Chapter Officers

Peter Lutz has over 40 years of experience in the Information Technology arena, including 24 years as a Business Analyst. He earned the IIBA® Agile Analysis Certification (IIBA®-AAC) in 2023 and the Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP®) in 2024. Peter has worked in a variety of industries as a Business Analyst and Product Owner. He currently works as a Senior Business Analyst with Cincinnati Insurance Companies. Prior to joining Cincinnati, Peter worked as a Senior Consultant with Deloitte Consulting where he delivered solutions for clients in the healthcare, technology and insurance industries. Previously, Peter served on the Board of Directors for the IIBA Garden State Chapter in New Jersey and has also been involved in the IIBA Atlanta Chapter. Peter currently lives in the Atlanta, GA area with his wife and an adopted Golden Retriever named Callie. In his spare time, Peter loves to travel and visited Italy in 2023, and he looks forward to checking other destinations off his bucket list soon. Peter believes in giving back and has volunteered with other non-profit organizations in the past. Peter wishes to contribute to the growth and development of other Business Analysts, the BA profession and the IIBA Bluegrass Chapter.

Aaron Whittenberger has over 35 years of Business and Information Technology experience, including 20 years of business analysis and 15 years as a Consultant. He earned his Certified Business Analyst Professional^TM (CBAP^®) certification in 2008, his Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO^®) in 2018, his IIBA^® Agile Analysis Certification (IIBA^®-AAC) in 2019, his IIBA Certificate in Product Ownership Analysis (IIBA^®-CPOA) in 2021, his ICAgile Certified Professional - Agile Product Owner (ICP-APO) in 2022, his Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO^®) from Scrum Alliance in April 2024, and his AI for Product Owners Microcredential from Scrum Alliance in May 2025. He is a 2016 Inductee into the Bluegrass Business Analysis Hall of Fame, and the 2023 and 2024 IIBA Volunteer of the Year for the Americas Southeastern Region.  

Aaron lives in Independence, KY and has four sons. Just a few years ago he participated in his first ever game of cricket with his co-workers. For himself, Aaron enjoys a good round of golf, we’ll see if he ever has one.

Aaron hopes that the Bluegrass IIBA Chapter brings a business analysis educational program to the area to spark innovation and creative thinking and raise the level of business analysis performed for organizations in the Bluegrass area. This will raise the awareness of the value of business analysts as change agents to allow organizations to gain competitive advantage in the marketplace.

Will Powers graduated from Northern Kentucky University (NKU) in May 2022 with a Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology with a minor in Information Systems. He currently works at Fidelity Investments and the NKU Museum of Anthropology. He has held positions of responsibility with he Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity in member retention, finance, growth and alumni relations.

Will would like to provide his marketing and digital expertise to see the Bluegrass IIBA Chapter to continue to grow and provide excellent events and service to its community. He plans to grow the chapter’s presence both online and offline, with targeted social media messaging as well as look for potential new social media platforms that can be utilized to grow the chapter’s presence. As a recent college graduate, Will will be happy to help develop connections with local universities to grow the chapter college-age presence.