Aimee Durfee

Aimee Durfee is the Vice President of Workforce Innovation at CenterState CEO in Syracuse,

NY. She leads the Work Train team, which creates partnerships and workforce strategies

designed to attract, train, retain and advance un/underemployed individuals into careers in high-growth

industries.

Aimee has been working on poverty issues for over 25 years, as a technical assistance

provider, direct services program leader, public speaker, policy advocate and grant maker. Her

areas of expertise include workforce development, public benefits, asset building and

community economic development, as well as racial/gender equity and employment

discrimination issues. Prior to joining CenterState CEO, Aimee served as Chief Program Officer

at Jewish Vocational Service in San Francisco and led Family Economic Success grantmaking

as a Senior Program Officer at the Y & H Soda Foundation. In the years prior, she served as

Vice President for Community Investment at United Way Bay Area, and in staff roles at the

Transgender Law Center, Insight Center for Community Economic Development and Equal

Rights Advocates. Aimee holds a bachelor’s degree from Mount Holyoke College, and a law

degree from UC Berkeley School of Law.