Ken McKenzie

Kenneth C. McKenzie is a founding investor in VAST and a member of the Executive Committee. Ken attended the University of Southern California, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Zoology. After graduation in 1964, he was awarded a scholarship for study at St. Catherine’s College, Cambridge University, England. During the Vietnam war, he enlisted for service in the US military and was Commissioned as an Artillery Officer, US Army, in 1966. He volunteered for Airborne and Special Forces training. He graduated from the John F. Kennedy Center for Special Warfare and Jump Master School at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in 1967. After earning his Green Beret, he served in the US Army 3rd Special Forces Group, the 5th Special Forces Group, and the 25th Division, Vietnam. He was decorated with the Silver Star for Gallantry in Action, Bronze Star for Valor, and Purple Heart for wounds received. After the military, he joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation as Special Agent and was assigned primarily to fugitive and bank robbery squads in Washington Field Office, Philadelphia and Los Angeles. He owns the record in Los Angeles for the largest bank robbery crew ever arrested, eleven men in all. After the FBI, Ken started a real estate development company which he currently owns and manages. Married with one son and now living in Florida, he has dedicated his life to various charitable projects and one podcast centered around prison reform.