John Winchester

Senior Director, Southern Arizona

Phone: 520-850-2287

Email: John.J.Winchester@asu.edu

John Winchester is the Senior Director of Government & Community Engagement for Arizona State University serving Southern Arizona in Pima, Cochise, and Santa Cruz Counties. John is a native of Tucson where he lives with his wife Fernanda and four beautiful children where they are engaged members of their community and volunteer regularly. John serves on the Board of Directors of The Chamber of Southern Arizona, serves on the Public Policy Councils for The Chamber of Southern Arizona, Greater Vail Area Chamber, and Southern Arizona Leadership Council (SALC), and volunteers with Greater Tucson Leadership to plan Government Day, and as a mentor for the Emerging Leaders Council and Tucson Young Professionals. 

John has received several recognitions for his work in the community: He is a Flinn-Brown Fellow in the Arizona Civic Leadership Academy and Fellow of the Southern Arizona Workforce Leadership Academy offered by the Center for the Future of Arizona and the Aspen Institute. He is an alumni of both the Honorary Commander program at Davis Monthan Airforce Base and the Greater Tucson Leadership, was elected Chair of the Emerging Leaders Council of The Chamber of Southern Arizona, served as Chair of the Advocacy Committee for Tucson Young Professionals, was named one of Tucson’s 40 under 40 by the Arizona Daily Star and the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in 2016, recognized as a NextGen Leader in 2024 by BizTucson, and received the “People’s Choice Award” in the Arizona Diaper Bank’s 2024 “Dancing with the Stars”. He holds a Master of Arts in Public Administration and a Graduate Certification in Nonprofit Leadership Management from the University of Arizona, and is currently working toward a Master of Arts in Classic Liberal Education and Leadership at Arizona State University.