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Aaron Hurst

Executive Committee Member at Almabrands

Seattle, Washington

Overview 

Aaron Hurst is the CEO of Board.Dev and a bestselling author, known for founding Taproot Foundation and Imperative. He is a thought leader in the nonprofit sector, specializing in strategic planning, fundraising, and board leadership. Hurst's career highlights include founding Taproot Foundation and Imperative, demonstrating expertise in nonprofit leadership, entrepreneurship, and product development. Currently, as the CEO of Board.Dev, he continues to drive impact through his thought leadership and strategic planning skills.

Work Experience 

  • Co-Founder & Executive Chair

    2023 - Current

    Board.Dev is a movement to increase effective tech representation on nonprofit boards so that all organizations can responsibly and fully leverage the power of technology to transform lives, communities, and society.

  • Executive Committee Member

    2023

    Joint venture with AlmaBrands to create the purpose transformation company for Latin America. We provide leading employers with the training, research, design, and consulting services to transform lives, teams, and organizations. Offices in Mexico and Chile.

  • Founder & Senior Advisor

    2022 - 2023

    Venture-backed B Corp that connects people to their purpose and each other on a massive scale. Acquired in 2024 by Chronus.

  • CEO & Founder

    2013 - 2022

Imperative connects and supports employees as peer coaches, enabling employers to transform careers and cultures.

Raised $6,436,995.00 from One Thousand Angels, Gaingels, Sand Hill Angels, DeepWork Capital and Voyager Capital.

  • Founder & Senior Advisor

    2013 - 2014

  • President & Founder

    2001 - 2013

    In 2001 Aaron Hurst founded the Taproot Foundation, engaging tens of thousands of professionals' in pro bono service. Over the course of a dozen years he developed a $15 billion market for pro bono services and expanded the market around the world.

Taproot Foundation has worked to engage the nation’s millions of business professionals in pro bono services both through award-winning

  • Director, Product Management

    1999 - 2002

  • Product Manager

    1997 - 1999

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