RJ “Rich” Poturalski grew up in an East Baltimore Polish home where family gatherings were filled with the joy of music and storytelling. At a young age, he and his brother, Tom, formed an R&R band that entertained audiences throughout the local Baltimore-Washington area for nearly a decade. Aside from music, Rich enjoyed writing, whether for our nation’s military space programs or creating new songs on his guitar, which he continues to write and perform.
Rich is an engineering graduate of Auburn University, where he achieved cum laude honors and, subsequently was elected into the prestigious Phi Kappa Phi society. He is a military “Mustang” who, upon commissioning, received his master’s degree from the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology. He is also a distinguished graduate of the Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College.
Rich and his wife, Donna, reside in Colorado, where they enjoy the stunning natural surroundings, attend church, and share time with their family and friends.