Before joining the firm, Winter was Director of Public Information for the Florida Department of Transportation in the Tampa Bay region.

For 10 years he was a reporter at The Hartford Courant and then, for seven years, was supervising editor and a columnist at the Manchester-based Journal Inquirer. Winter owned and operated the event management firm Coordination Plus for nearly 10 years.

Winter has received several prestigious journalism awards including the Roy W. Howard Award, the Sevellon Brown Award, Sigma Delta Chi Public Service Award, and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.

Ron Winter - Vietnam '68

As a Marine, Winter flew 300 combat missions as a helicopter machine gunner and was awarded numerous decorations including the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry and 15 Air Medals. He is author of a Vietnam War memoir, Masters of The Art.

Winter holds a degree in electrical engineering from Hartford State Technical College and B.A. in English from the University of New Haven. He is married and has three children.

Click here to read Winter's blog:  http://www.ronaldwinterbooks.com/blog/

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