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Purpose Drives Performance
Talks about Leadership, HR and Purpose
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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
Education
BGS
1992 - 1996
Study Abroad
1995 - 1995