About Kim Porter, CFRS

Kim Porter, CFRS is the Executive Director and a co-founder of Be a Part of the Conversation, a nonprofit organization in southeastern Pennsylvania established in 2011. Kim's Certified Family Recovery Specialist (CFRS) credential was created for adults who have been directly impacted by another person's substance use disorder. The CFRS shares their lived experience with other families to provide recovery support services. A CFRS is trained to help families move into and through the recovery process. Kim is the parent of someone in long term recovery, which led her to explore the impact of addiction on individuals and their families. Kim earned a Bachelor of Science in Journalism at West Virginia University, with a concentration in public relations. She was proud to serve as WVU's student body president in 1982-83. Kim started out as an advertising account executive at a newspaper, then learned the graphic design trade while working with her mentor and friend, Chuck Moran, at his design firm in Charlottesville, Virginia. She worked as a graphic designer and marketing consultant since 1985. Kim currently lives in Newtown Square, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. She previously lived in Horsham Township for 22 years, where she and Michael raised two wonderful children who support this amazing journey she has embarked upon.