Rob Hensley

Rob Hensley, Senior Director of Operations

Mr. Rob Hensley moved to Central Florida in 2007 to serve as the Principal of the Upper School. In his time at TFA, Mr. Hensley has also worked as a Guidance Counselor, Latin Teacher and Director of Technology and as of 2020, the Director of Operations. Today he serves as the Senior Director of Operations and is responsible for the physical campus of The First Academy. 

Mr. Hensley was educated at Union University in Jackson, TN where he received his BA in Biblical Theology and Greek. He went on to attend and graduate from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY where he earned an M.Div. He served at Whitefield Academy in Louisville, KY where he was a Latin Teacher, Fine Arts Director, Upper School Principal and finally the Head of School. Mr. Hensley has served Christian schools since 1994. 

Mr. Hensley understands the value of family. He married Janet in 1986 and together they had two children. Erin graduated from Whitefield in Louisville and Kirk graduated from TFA. Today, Mr. Hensley has two grandchildren who are in the elementary school here at TFA. He has had the distinct privilege of daily walking the journey of K-12 education with his children and now is doing it again with his grandchildren. 

The First Academy’s Christ-centered environment is a perfect complement to his family’s ambitions to serve the Lord for the purpose of the Kingdom.