Aaron Charlop-Powers is a native of New York City. He is interested in human decision making, specifically in the context of understanding and creating public policy. He is a 2020 graduate of the Master in Public Policy program at Princeton University. During his time as a graduate student, he worked as a master's research scholar at the BSPL lab from 2019-2020.

Now, Aaron works as a Senior Advisor at the NYC Office of the Mayor.