We are pleased to announce that Edward Durkee has been selected to serve as the Goodwill Industries of Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Luis Obispo Counties new Chief Executive Officer. Edward comes to his new position with extensive expertise in workforce development and economic empowerment in varied organizations and locations, including three other Goodwill organizations. 

For the past two years Mr. Durkee has been the Director of Strategic Development for Goodwill of Sacramento Valley and Northern Nevada where he has served in key leadership roles including development of financial initiatives, workforce development, and retail. He began his career with Goodwill in Indianapolis working on welfare reform and eventually running the One Stop employment and training system in central Indiana. In 2005 he was recruited to the Eugene, Oregon Goodwill as the executive in charge of human resources, workforce development, and asset protection. In 2008 he entered the Goodwill Executive Development Program and began consulting with Goodwill's throughout the country on mission integration, asset protection, and CARF accreditation. 

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