 ROBERT KEMPINSKI is
a rising star in the global bonsai community. He won the North American New Talent Bonsai Competition in 2002.
He has had several trees displayed in the Japanese Top 100 Bonsai Trees in the World Competition and in shows across
America, including the annual Walt Disney World Bonsai Display where over 400,000 people each year view the trees and
the World Bonsai Convention. He is the Executive Director of the Bonsai Clubs International and was on the Board of
the Bonsai Societies of Florida. Mr. Kempinski has written numerous articles about bonsai for The American Bonsai
Society Magazine, Bonsai Clubs International Magazine, Florida Bonsai Magazine, and the Bonsai Today Magazine On-line.
He also had an article published in American Woodworker, a 300,000 monthly circulation magazine by Rodale Press. Mr.
Kempinski has traveled all over the US and the world, including Japan, Taiwan, Korea, and India studying bonsai and
giving bonsai lectures and demonstrations.
He resides in Florida with his wife and daughter and where he maintains an excellent collection of bonsai trees
and provides bonsai instruction.
He graduated from George Washington University with a Master of Business Administration degree and a Masters Degree
and undergraduate engineering degree from Georgia Tech. He works at Cape Canaveral Space Center as the Director of
System Management for Space Coast Launch Services, a joint venture of Computer Science Corporation and the the
Shaw Group, both Fortune 500 Corporations. |
