Robin Kelleher was born and raised in northern Minnesota. She graduated from Gonvick High School in 1968. Robin received her B.S. from Bemidji State University in 1972, and taught elementary music for six years. After relocating to the Twin Cities, Robin worked for several years as a realtor with Coldwell Banker Burnet Realty. From 1991 through 1996, she worked as a residential real estate developer in the Burnsville area.
While working in the real estate business, Robin attended William Mitchell College of Law from 1992 through 1995. In 1996, she joined Seaton, Beck & Peters, a labor and employment law firm in Edina, Minnesota. In 2003, she served as the deputy commissioner and acting commissioner for the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, and later rejoined the firm.
Robin lives in Burnsville, Minnesota. In her leisure time she enjoys golfing, traveling, reading, politics, boating, herb gardening, cooking, and skiing.