Aron is the Chief of Resources Management for Aztec Ruins National Monument and Chaco Culture National Historical Park in northern New Mexico. Aron has largely spent his career in archaeology in the greater Southwest and Four Corners area of the last 30 years. He is well versed in Hohokam, Sinagua, Mogollon, and ancestral Puebloan archaeology having directed and participated in extensive survey, testing, and data recovery efforts in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado. In addition to work conducted in the greater Southwest and Four Corners area, Aron has had quality survey and excavation experience in the Great Basin, Cascade Mountains, and Eastern Woodlands regions. Overall, survey and excavation experience represented time periods ranging from Paleo-Indian through historic era archaeological sites.
Aron began his career in archaeology after wholly embracing his experience during field school during the summer of 1992. During his undergraduate education in Anthropology at Northern Arizona University, he was excited to work as a laboratory hand for the university while moonlighting on weekends for an archaeological consulting firm. Later, during a Graduate Proseminar in archaeology, Aron focused an entire semester on flaked lithic studies and technologies leading to an enhanced interest and expertise. He then embarked on a journey that included work as an archaeological field hand, crew chief, and project director for a handful of consulting firms until 2005 when he left contract archaeology work to better preserve and protect cultural resources in his career.
Aron has now served in the National Park Service over the last 17 years at Mesa Verde National Park, Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, Aztec Ruins National Monument, and Chaco Culture National Historical Park. He is responsible for managing the complex multi-discipline cultural and natural resources programs at Aztec Ruins and Chaco Culture with a diverse and highly skilled workforce. The world heritage renowned park resources include well over 3000 archaeological sites between the two park units.