Sheldon Kinsel is a political scientist and public policy consultant. He serves the American Civil Rights Union as a consultant and as editor of their Defend Scouting Newsletter.

Sheldon has worked in Washington, D.C. as a staffer to a United States senator and to two congressmen in a variety of positions, including serving of Chief of Staff to Utah Congressman Bill Orton for three years. He also has extensive political campaign experience in elections from the presidential level down to local races.

For eight years Sheldon was a lobbyist for the National Wildlife Federation in Washington, D.C and worked as an environmental policy analyst and congressional liaison for the Tennessee Valley Authority for four years.

In his consulting work, he has concentrated on natural resources issues and on a range of social issues, primarily related to the family and family values. Over the past ten years, he has been specializing on using the Internet to organize, educate and motivate citizen support for these policy initiatives.

Sheldon is the author of numerous articles and has been involved in the creation of more than two dozen Web sites.