JESSICA DeJOHN BARBUTO was recently promoted to assistant director of inclusive growth at CenterState CEO. She leads the team’s grant management, budget management, and team administration. Barbuto is tasked with the management and refinement of existing systems and processes, and the creation of new ones to maintain oversight and execution of programmatic and administrative tasks. […]
JESSICA DeJOHN BARBUTO was recently promoted to assistant director of inclusive growth at CenterState CEO. She leads the team’s grant management, budget management, and team administration. Barbuto is tasked with the management and refinement of existing systems and processes, and the creation of new ones to maintain oversight and execution of programmatic and administrative tasks. Prior to CenterState CEO, she held positions at the Upstate Center For Bioethics and Humanities and in the real estate division at Home Headquarters.
LAUREN CHYLE was elevated to director of inclusive growth at CenterState CEO. She supports the team in planning and developing goals, objectives and metrics, ensuring a culture of collaboration and support, and managing systems and processes that ensure effectiveness and accountability among the team. Chyle has worked in nonprofit administration and development for 15 years. Before coming to CenterState CEO she served as assistant director of the Everson Museum of Art, where she helped manage a $1.2 million auditorium renovation and helped initiate a $17 million comprehensive fundraising campaign.
AIMEE DURFEE was promoted to VP of workforce innovation at CenterState CEO. In this position, she leads the Work Train team, which creates partnerships and workforce strategies designed to attract, train, retain, and advance unemployed and underemployed individuals into careers in high-growth industries. With more than 25 years of experience working on poverty issues, 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. Durfee holds a bachelor’s degree from Mount Holyoke College, and a law degree from theUC Berkeley School of Law.
JESSICA UNDERWOOD was elevated by CenterState CEO to director of digital services. She oversees the development and ongoing operations of CenterState CEO’s digital chamber platform Click. Underwood supports internal and external users and works to onboard new groups of members. She previously served as digital platform manager. Underwood has over 15 years of sales and customer service experience from the hospitality and tourism industries. She has a bachelor’s degree in theatre from Jacksonville State University.
