Princeton University

Richard W. Roper serves as the Director of the Planning Department of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. He previously served as the agency’s Director of Economic and Policy Analysis. He also founded the Roper Group, a public policy consulting firm specializing in economic and social policy research and analysis.

Roper had a12-year association with the Woodrow Wilson School, where he served as Assistant Dean for Graduate Career Services and Governmental Relations, Director of the Program for New Jersey Affairs, Executive Director of the Council on New Jersey Affairs and Lecturer in Public and International Affairs.

Prior to his Princeton University experience, Roper served as Director of the Office of State and Local Government Assistance and as Special Assistant for Intergovernmental Relations in the Office of the Secretary, U. S. Department of Commerce; Director of the Office of Newark Metropolitan Studies in Newark and Legislative Aide to the Mayor of the City of Newark.

Roper is the author of several articles and reports on social, economic, political, and government operations issues. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Rutgers University and a Master in Public Affairs degree from Princeton University.