Dr. Ken Canfield currently serves as the executive director of the Boone Center for the Family at Pepperdine University.  He is the founder of the National Center for Fathering, a virtual training center to equip fathers and father figures.  His work has won national acclaim, garnering the spotlight on national television shows, and his fathering-related articles have appeared in numerous periodicals (both scientific and popular).  He is the author of The Heart of a Father, and numerous other books including the award-winning 7 Secrets of Effective Fathers.  Canfield has been interviewed on The Oprah Winfrey Show, NBC’s Today Show, ABC’s World News Tonight and numerous radio programs as an authority on fathering skills and research, as well as the negative consequences of father absence.

He and his wife, Dee, have been married since 1976.  They have five grown children, many grandchildren, and reside in Malibu, California.