Aaron Green serves as The Afriat Consulting Group’s Director of Political and Community Relations. He is one of the firm’s primary conduits to many municipalities across Southern California, including the City and County of Los Angeles. He provides ACG’s clients with outreach and access to elected officials, their staff and to senior-level public agency personnel. Aaron is a seasoned expert when it comes to working with and navigating through the networks of public agencies; he provides clients with the tools to achieve their goals and objectives in a timely and predictable manner.

Aaron’s responsibilities include providing community outreach and campaign support to ACG’s clients. Combining his significant experience in grass roots organizing, campaign coordination, sales and business development, and through the use of advanced communication and new-media expertise, Aaron contributes to the firm’s community coalition building that is vital to the success of any major development or infrastructure project.

Since joining ACG, Aaron has played a key role on a number of the firm’s initiatives, including coordinating the community organizing that facilitated the approval of the land-mark Sunset Doheny, the tallest structure approved on the Sunset Strip since West Hollywood’s incorporation as a city. He was part of the winning team that advocated successfully for the entitlement of the Wetherly Project in Los Angeles’ 5th Council Distict. The Wetherly, a 12-story luxury residential project, was the largest project approved in the 5th District in 2009. At ACG, Aaron manages accounts for clients such as Clear Channel Outdoor, The Hard Rock Café, United American Properties, Weintraub Financial Services, Boomerang Systems, Genton Property Group and Expedia.com, to name just a few.

Prior to joining ACG, Aaron served as the Legislative Affairs Manager for the Valley Industry and Commerce Association (VICA), one of the premier business and political advocacy organizations in Southern California. VICA, the largest and most influential business organization that represents the Greater San Fernando Valley, provides public policy advocacy and outreach on behalf of the business community in the San Fernando Valley. In his post Aaron was VICA’s key policy analyst and lobbyist, responsible for the political advocacy that fostered a stronger business environment in the region.

At VICA, Aaron worked to expand the organization’s influence and reputation by cultivating strong personal and professional relationships with lawmakers and their staff, interacting with them on a regular basis. He frequently testified before the Los Angeles City Council, Council Committees, the City Planning Commission and other public boards and agencies throughout the State. In the fall of 2008, Aaron was invited to present expert testimony to the full Los Angeles City Council on impact of the nation’s economic crisis upon the business community. He is the primary author of several widely-sited reports, including the “VICA 50” (March 2008) and the “VICA 12 Solutions for a Better California” (May 2009).

Before VICA, Aaron worked as an accounts and branch manager for a healthcare staffing firm based in Los Angeles. He also has experience in the legal field and in the political arena in several additional capacities. Aaron was the national street team tours coordinator for Rock the Vote and interned in the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations under Vice President (then-Senator) Joseph Biden.

Aaron volunteers much of his free time to civic and political activities. Aaron is a member of the Board of Directors of the Child Care Resource Center of Los Angeles, a not-for-profit focused on promoting optimal child and family development in the San Fernando Valley. CCRC is ranked the 5th largest not-for-profit in the San Fernando Valley by the SFV Business Journal; Aaron is the youngest Board Member to ever serve CCRC.

A native of the San Fernando Valley, Aaron completed his bachelor’s degree in political science at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. Aaron participated in study abroad programs at Oxford University and in Washington, D.C.

Aaron Green can be reached directly at 818.450.2779 or via email at aaron@afriat.com.