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Founder
and President of RDP Consulting Services in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
Ron Porter is an internationally recognized consultant, facilitator,
trainer, and speaker whose expertise focuses on developing
strategies to address complex issues of racial, ethnic, and
cultural diversity in the workplace and the classroom. His
firm designs structural programs that link diverse segments
within communities, schools, business organizations, government,
and non-profit organizations. The firm also works extensively
with educators in public schools to increase understanding
of diversity and develop strategies to improve educational
outcomes for all students.
Ron is
a frequent speaker at conferences locally, nationally, and
internationally on issues related to ethnic, cultural, and
racial diversity. He has spoken at conferences in England,
Ghana, South Africa, and Ethiopia. As an adjunct instructor
of multicultural management at Carnegie Mellon University's
Heinz School of Public Policy and Management, Ron is serving
in his tenth year of teaching the course Managing in a Multicultural
Society.
Prior
to founding his company in 1984, Ron spent 17 years as a corporate
human resources professional. Key management positions included
Vice President of Warner Cable Corporation of Pittsburgh,
Manager of Headquarters' Personnel for Allegheny International
Corporation, and Supervisor of Professional Employment and
Manager of Occupational Training for Westinghouse Electric
Corporation East Pittsburgh Divisions.
Ron serves
on numerous boards including the Pressley Ridge Schools; Red
Cross of Southwest Pennsylvania; Transitional Services, Inc.;
African American Chamber of Commerce; Conflict Resolution
Center International; and the Pittsburgh Branch NAACP. Ron
also volunteers his time to bring together individuals from
diverse sectors of Pittsburgh's community to generate, refine,
and implement solutions to the problem of youth violence.
Ron holds
a B.S. degree in Education from Millersville (PA) University
and is a graduate of the Pittsburgh Public Schools. He is
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