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MCC Names Winston Assistant to President for Workforce Development
 The
Monroe Community College Board of Trustees approved
the appointment of James W. Winston as Assistant to
the President for Workforce Development during its Oct.
11 meeting.
Winston
will be responsible for cultivating partnerships in
the community and guiding MCC's response to changes
in the area's economy. The President's Office for Workforce
Development is designed to serve the county's workforce
and its employers through education, training and certification.
He is scheduled to begin Monday, Oct. 25.
Winston most recently served as workforce development
manager for Monroe County. During his seven years there,
he coordinated the Monroe County Manufacturing Partnership,
a consortium that markets, recruits, educates and trains
people in the community who want careers in local technical
industries; expanded youth apprenticeships; increased
enrollments in post-secondary technical programs; and
helped establish RochesterWorks, as well as a science/technology
youth camp based at MCC.
"James' experience in developing and managing partnerships,
his involvement in programs that focus on the future
of our community, and his personal commitment to helping
others reach their potential bring a distinctive combination
of skills and talent to our program," said MCC
President R. Thomas Flynn. "He will move the program
forward to better meet the needs of our community's
employers and workforce."
Raised in the City of Rochester, Winston strongly supports
continuing education and training. "An educated
workforce is the backbone of society," he said.
"I am anxious to begin work in a new way with the
employers of this community, and am looking forward
to meeting their needs for a well-trained, globally-aware
workforce."
Concerned with individuals' educational opportunities,
Winston supervised day programming at a detention center
for youth, managed an alternative school for young adults,
and directed a community-based talent search program
that helped more than 300 inner-city students get into
college. In transitioning into his original career choice
of technology, he worked as an engineer and managed
the local General Motors' apprenticeship program. He
later established and managed training programs for
skilled trades at Xerox Corporation.
He is a member of the Monroe County School-Business
Partnership, the Rochester/Monroe County Workforce Investment
Board, and the Advisory Board of Rochester Institute
of Technology's Center for Multidisciplinary Studies,
among other community groups. He holds an M.P.A. and
B.S. from SUNY Brockport and an A.S. from MCC.
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