Aric Grooms

Director of Development, Tunnel to Towers Foundation

Aric Grooms is the Director of Development for the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, bringing over 30 years of experience working with donors, corporations, and foundations across the nonprofit sector. A dynamic and seasoned communicator, Aric is also an accomplished speaker, actor, filmmaker, and comedian, blending creativity with a deep commitment to service. He is devoted to his wife, Ayelet, and is a proud father of four wonderful children. Since 9/11, Tunnel to Towers has been helping America’s heroes by providing mortgage-free homes to Gold Star and fallen first responder families with young children and by building specially-adapted smart homes for catastrophically injured veterans and first responders. Children of the Foundation’s home recipients are offered full scholarships for undergraduate degrees and accredited trade school programs, helping secure their futures. We are also committed to eradicating veteran homelessness and helping America to Never Forget.