Aaron Mallory

CTL-E-6303 · Person · businessperson · contemporary

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Combined Graph record U-07489 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-6303.

Aaron Mallory is the founder and CEO of GRO Community, a Chicago-based nonprofit delivering culturally grounded, trauma-informed mental health and social services for boys and men of color, including therapy, workforce supports and reentry services. A licensed clinical social worker in Illinois, he holds an MSW from the University of Chicago and previously held direct-service and leadership roles at UCAN and Heartland Alliance, where he was Clinical Director of the READI initiative; his professional biography credits him with more than ten years in the field. He was named to WVON's 40 Under 40 Game Changers Class of 2026.

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Employer/organization edges: GRO Community is not homed in the graph; a founded edge (Mallory -> GRO Community) is BLOCKED until the organization is homed. Photo HELD: no Commons/LOC file located 2026-10-21.

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• WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers — related to
  Named to the WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers Class of 2026 as Founder & CEO, GRO Community.

Sources

• WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers, 'The Class of 2026,' 40gamechangers.com/gamechangers (accessed 2026-10-21): lists Aaron Mallory as Founder & CEO, GRO Community, among the 43 honorees named and pictured under the Class of 2026 heading. (primary source · build store)
• The Practice of Therapy Podcast, episode show notes, 'Aaron Mallory: Empowering Change — Strategies for Sustainable Mental Health Services' (accessed 2026-10-21): founder biography for the GRO Community founder and CEO, stating his prior direct-service and leadership roles, Illinois clinical social work licensure, and University of Chicago MSW. (primary source · build store)
• Built In, company profile for GRO Community (accessed 2026-10-21): describes the Chicago nonprofit's culturally grounded, trauma-informed mental health and social services for boys and men of color. (build store)

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