Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s career of public service began in 1985 as an attorney for the environmental nonprofit RiverKeeper. He eventually became one of the most influential environmentalists in the United States, receiving TIME Magazine’s “Hero of the Planet” and the Sartisky Peace Award.
Mr. Kennedy co-founded the WaterKeeper Alliance and served as its President for 21 years. Under his direction, it became the world’s largest nonprofit devoted to clean water and now protects 2.7 million miles of waterways with over a million volunteers in the United States and 46 other countries.
Bobby’s activism around toxic pollution led him to lobby successfully for the removal of mercury from most childhood vaccinations in the United States. He went on to advocate for the restoration of standard product liability and placebo testing requirements for vaccine manufacturers.
Mr. Kennedy is an avid outdoorsman, master falconer, and white water kayaker. He has authored a dozen books on subjects ranging from environmental protection to American history and public life, including children’s books on the lives of St Francis of Assisi and Robert Smalls. In October 2011, Bobby founded EcoWatch, a leading environmental news site, and was an editor of Indian Country Today, North America’s largest Indigenous newspaper.
Bobby is the proud father of seven children and grandfather to two grandkids, and is married to Cheryl Hines.
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