Harris Kempner, Jr. has been KCM's president since the firm's inception in 1982. He was President of U. S. National Bancshares and Chief Investment Officer for Frost Bank of Galveston (formerly U. S. National Bank) from 1969 to 1982. He received a BA from Harvard Univ. in 1961 and an MBA from Stanford Univ. in 1963.

M. Shawn Gault is a Vice President and joined Kempner Capital Management, Inc in January 2001. He received a BS from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1995 and an MBA/MHA from the University of Houston at Clear Lake in 2000. He is a member of the CFA Institute.