Bryan Winters is set to join the SOMC family in mid-April as the new lead senior director of development. Winters comes to the Midlands from the University of Rochester Medical Center, where he is the director of advancement and alumni relations for the Eastman Institute for Oral Health.

Winters is a native of Rochester, N.Y., and received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the State University of New York at Fredonia. He and his wife, Kate, have three children, and look forward to joining the university, the School of Medicine and the Columbia community.