Rebecca (Becky) Winston
Idaho Falls, USA


Former Vice-Chair, Chair, Fellow – PMI®
P/PM Consultant to US Government
Rebecca (Becky) Winston, Esq., JD, PMI Fellow, is a former Chair of the board of the Project Management Institute (PMI®). An experienced expert on the subject of project management (PM) in the fields of research & development (R&D), energy, environmental restoration and national security, she is well known throughout the United States and globally as a leader in the PM professional world. Rebecca has over 25 years of experience in program and project management, primarily on programs funded by the US government. She is a graduate of the University of Nebraska’s College of Law, Juris Doctorate (1980), in Lincoln, Nebraska and has a Bachelor’s of Science (BS) degree in Education from Nebraska Wesleyan University She is a licensed attorney in the states of Iowa and Nebraska, USA.
Active in PMI since 1993, Rebecca Winston helped pioneer PMI’s Specific Interest Groups (SIGs) in the nineties, including the Project Earth and Government SIGs, and was a founder and first co-chair of the Women in Project Management SIG. She served two terms on the PMI board of directors as director at large, Secretary Treasurer, Vice Chair (for two years), and Chair (2002). She was elected a PMI Fellow in 2005. She is also a member of the American Bar Association and the Association of Female Executives in the United States.
Ms. Winston periodically serves as an advisor to organizations such as the National Nuclear Security Administration (USA), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on topics ranging from Program and Project Management to project reviews, risk management and vulnerability assessments. She has extensive recent PM experience in the areas of alternative energy, national defense and security, and has worked closely with local, regional and national officials, including Congress and the Pentagon.
Becky can be contacted at rebeccawinston@yahoo.com.
Updated 7 February 2017
Articles and Papers
- Need for Holistic Application of Cognitive Readiness for Project Value Creation: Complete Leadership for Project Team Success - Second Edition - Di Filippo , Winston, Martínez Almela - April 2023
- Cognitive Readiness in Disruptive Times (CrinDT) - Second Edition - Di Filippo , Winston, Martínez Almela - March 2023
- Cognitive Readiness for Project and Program Management Teams During Times of Crisis - Commentary - Winston - November 2020
- Outreach, Networking, Communicating—Oh My! But I Am An Introvert - Commentary - Winston - September 2019
- Options for the New Project Manager or Inexperienced Project Manager - Commentaries - Winston - October 2017
- The Consultant and The Client Relationship - Advisory Articles - Winston - February 2017
- Experts needed for US TAG for ISO TC 258 - Commentaries - Winston - October 2016
- Check Your Stress for Your Health and Your Career - Commentaries - Winston - May 2016
- Accepting the Moniker of SME: The Onus of Experience - Commentaries - Winston - November 2013
- Visceral Response to Communications – Commentary – Winston – April 2013 - Commentaries - Winston - April 2013
- No Matter the Euphemism – Commentary – Winston – October 2012 - Commentaries - Winston - October 2012
- Networking: With all the tools, meetings and conference calls, where are our Networks? - Commentaries - Winston - August 2012