Newt Collinson

Newton serves on the Bonvera board as a member. After completing his degree at Furman University in 1991, Newt Collinson took on the challenge of OCS in Quantico, VA to become a Marine Corps officer, serving four years on active duty and two years in the reserves. He served with the 9th Communications Battalion, 1st ANGLICO and 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company. He would not trade his time in the Corps and the lifelong friends he made there for anything. After active duty, Collinson earned his Master’s degree at Georgia Tech’s College of Management in 1998. He then embarked on a career at INVESCO. In 2006, after eight years in institutional sales and marketing in the investment management industry, he led a buyout of his family’s small publishing business, and with his father and brother built it into a professional media and events company.

Collinson served as president of Collinson Media & Events until 2014 when he divested of his company shares. He now focuses his efforts on investments, mentoring other business leaders and military veterans, and volunteering and working with non-profit causes he and his wife support, including Warrior2Citizen. He serves as an advisory board member to Kurado, a software startup in Park City, and as a board member of Bonvera, a network marketing company headquartered in Knoxville. He has served on the Atlanta area board for Christian Leadership Concepts, a men’s ministry, and became a board member of Warrior2Citizen in January 2016.