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Jim Daly

President and CEO, Focus on the Family
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Jim Daly is president of Focus on the Family and host of its daily radio broadcast, heard by more than 6 million listeners a week on nearly 2,000 radio stations across the U.S. The show has been honored as Program of the Year by the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB). In March 2022, he celebrated his 33rd anniversary with the ministry.

Daly’s personal journey from orphan to head of an international Christian organization dedicated to helping families thrive is a powerful story. Abandoned by his alcoholic father at age 5, he lost his mother to cancer four years later – a wound deepened when his grieving stepfather emptied the family home and left Daly, the youngest of five children, and his siblings to fend for themselves after their mother’s funeral.

Several tough years followed, including time in foster care, before Daly became a Christian in high school and found meaning, purpose and a sense of belonging. 

“I am living proof,” he wrote in his 2007 autobiography, “Finding Home,” “that no matter how torn up the road has already been, or how pothole-infested it may look ahead, nothing – nothing – is impossible for God.”

Daly was named president of Focus on the Family in 2005. Under his leadership, the organization has taken on a major role nationally in encouraging and helping facilitate foster-care adoptions, earning recognition from the White House and Congress for its efforts. The ministry also has reinvigorated its traditional focus on helping couples build strong marriages and raise healthy, resilient kids.

Daly started his career at Focus in 1989 as an assistant to the president, fostering relationships with the ministry’s supporters. He was appointed international field director for Asia, Africa and Australia in 1992, and in 1997 was promoted to vice president of the International Division. In 2004, Daly was appointed chief operating officer, the role he held until he was handpicked by Focus on the Family founder Dr. James Dobson to be the group’s president. 

Daly graduated from California State University, San Bernardino, in 1984 with a B.S. in Business Administration. During his senior year, he attended Waseda University in Tokyo, and after graduating worked for a Fortune 500 company. In 1997, he completed his MBA in International Business at Regis University in Denver. In 2009, he received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Colorado Christian University in Denver.

Daly has received the 2008 World Children’s Center Humanitarian Award, the 2009 Children’s Hunger Fund Children’s Champion Award, and the 2010 HomeWord Family Ministry Award. He has appeared on such television programs as “Fox & Friends,” “America Live with Megyn Kelly,” “ABC World News Tonight” and PBS’ “Religion & Ethics”; and been featured in Time, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today and Newsweek, which named him one of the Top 10 next-generation evangelical leaders of influence. He was also the subject of a July 2011 cover story in Christianity Today.

Daly is an author whose latest book, “When Parenting Isn’t Perfect,” encourages parents to realize that they, like their children, aren’t perfect and don’t need to be – they’re called to do their best in Christ, knowing that God works through all the messy family situations that are a normal part of this life. Other books Daly has written include “ReFOCUS: Living a Life That Reflects God’s Heart” which explores how to engage the culture for Christ in a compassionate and winsome way and “Marriage Done Right: One Man, One Woman,” in which Daly examines God’s purposes for marriage, including the unique benefits that a mom and a dad bring to the partnership of raising children.

Daly has been married to his wife, Jean, since 1986. They have two sons and reside in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Here are a few recent editions of Jim Daly’s free monthly newsletter, which you can sign up for at the link below.

June 2022

Jim Daly’s Monthly Newsletter
Hello from everyone at Focus on the Family! Another school year is in the books — and if you have kids in the home, I imagine you’re switching gears, preparing for a break from the structure the school day brings, and looking forward to a more relaxed schedule. I hope the next few months will bless you and your family with some wonderful memories and meaningful connections!

May 2022

Jim Daly’s Monthly Newsletter
Greetings from Focus on the Family! I hope you and your family are enjoying a happy, healthy springtime and looking forward to the summer months ahead. It has been a rough spring with war and unrest in Europe and ongoing political tensions right here at home. Even as we continue to prayerfully monitor the challenges in trouble spots around the world, it’s my hope and prayer that you and your loved ones can all take a deep breath, enjoy a restful summer, and look forward to a return to some semblance of normalcy in the weeks and months ahead.

April 2022

Jim Daly’s Monthly Newsletter
Greetings from Focus on the Family! With the spring season under way and the end of another school year in sight, I hope your family is doing well and looking forward to warmer weather ahead. Despite the continued and significant turmoil facing our nation, I pray you are filled with gratitude by the assurance that God is faithfully guiding His people and shaping His Church for our good and His glory. He never takes His hands off the reins, and we can rest in the certainty that His good and loving will always prevails.

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