Robert A. Jensen

Author/Chairman

Robert A. Jensen is the man you have seen, but never knew it. He is the Chairman of Kenyon International Emergency Services, a company founded in 1906. He has spent a large part of his adult life responding to events such as the Oklahoma City Bombing, the 9/11 Terrorist attacks, the 2003 Bali Bombings, the Bombing of UN Headquarters in Baghdad, Hurricane Katrina, the South Asian Tsunami, the Haitian Earthquake, and the Grenfell Tower Fire, to name a few.

In 1998, after 10 years in the US Army he joined Kenyon, a public company. He became the CEO in 2003 and took the company private in 2007. He has also written two books – one a technical book for planners and practitioners – Mass Fatality and Casualty Incidents and the other, a memoir, Personal Effects: What Caring for the Dead Teaches Me About the Living. He has published pieces in major outlets such as USA Today; and is frequently sought out as a contributor on crisis management and business leadership for national and international media.

Robert approaches speaking as storytelling – transporting the audience to different places, times, and experiences, bringing to life the events he has seen firsthand. He highlights the key lessons he has observed — in leadership, crisis management, and transitioning through life-changing events to a new normal. Robert has spoken to many corporate leaders and business teams, as well as at INTERPOL, World Travel and Tourism Conferences, the International Air Transport Association, the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, the Royal United Services Institute, and UK Foreign and Commonwealth’s Wilton Park.

Robert has also been a law enforcement officer and firefighter. He grew up on the west coast of the United States, has lived and worked in Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States. He and his husband, Brandon, and their dog adopted dog Stella, now divide their time between Key West and Houston. He loves the water, photography and outdoors.