About Aja.

Aja is a visionary builder, former two-term mayor of Compton, and one of the youngest mayors in America to lead a major city. She led one of the most notable urban turnarounds in the country, bringing in over $3 billion in investment, new annual 20% increase to general fund revenue revenue, and significantly reducing crime (~65%) while breaking a glass ceiling and paving the way for a new generation of female mayors to rise and serve. She is widely recognized as a catalyst for transformation and is often cited at the intersection of policy, innovation, and impact.

She is a multi-founder of the Compton and Altadena Community Development Corporations and co-founder of Omega Circle Holdings, a platform built to scale impact across government and education technology, community development, capital, and media. Now, as a Strategic Impact Partner at FORWARD, she designs and scales solutions that connect people to resources, unlock opportunity, and modernize public systems nationwide.

She is also the author of Visionary Builders, a newly released book designed to equip reformers and leaders to transform systems using a Bible-based, trench-tested blueprint for building at scale.