Ken Ross – Founder and President
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 the principal care provider for his mother in the last 9 years of her life until her passing in 2004.
As president of the Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Foundation, Ross manages relationships with over 80 publishers of Dr. Kübler-Ross’s work in 44 languages, oversees public relations, addresses copyright and trademark issues, develops international EKR chapters, forges strategic partnerships, and curates her archives. During his upbringing, he extensively traveled with her on numerous foreign trips, witnessing her lectures and workshops firsthand.
For the 50th anniversary of “On Death & Dying,” he appeared in various interviews, including Radiolab, Irish National Radio, the BBC’s “Witness History” and the Australian Broadcasting Corp. (ABC) television, speaking about his mother’s legacy. From 2022 to 2023, he delivered live in-person presentations in Ecuador, Guatemala, India, Mexico, Nepal, Singapore, and Uganda for the Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Foundation. He was also named an honorary faculty member of the University of Indonesia (Jakarta) School of Economics in 2023.
Ken is proud to serve on the board of directors for Open to Hope, as well as being 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.
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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