Aaron brings over 25 years of experience building organizations and leading high-performing teams. In 2003, Aaron founded StrataCore and grew it to 54 people. In 2022, he completed a majority asset sale and “retired” so he could focus full-time on moving psychedelic care forward.

Under Aaron’s leadership, his companies won numerous “Best Company to Work For” awards, including from Fortune, Puget Sound Business Journal, and Seattle Business Magazine. He’s also won awards for building a “Most Equitable Workplace”.

Aaron shares his keys to success in this Puget Sound Business Journal article and credits his strong team of advisors, participating in Vistage (6 years), and the Entrepreneurs Organization (8 years).

In 2024, Aaron founded the Coalition for Better Community Health (CBCH) to legalize clinical and supervised psychedelic care (Washington State bill #SB 5201). This Coalition represents numerous stakeholder groups, politicians, and experts, and Aaron is the largest capital funder in Washington State on these efforts.

Aaron is on the Board of Directors for The Mission Within Foundation, an organization that has treated over 1,200 special forces veterans with psychedelic-assisted therapy, and he completed his hands-on psychedelic facilitator practicum training with Right to Heal.

For community service, Aaron works with war refugees who supported our troops. In these efforts, Aaron recently hosted an Afghan family in his home for 14 months. Aaron is also active in local politics and twice moderated debates between Seattle mayoral candidates.

In his free time, Aaron enjoys boating and is a certified captain for vessels up to 30 tons. He likes to fly and has his solo aircraft pilot’s license. Aaron also enjoys spending time with his 14-year-old twins.

A Seattle native, Aaron earned his undergraduate degree in psychology from Whitman College and in 2019 completed a 1-year Executive Leadership Program at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.