Consultants

DR. MARY-FRANCES WINTERS

Dr. Mary-Frances Winters is a consultant specializing in strategic planning, training, and public speaking with an emphasis in ethnic and multicultural issues.

She is a graduate of the University of Rochester with undergraduate degrees in English and Psychology, and a master's degree in business administration from the William E. Simon Executive Development Program. She received an honorary doctorate from Roberts Wesleyan College in 1997.

Among her other awards and honors, the Rochester Minority Enterprise Development Committee named Dr. Winters “Minority Business Person of the Year” in 1988. She was featured in the 1989 edition of Marquis “Who's Who in American Women,” and was named the 1991 recipient of the Athena Award by the Women's Council of the Greater Rochester Metro Chamber of Commerce. In 1992 she was one of five women nationally to receive the Avon Products, Inc., and U.S. Small Business Administration's Women of Enterprise Award. In 1994 she received the Urban League's Outstanding Community Leader Award. Dr. Winters was selected as one of Rochester's torchbearers for the 1996 Olympic Torch Relay. Phi Delta Kappa Education Fraternity presented Dr. Winters with its 1996 Research Award. In 1998 she was the recipient of the Hutchinson Medal, the highest alumni honor from The University of Rochester. In 2000, she was named Mother of the Year by the local March of Dimes.

Dr. Winters has two adult children. Her son, Joseph, is a graduate of Harvard and Duke Universities. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in comparative religious studies at Princeton's School of Religion. Her daughter, Mareisha, is a graduate of Spelman College and Georgia Tech with degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.