington Coalition for Safe Psychedelics (WCSP). Aaron and his team are working to draft and pass legislation to legalize supervised psychedelic use in Washington State. He is actively coordinating with numerous stakeholder groups, politicians, and experts, and he is the largest capital funder for these efforts.

Aaron builds high-performing and high-trust teams. Under his leadership, his companies have won numerous “Best Companies to Work For” awards, including from Fortune, Puget Sound Business Journal, and Seattle Business Magazine.

Aaron completed a one-week, hands-on psychedelic facilitator practicum training and he sits on the Board of Directors for The Mission Within Foundation, an organization that has treated over 1,200 special forces veterans. Aaron has a degree in Psychology from Whitman College and an Executive Leadership Certificate (1-year program) from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University.