Robert A. Jensen

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.

He has 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 writing and speaking as a story teller - transporting the audience to different places, times, and experiences, bringing to life the events he has seen firsthand.

Robert's job and passion for life has taken him around the world. He has have traveled through 98 countries and counting. He has lived and worked in multiple countries, was in Germany as the Berlin Wall was brought down, driven from Beirut to Damascus and on part of the old Silk Road in Iraq. He has been to Italian Pyramid at Mount Everest, and hacked his way through the Peruvian jungle and dived in many of our oceans. Life is for living and exploring. There are lessons and experiences gained from these adventures that are worth sharing.

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 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.