Meet Our Staff

Assistant Production Manager, Vinny is Scott's right-hand man.  Has known the Winfrey’s since he was in 3rd grade.  He played baseball and football with Mark & Scott Winfrey.  In High School Vinny was a Tri-Captain of the Varsity Football Team with Mark & Scott.  Theirs is a friendship people only hope to have!  Now these three friends have teamed up to build Winfrey’s Fudge & Chocolates.  Vinny is a fine Candy Maker at Winfrey’s.

Heads up our shipping and receiving department.  His exceptional ability to keep things neat and orderly has forced all at our business to be more organized.  Paul has been with Winfrey’s since 1990.  He came to us a month before we moved to Rowley and has been a stable force in running our shipping department.  Paul also provides clever and creative interpretations to his job at Winfrey’s.  He is the author of our vision statement “the perfection of confections without exception!”

The familiar voice you hear is Tricia's.  She is head of the office department, taking orders and keeping everything running as smooth as possible.  Do not move her cheese!!  Tricia's exacting demands keep the office neat and tidy.  She is always lending a helping hand – you may even see her out in the Retail Store during busy season!

Anne heads our busy store in Rowley & is head of our Special Order Department. The indearing accent you may hear is French! She has great attention to detail and loves serving our loyal customers. 

Tracy has fast become a very important asset to our team at Winfrey's. This working mom has taken over managing our newest and popular Middleton store. 

Emma starting working in our Wenham store in high school and has moved up to manager in 2025. She has great attention to detail and a very friendly smile and laugh.  

Melissa was our niece and our cousin and at Winfrey's, she was our friend, our shining light. 

Sweet Melissa was on loan to us from 1980 to 2005.  On peritoneal dialysis at 3 months, first kidney transplant - MGH at 9 months, one of the world's youngest transplant patients, second transplant age 11, third kidney/liver transplant age 25.  It was the life she knew.  She accepted it.  She never tried to challenge her world, she accepted it and happily.

If she had to go back into dialysis ... well that was the way it was.  If she couldn't drink alcohol (or even too many liquids) on her 21st birthday ... that was the way it was.  She lived her life always with a smile.  While people around her defined her approach to life as "strong", she defined it as "busy", when she had dialysis every other day and "fun" when she went to New Hampshire with the girls from the Rowley candy store, or dressed up like a witch on Halloween and "exciting" when she got engaged to Brad the love of her life and "incredible" when she thought of becoming aunt Melissa.

She would always smile and say "Ya, I can do that" whenever I asked her to leave her desk and help wrap chocolate lollipops, or stand at the candy store register to give an extra hand during holiday sales, or put bows on our boxes of chocolates.  No job was beneath her or above her.  She lived smack dab in the middle of life.  She lived every moment like she wouldn't see it again.  She accepted every person for who they were without judgment.  I am not making this up, honest!  The world has a little less light without her but once she gets settled, I think she will be shining down brightly on all of us.

I would like to thank one person from all of us who knew Lissy, Linda.  For her courage and commitment for making all those difficult decisions for 25 years.  Without them, we never would have known our sweet Melissa.