Robert Kinsinger is a former vice president of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and a former chair of the Regents College Board of Overseers. He was also a member of the board of directors of Jossey-Bass Inc. and chair of the board of trustees and executive committee of The Fielding Institute.

He is currently a consultant for the national Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE). Throughout his professional career Dr. Kinsinger has concentrated on activities involving educational planning for higher education, lifelong learning, alternative learning lifestyles, and education for the allied health professions. He has numerous professional journal articles to his credit, has served as an educational consultant to the National League for Nursing, and directed health-related curriculum programs for The University of the State of New York. Listed in Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in the World, he is also an international balloonist.