Joan Porte

Background

Joan Porte was born on October 26, 1955 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of John and Jean (Garofalo) Porte.

Education

Joan Porte received from George Washington University her B.A. Moreover, she attended George Mason University.

Career

Joan Porte worked as a legislative assistant to Democratic Representative Robert Roe from 1976 to 1979. Nest, she worked for Consumer Action Now as an assistant to Lola Redford from 1979 till 1981.

Between 1981 and 1984 Porte was a political director at National Society of Professional Engineers. Later, in 1984-1986 Joan began working for Associated Builders and Contractors as a political director as well. Since 1986 she became president of Blue Horizons Travel, Inc. and was a founder of Card Pal, Inc.

Achievements

• Porte is best known for her book "Fortyish: Lessons for the Ages From a Baby Boomer".
  
  

Works

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  • Forty-Ish: Lessons for the Ages from Baby Boomers

Politics

Joan's political views are described as "lover of freedom."

Views

Quotations: “I was born in a log cabin in northern New Jersey to parents who tilled the sweet soil and tended the bovine animals of the meadowlands. Oh, all right, but it sounded good, didn’t it? Actually, my father tilled a car dealership and my mother tended five kids, but I was born in northern New Jersey."

“I may have a rich family history, but I will never know. My paternal grandfather started life abandoned on a doorstep in Palermo, Sicily. I try not to think of the genetic connections that may be gliding through my DNA."

“Perhaps because my father was a small businessman, I felt the call of private enterprise. I was going to be away from politics ... or so I thought. I soon learned that politics - like dust - finds its way into everything. Rules, regulations, bureaucrats are everywhere, even around people who are trying to run four-employee businesses. It was then I realized I couldn’t ignore it any longer: I had to confront the political beast."

Membership

Since 1995 Porte has been a president of the Association of Irritated Citizens.

Interests

• Work as a citizen activist.

Connections

Father:

John Porte

Mother:

Jean (Garofalo) Porte