Benson Kelley Whitney (born August 17, 1956, in Saint Paul, Minnesota)[1] was the United States Ambassador to Norway from 2006 to 2009.

He was also chief executive officer of Whitney Management Company, a private investment advisory firm.

His nomination was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 28, 2005, and he was sworn in by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on November 28, 2005.

Whitney has been a trustee, director, chairman or advisor of a number of non-profits including the Guthrie Theater, Wilderness Inquiry, Persephone Fund, Headwaters Fund, Minnesotans for Term Limits, and the Minneapolis Academy.

His father married Chief Justice Kathleen A. Blatz of the Minnesota Supreme Court in 2005, who was only one year his son's senior.