John S. Winkleman founded Winkleman Company in 1990 after several years working in the public relations industry and following a successful career in the not-for-profit sector. He had served in the administration of Clark University and as director of New York City’s Greenwich House Music School.
The partners of Winkleman Company specialize in media relations, crisis & reputation management, grassroots communications, speaker training, event management, collateral materials development, public service outreach, brand marketing, strategic positioning and communication assessment.
Winkleman is also an adjunct faculty member at the Institute for Not-for-Profit Management at the Business School at Columbia University teaching marketing and fund raising.
He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Mount Sinai Hospital, chairs their Community Affairs & Government Relations Committee and is a member of the Marketing, Academic & Student Affairs, and Executive Committees. He also is a member of the Mount Sinai Medical Center Multicultural and Community Affairs Advisory Board and the Mount Sinai Medical Center Community Board, and the board of directors of CIVITAS. He was a member of the board of the NYC chapter of AFP (Association of Fund Raising Professionals) from 1998 - 2006; and was one of the founders of New York City’s AFP National Philanthropy Day Luncheon which he co-chaired from 2001-2003.
John S. Winkleman is also recognized as an architectural artist, having had his work displayed in Tiffany & Company in New York and on billboards and galleries in New England, and has illustrated two published children’s books that were written by his wife.
He and his wife reside in New York City with their son.