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Ken Connelly
Ken Connelly is an author, national speaker, and child advocate. He has testified and lobbied for child human rights issues in different state legislatures and the United States Ho...view moreKen Connelly is an author, national speaker, and child advocate. He has testified and lobbied for child human rights issues in different state legislatures and the United States House of Representatives. Ken and his brother were one of the first interstate parental child abduction cases to result in a successful recovery and felony conviction. Ken has spoken before the Texas and Florida State Legislatures, law enforcement agencies, and child protective services. He has lobbied at the state and federal level on issues close to his heart and childhood experience. Ken is also an expert witness on parental child abduction, parental alimentation and abuse. Ken volunteers his time writing press releases, commentaries and articles for organizations that represent left-behind parents and abducted children.
Ken is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), Texas District and County Attorney Association (TDCAA), American Society of Public Administrators, Pi Sigma Alpha (the National Political Science Honor Society), and Delta Alpha Pi (honor society for students with disabilities). Ken is also a fraternal member of Pi Kappa Phi, where he served as a Iota Xi chapter advisor at the University of Texas at Dallas. Ken is proud of PKP’s nonprofit charity, PUSH America, which helps provide assistance to the disabled. Ken served as a student board member for his university’s John Marshall Pre-Law Society. While at the University of Texas, Ken interned as a paralegal with the Collin County prosecutor’s office and worked as a Research Assistant in graduate school.
Ken returned back to school through the Veterans Affairs Vocational Rehabilitation program for disabled veterans. In four years, Ken completed an Associate of Art’s from Richland College; a Bachelor’s of Art, and fast-tracked a Master’s of Art from the University of Texas at Dallas. While in college, Ken often traveled across the country to assist organizations and agencies in understanding the effects of parental child abduction and parental alienation. Ken often competes as a challenged athlete and in 2012, was awarded a certification as a personal trainer from NESTA.
Ken lives with his family in beautiful Montana. Ken plans to complete his doctorate in social & public policy in the near future. Ken spends his free time hiking, cross-country skiing and kayaking with his dog, String.view less