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.