Aaron Wilcher

Aaron Wilcher

Area Community and Economic Development Advisor

MCP City Planning, Community and Economic Development, UC Berkeley. 2010
MA American studies, Saint Louis University. 2004
BA Spanish, UCLA. 2002
Community Economic Development
  • UCCE INYO/MONO COUNTIES

Aaron has spent his career leading and supporting multi-stakeholder regional community development partnerships across California and nationally. During his 15-year career, Aaron served as the director of an applied research program for workforce strategy in the Sacramento region’s community college system and as a workforce development program manager in the San Francisco Bay Area community college system. He holds a BA in Spanish from UCLA, an MA in American Studies from Saint Louis University, and an MCP, Community and Economic Development, from UC Berkeley. Aaron is a Certified Economic Research Professional (CERP) from C2ER. Early in his career he was affiliated with the California Studies Association based at UC Berkeley's Geography Department between 2006 and 2010. He has been a lifelong outdoor recreation enthusiast and rides mountain bikes and skis in the backcountry.

Non-peer reviewed

  • Qian, Xinyi; Wilcher, Aaron; Savage, Ann; Stewart, Gwynn; Devlin, Kristen (2024). The Outdoor Recreation Economy and Cooperative Extension. National Extension Tourism Network. April 9. https://extensiontourism.net/the-outdoor-recreation-economy-and-cooperative-extension/
  • Wilcher, Aaron; Sun, Wen; al., et. (2023). Section 4 Industry and Occupation Cluster Analysis. North Valley Thrive, California Jobs First: Part One Baseline Assessment Report. December 31. https://northvalleythrive.org/PDFs/Baseline-Regional-Assessment-Version-29Jan24.pdf
  • Wilcher, Aaron (2022). Can Outdoor Recreation Development Strategies Save Rural California? The GNARly Blog, Utah State University Extension. March 31. https://extension.usu.edu/gnar/gnarly_blog/outdoorrec_california
  • Wilcher, Aaron (2022). Chapter 6. Harnessing Community Culture for Resiliency Planning and Recovery Response. California Association for Local Economic Development (CALED) 2022 Economic Development Recovery & Resiliency Playbook. June 27. https://caled.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/220627-CALED-2022-Playbook.pdf