Aimee Peoples currently serves as the Vice President for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism at the National Partnership for Women & Families in Washington, DC. As the first person to hold this role, Aimee’s work is focused on taking intentional and significant steps to transform the National Partnership to live its values both internally and externally, operationalizing strategic initiatives, and confronting and disrupting bias in all of its forms, in addition to participating in external advocacy with the goal of creating a more inclusive and equitable society.
She is a “good troublemaker” and brings over 20 years of knowledge and experience advocating for and creating positive change in workplaces, having worked in government, private, and non-profit sectors. An experienced employment attorney and advisor, Aimee is also a trained mediator, workplace investigator, and labor negotiator. Aimee is a transformational leader with a proven history of using equity-driven design thinking to solve specific problems and using policies to cultivate a culture of accountability, equity, and inclusion.
Aimee is a proud graduate of Howard University (B.A., summa cum laude) and earned her J.D. from Columbia Law School. In addition to her passions around equity and justice, Aimee is an active volunteer in the DC area and has been recognized for her commitment to community service, including being honored as a 2022 finalist for the Heroines of Washington award by the March of Dimes.