Dr. John Townsend, grew up in Wilson, North Carolina, is an author, clinical psychologist, leadership coach and organizational consultant. Townsend has authored or co-authored 27 books, selling over 6 million copies. He is best known for Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life. This book, coauthored with Dr. Henry Cloud in 1992, has sold over two million copies and gave rise to several additional books about boundaries. He founded the Townsend Institute for Leadership and Counseling, providing graduate training in Organizational Leadership, Executive Coaching and Counseling, based at Huntington University in Indiana, which is scheduled to open in September 2015. He has also formed the Townsend Leadership Program, an intensive year-at-a-time training program for leaders, with sites in various regions around the USA. Townsend works with corporations, family-owned enterprises and small business. He also speaks and writes on various leadership and success topics. [More at Wikipedia]

June 1st, 1952 in Smithfield, North Carolina (Age 71)