Kenneth M. Quinn (born May 26, 1942) is the former President of the World Food Prize Foundation and a former career U.S. Foreign Service Officer.

[2] Quinn was a 32-year career member of the U.S. Senior Foreign Service before he retired and joined the World Food Prize Foundation.

[2] He entered the United States Foreign Service in 1968 and has served in various Southeast Asian countries as well as Vienna and Washington, DC.

For his combat operations participation in Vietnam, Quinn received the U.S. Army Air Medal, and he remains the only civilian ever to win this honor.

[2][5] He also is a three-time recipient of the American Foreign Service Association's Rivkin and Herter Awards for courage in challenging policy.