Assistant
to the President
Matthew M. Winston Jr. serves as Assistant to the President at the University of Georgia, a position he has held since October 2000. He oversees staff issues, student issues, auxiliary services and diversity issues for the President's office, serving as an advisor and speechwriter for UGA President Michael F. Adams in these areas. Prior to joining the president's staff, Winston was the news bureau manager in the University Communications office at the University of Georgia, a position he assumed in July 1998. Before coming to UGA, he spent eight years directing the news bureau at Virginia Tech, where he earned a bachelor of science in marketing management in 1990.
In 1995, Winston received the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District III Advancement Newcomers Leadership Development Program Scholarship. He served for three years on that organization's programming board and has been a member of the board of directors since 1999, having served as board secretary in 2003 and 2004. Winston has been a presenter and moderator at several CASE conferences and has earned numerous CASE awards, many while at UGA.
Winston currently serves on the board of directors of both Virginia Tech Alumni Association and the Southern Regional Council. He also serves on the Clarke County Mentor Program and LEAD Athens steering committees. He has previously served on the Clarke County Board of Education Multicultural Task Force, the University Relations committee of the Athens Chamber of Commerce, and the Clarke County Neighborhood Relations Roundtable.
The Virginia Beach, Va., native and his wife, Kimberly, live in Athens with their two children, Chloé and Marcus.
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