Allen D. Porter is the president and founder of DrinkingAndDriving.Org – a 501c(3) citizen-based nonprofit teaching drivers who drink how to avoid driving drunk. He is also the author of all content on the DrinkingAndDriving.Org website. Happily married for 30 years, Allen and his wife, Wendy have 3 children.

Allen was the only child of a single, alcoholic parent. As he puts it, “I was the passenger of a drunk driver until I turned 16 and got my own license.” After careers in automotive repair, PC/network support, and real estate, he realized he had spent much of his adult life providing various forms of service. He wanted to take the skills he had learned along the way and do something with a higher purpose.

The decision to form DrinkingAndDriving.Org was made easier by looking at what other organizations were doing about drunk driving and how prevention was being presented. The focus was always on the aftermath of worst case scenario drunk driving crashes. But they didn’t speak to the average driver or the young driver who just wanted to find out how to do the right thing.

By focusing on prevention and targeting an audience of drivers who drink, rather than drinkers who drive, Allen has created a fresh, non-judgmental, educational resource visited during the school year by thousands of students every week from over a thousand different campuses every month. The materials Allen writes for DrinkingAndDriving.Org provide information and inspiration to bring about the cultural change that must take place if we are to bring an end to drunk driving.

DrinkingAndDriving.Org is the home of …

The DUI Avoidance Lesson Plan
The National Directory of Designated Drivers
The SoberDrivers Pledge
Behind The Wheel (our blog)