Joe Kelly (author)

Joe Kelly (author)

Joe Kelly (born 1954) is the co-founder of the first national advocacy nonprofit for fathers and daughters in the United States, Dads and Daughters (DADs). The group was founded in 1999 with Michael Kieschnick. DADs owns the newsletter Daughters: For Parents of Girls.

A journalist by training, Kelly is an award-winning national speaker and primary media source on fathering, and an author specializing in family issues and has been featured in hundreds of media outlets, including The Today Show, National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation, Time, People, New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal. He also co-authors, ghostwrites and provides consulting services for authors.

Before working on girls’ and fathering issues, Kelly was a reporter, producer, and regional news director for Minnesota Public Radio. In his 20s, he worked as an actor with the Nebraska Theater Caravan at the Omaha Community Playhouse.