06/19/2026
As I move toward the end of my term as VRTA President, I would like to give a shout-out to our webmaster, Jason Winter! Jason has been a crucial partner of VRTA for 16 years! Here is some information about Jason that you may not know! (As a former School Board member, I applaud him for serving on the Mecklenburg School Board! As a retired teacher and administrator, I applaud him for his service in education before starting WinternetWeb Technologies):
Jason Winter has served as webmaster for the Virginia Retired Teachers Association since 2010, when he first redesigned vrta.org (now vrta.us). Sixteen years later, he is still the one keeping the site running, including the most recent redesign in 2022, funded by an NRTA We Care grant, which gave members the cleaner, more user-friendly site they enjoy today.
Jason and his wife Melanie run WinternetWeb Technologies out of Bracey, in the Lake Gaston area, where they have been building and caring for websites for local businesses and organizations since 2008. Until he went full-time 3 years ago, education was Jason's world. He taught English, worked as an Instructional Technology Resource Teacher in the public schools, and served as an online English instructor with Virtual Virginia. He is a Virginia Tech graduate with a master's degree from NC State. He continues to serve education today, having been elected to the Mecklenburg County School Board in November 2023, where he now serves as chairman.
That teaching background is a big part of why VRTA's site has stayed in such steady hands for so long. Jason knows what these careers asked of their members, and he understands how much the association does to keep that community connected. His goal for the website is a simple one. He wants it to be a place where members can find what they need without any fuss, where every district and unit feels seen, and where the good work happening across the Commonwealth is easy to share and celebrate.
