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Aaron Churchill
Aaron Churchill is an Ohio Research & Data Analyst for the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. A native of Pittsburgh, Aaron previously worked for Junior Achievement of Western Pennsylvania, an educational nonprofit that teaches K-12 students business and economics principles. Aaron earned degrees from the University of Maryland, Wheaton College, and most recently Carnegie Mellon University (M.S. in Public Policy).