Aaron Knight

MPA Fellows, Class of 2024

Grants and Contract Specialist, CT Department of Public Health


Aaron Knight is a Grants and Contracts Specialist for the CT Department of Public Health. In this role, he works across the agency to support the administration of over $600M of COVID-19 funding from the CDC while working with staff and various stakeholders from other state agencies to coordinate their COVID-19 related activities.

Aaron was previously a Business Development Project Manager for the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development’s Office of International Business Development. While at DECD, he served the State as a key point of contact for small businesses seeking guidance regarding the Covid-19 Sector Rules.

Aaron has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science from the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut. He currently serves as Secretary on the Executive Board of the Beta Sigma Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. He is a Board member of the BSL Educational Foundation. He served as the 2020 Chair of Hartford Young Professionals and Entrepreneurs (HYPE), an initiative of the MetroHartford Alliance.

Aaron was recognized in the 2022 Class of the Hartford Business Journal 40 Under Forty.

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