Matthew M. Winston Jr. is the senior associate vice president for alumni relations at Virginia Tech, where he oversees the university’s alumni engagement programs, the office of special events, and a 29,000 sq ft. alumni center.

Prior to joining Virginia Tech, Winston served as assistant to the president at the University of Georgia since 2000. There Winston provided counsel to university leadership in many critical areas, including community and alumni relations, intercollegiate athletics, student life, institutional diversity, institutional advancement, and campus safety issues. He also worked closely with student groups and organizations, faculty-led programs and university governance, as well as alumni and community organizations. His 17-year tenure at Georgia also included serving as acting director of the university’s Office of Institutional Diversity. Winston began his professional career as a member of his alma mater’s University Relations office, before joining the University of Georgia, initially as news bureau manager. 

He is an active member of CASE, having served on its International Board of Trustees from 2010 to 2013, its Commission on Communications and Marketing from 2009 to 2011, and as the faculty chair of the Minority Advancement Institute in 2017. 

Winston has received several awards and honors for his service to Virginia Tech and higher education. He received the Influential Black Alumnus Award from Virginia Tech in 2012. He has also received the CASE District III Distinguished Service Award in 2016 and the CASE District III Professional Development Award in 2009. He is also a member of the Council of Alumni Association Executives board of directors.

He is a second-generation alumnus of Virginia Tech. His father, Matthew Winston Sr., graduated in 1959, and he is one of the university's early black graduates.