{"id":875,"date":"2025-08-21T05:22:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T05:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/we-empower\/?page_id=875"},"modified":"2025-08-23T15:01:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T15:01:31","slug":"aaron-kisner","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/we-empower\/people\/aaron-kisner\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Kisner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-2\">\n\t\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Founder, Hundredth Monkey Collective<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"983\" height=\"987\" class=\"wp-image-877 alignleft\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"15\" vspace=\"15\" style=\"width: 300px; display:block;\" src=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/we-empower\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/Aaron_Kisner.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/we-empower\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/Aaron_Kisner.jpg 983w, https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/we-empower\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/Aaron_Kisner-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/we-empower\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/Aaron_Kisner-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/we-empower\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/Aaron_Kisner-768x771.jpg 768w, https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/we-empower\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/Aaron_Kisner-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 983px) 100vw, 983px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/aaronkisner\/\">Aaron Kisner<\/a> is the founder of Hundredth Monkey Collective, a strategic communications company specializing in connecting extraordinary ideas to target audiences. 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