Full Name
Jeff Winton
Job Title
Founder & Chairman
Company
Rural Minds
Speaker Bio
Jeff Winton is founder and chairman of Rural MindsTM, a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission to serve as the informed voice for mental health in rural America, and to provide mental health information and resources.
Due to a family tragedy, Jeff decided to devote a significant portion of his energies to connecting rural Americans to much-needed mental health services and helping them to tell their personal stories to assist others on similar journeys.
In addition to being the founder and chairman of Rural Minds, Jeff is the founder and owner of Wall Street Dairy LLC, a working family dairy farm in Chautauqua County, New York, and a member of a multigenerational farm family. He has worked four decades as a communications and corporate affairs leader with Fortune 100 corporations and respected public relations and advertising agencies. This global experience spans highly diverse and dynamic industries, including the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, animal health, agricultural and consumer arenas.
Winton is also chief executive officer of Jeff Winton Associates, a full-service communications and corporate affairs agency he co-founded in 2020. He has deep experience – on both a professional and extremely personal level – with efforts to educate about depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, substance use disorder and other forms of mental illness that has led him to create Rural Minds.
Jeff graduated with distinction from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, with a Bachelor of Science degree from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and currently serves on the Cornell University Council and the Dean’s Advisory Council for the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University. He was named outstanding alumnus in 2020. Additionally, Jeff was appointed to the Advisory Board of NY FarmNet, a Cornell University-affiliated nonprofit organization that helps New York State farms navigate transition, opportunity, and challenge through educational programming and holistic consulting that addresses financial, family, and social stress.
Due to a family tragedy, Jeff decided to devote a significant portion of his energies to connecting rural Americans to much-needed mental health services and helping them to tell their personal stories to assist others on similar journeys.
In addition to being the founder and chairman of Rural Minds, Jeff is the founder and owner of Wall Street Dairy LLC, a working family dairy farm in Chautauqua County, New York, and a member of a multigenerational farm family. He has worked four decades as a communications and corporate affairs leader with Fortune 100 corporations and respected public relations and advertising agencies. This global experience spans highly diverse and dynamic industries, including the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, animal health, agricultural and consumer arenas.
Winton is also chief executive officer of Jeff Winton Associates, a full-service communications and corporate affairs agency he co-founded in 2020. He has deep experience – on both a professional and extremely personal level – with efforts to educate about depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, substance use disorder and other forms of mental illness that has led him to create Rural Minds.
Jeff graduated with distinction from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, with a Bachelor of Science degree from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and currently serves on the Cornell University Council and the Dean’s Advisory Council for the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University. He was named outstanding alumnus in 2020. Additionally, Jeff was appointed to the Advisory Board of NY FarmNet, a Cornell University-affiliated nonprofit organization that helps New York State farms navigate transition, opportunity, and challenge through educational programming and holistic consulting that addresses financial, family, and social stress.
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