Dr. James Dobson Dr. James Dobson is founder and president of Focus on the Family, a nonprofit organization that produces his internationally syndicated radio programs, heard by more than 200 million people daily on over 4,200 radio stations, and publishes eleven magazines sent to more than 3 million people each month. He is the author of numerous bestselling books dedicated to the preservation of the family, including Bringing Up Boys, Love for a Lifetime, and, with his wife, Shirley, Night Light: A Devotional for Couples.Dr. Dobson served on the faculty of the University of Southern California School of Medicine for fourteen years and on the attending staff of Children's Hospital of Los… Angeles for seventeen years. He has been active in governmental affairs and has advised three U.S. presidents on family issues. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Southern California in the field of child development. Shirley Dobson Shirley Dobson is chairman of the National Day of Prayer Task Force and is a member of the Focus on the Family board of directors. She is the author of Certain Peace in Uncertain Times, coauthor (with her husband) of Night Light: A Devotional for Couples and Night Light for Parents and coauthor (with Gloria Gaither) of Let's Make a Memory and Let's Hide the Word. Mrs. Dobson is nationally recognized for her contributions to women's concerns, Christian organizations, and the institution of the family. She was named Christian Woman of the Year in 1992 and Homemaker of the Year in 1999. The Dobsons are the parents of two grown children, Ryan and Danae, and live in Colorado Springs, Colorado.