David Porter

David M. Porter, Jr. is the executive vice president of Strategy, People + Culture at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. As a member of the senior executive team, his focus is on evolving and integrating the strategy, people, and risk functions to increase effectiveness and bring innovation to public service.

Prior to joining the Bank in 2021, Dr. Porter served as chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer at UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business. A devoted public servant and accomplished scholar, he’s also served as chief executive officer for the Walter Katz Foundation, a non-profit organization serving as a catalyst for increasing workforce and supplier diversity. In addition, Dr. Porter was the director of graduate programs at Howard University’s School of Business and spent eight years at UCLA where he was a professor in human resources and organizational behavior and a faculty director in executive education.

Dr. Porter is a graduate of Harvard University, where he received a PhD in organizational behavior and an MA in sociology. He also holds a BS and MS in industrial engineering and an MA in sociology from Stanford University.

Education (5)

• Harvard University: PhD, Organizational Behavior
• Harvard University: AA, Sociology
• Stanford University: MS, Industrial Engineering
• Stanford University: MA, Sociology
• Stanford University: BS, Industrial Engineering

Selected External Service & Affiliations (4)

• National Academy of Management, Gender and Diversity in Organizations - Member
• National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications
• National Black MBA Association
• Women in Cable Telecommunications

Selected Papers & Publications (5)

• Interorganizational formal mentoring: Breaking the concrete ceiling sometimes requires support from the outside
• Human Resource Management

• Audrey J. Murrell, Stacy Blake‐Beard, David M. Porter Jr., Addie Perkins‐Williamson

• Leadership and human resource management

• Chapter in Handbook for HIV-AIDS Care Providers in Developing Countries

• Robin Denise Johnson, David M. Porter, Jr.

• Diversity theory to effective practice: Building alliances and developing leaders in multicultural organizations

• International Journal of Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nataions

• Gender differences in perceptions of commitment to the organization

• Sex Roles

• Managing the challenges of diversity – overview

• Darden Technical Note University of Virginia OB-0642

• David M. Porter, Jr., Robin Denise Johnson, Alexander Horniman