Ken Ross – Founder and President

EKR President, Ken Ross
Ken Ross, son of Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, is the founder of the EKR Foundation (2006) and President (2006-2013 & 2018-Present). He also served on the board of the Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Center from 1989-2005.
Ken was his mother’s primary caregiver for the last nine years of her life until her passing in 2004. From childhood through adulthood, he accompanied her on extensive international travel, observing her lectures and workshops on death, dying, and the human experience—an influence that continues to inform his work today.
As president of the EKR Foundation, Ken manages relationships with over 80 international publishers across 44 languages, oversees global public relations, navigates copyright and trademark issues, develops new international chapters, builds strategic partnerships, and curates Dr. Kübler-Ross’s personal archives.
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of On Death and Dying, Ken was featured in prominent media outlets including Radiolab, BBC’s Witness History, Irish National Radio, and ABC Australia, sharing insights on his mother’s impact. From 2022 to 2023, he delivered live presentations on behalf of the foundation in Ecuador, Guatemala, India, Mexico, Nepal, Singapore, and Uganda. In 2023, he was honored as an Honorary Faculty Member at the University of Indonesia’s School of Economics in Jakarta.
Ken also serves on the Board of Directors of Open to Hope and sits on the Advisory Council of the Humane Prison Hospice Project.
See Ken Ross on on YouTube.com
A professional photographer by trade, he has photographed 112 countries.
Author, “Real Taste of Life: A Journal” by Ken Ross and Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, 2002
Tea with Elisabeth by: Ken Ross, Fern Stewart Welch, and Rose Winters, 2009
Honorary faculty member – University of Indonesia, School of Economics