Richard Loreto is president of Richard A. Loreto (R.A.L.) Consulting Limited, a firm specializing in the analysis of policy and management processes and issues. He is a former Ontario public servant and university professor and has been a consultant since 1974 (full-time since 1990), serving numerous private and public sector clients across Canada and in the United States.Richard holds an Honours B.A. and M.A. in political science from the University of Windsor and a Ph.D. in political science and public administration from the University of Toronto.
He has taught courses on Canadian and Ontario politics, local government, and public management and policy at Ryerson Polytechnical University, University of Toronto, Brock University, and McMaster University. He has a number of scholarly and popular publications and is the co-editor of Urban Policy Issues: Canadian Perspectives published by McClelland & Stewart Inc.
Richard is an active member of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada (IPAC) and currently is an executive member of the Hamilton Regional Group. He has served as a panellist and speaker at several national conferences as well as an academic referee for both Canadian Public Administration and IPAC's case study program. In addition, he has written several articles for IPAC's Public Sector Management magazine.
Richard has conducted research into the concept of regional policing and has lectured on management topics at the Ontario Provincial Police Academy and Ontario Police College. From 1993-1999, he served as an instructor on the Executive Development Course (EDC), a three-week management education program for senior police officers from across and outside Canada conducted at the Canadian Police College in Ottawa. In addition, he was an instructor on the Senior Police Administration Course (SPAC) delivered at C.O. Bick College in Toronto.
He has worked for both employer and union clients in the construction industry across Canada and in the United States since 1993, carrying out labour market analysis and strategy development projects.
Richard speaks frequently to businesses and governments on the topic of demographic trends in Canada and the United States and the implications for consumer products and services, marketing, and the labour market.