"[3] Born to a Jewish family,[4][5] Aron graduated from Abington Senior High School in suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was friends with future Yale School of Management professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and future United States Secretary of Defense Ash Carter.
[6] After graduating, Aron began working for Pan Am in 1979, where he was picked by executive Stephen Wolf to design the company's first frequent-flyer program.
Aron was selected by the U.S. Secretary of Defense to participate in the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference in 2004, was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to serve on the board of directors of the National Forest Foundation from 2000 to 2006, and was a delegate to President Clinton's 1995 White House Conference on Travel and Tourism.
[7] Throughout his career, Aron launched numerous award-winning loyalty programs, including for Western Airlines, Hyatt, United Airlines, Norwegian Cruise Line, Vail Resorts, the Philadelphia 76ers, and AMC.
Aron was the subject of a number of high-profile pieces in magazines such as Variety that lauded him and his transformation strategy at AMC.
[11] When AMC announced that most of their theaters would reopen in mid-July 2020, the initial announcement said masks would be recommended but not mandatory: "we are strongly encouraging our guests to wear masks all across the country, but not requiring it" and "We did not want to be drawn into a political controversy .