Aaron Fallon is TAP’s Vice President of Planning and Resource Development. He joined TAP’s Planning Department in 2012. He is from the region and believes passionately in the inherent worth of people. He believes TAP’s role in improving life for people who don’t have or make a great deal of money—and that every time we improve a family’s economic outlook, the region takes another step towards being safer, more stable, and ultimately building a stronger society. After graduating from Patrick Henry High School, Aaron attended the College of William and Mary before returning home to study writing at the Jackson Center for Creative Writing at Hollins University.

At Hollins, his perspective on creative work was deeply shaped by working with Natasha Trethewey just before she was named as the 19th Poet Laureate of the United States. Trethewey laid down a singular challenge that she believes we must meet as writers each time we take up our task: truly great writing unfailingly requires us to engage with history and with justice. He works each day to bring that sensibility to the work of the Planning Department, and to the agency.

In his spare time, Aaron enjoys running, learning woodworking, and spending time with his family.