Ron Porter is in his first season with the Penguins as a Senior Consultant, responsible for community outreach and strategic planning.

Porter, 62, a native of the Hill District and a lifelong resident of Pittsburgh, is an internationally-recognized consultant, facilitator, trainer and speaker with expertise in team-building and collaboration between corporations and their communities. He is president of RDP Consulting Services in Pittsburgh and is an adjunct instructor of multicultural management at Carnegie Melon University’s Heinz School of Public Policy and Management.

Porter is a frequent speaker at local, national and international conferences on issues related to ethnic, cultural and racial diversity including conferences in England, Ghana, South Africa and Ethiopia. Before founding RDP Consulting Services in 1984, he spent 17 years as a corporate human resources professional. He serves on numerous boards, including Pressley Ridge Schools and Propel Charter Schools.

He has been married for 39 years to Dr. Barbara Porter, assistant dean of admissions for the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh. They have two grown sons and four grandchildren.