Founder & President
Finding my biological father at 31 years old caused me to realize the significance fathers play in our lives. I believe, if possible, all human beings should have the same opportunity I was provided. By being reunited with my biological father I was positioned to heal from the trauma fatherlessness introduced.”
-Dr. Torri J. Evans-Barton
Dr. Torri J.
Dr. Torri J. is the passionate Founder and President of The Fatherless Generation Foundation. She is a licensed and ordained minister, a certified cognitive behavioral coach, a certified life coach, a certified trauma-informed healing and reunification coach, and a certified family and divorce mediator. Dr. Torri J. is an international speaker on the transformative power healing has when we identify, acknowledge, and confront our father wound. She is a reunification expert specializing in healing and reuniting fatherless children with their biological fathers. The goal is to help all parties involved heal and minimize the impact of negative stigmas associated with growing up fatherless on individuals and our world. She is the proud recipient of the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award from the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama in 2016. She made her national debut as a regular on The Rickey Smiley Morning Show with her “Father’s Day” segment from 2014 to 2019. She was a Forbes Business Council Member from 2020 to 2021. Additionally, she is an author and a global expert witness in paternity and custody cases.
Her personal journey of growing up in a single-parent household and then reuniting with her biological father has fueled her mission to reunite fatherless children worldwide with their fathers.
Dr. Torri J. launched The Fatherless Generation Foundation (TFGF) in 2009. TFGF is a non-profit organization headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. TFGF provides services to 98 cities within 33 states in the US, where we reunite fathers and their children while providing the resources and services that strengthen, support, and elevate a commitment to fatherhood and family values. In 2023, TFGF started expanding its services to Zambia, South Africa, and Nigeria.
These services include TFGF Husband & Wife Team Mentor Teams, TFGF Beyond Fatherless Peer Groups hosted in The Boys & Girls Clubs across America, YMCA in South Florida and Zambia, and Beyond Fatherless Tutoring through selected Kumon. At the helm of the organization is the TFGF Commitment to Fatherhood Program, where we reunite fatherless children with their biological fathers.
Since the launch, TFGF has hosted more than 52,000 fatherless children through its Beyond Fatherless Peer Groups, mentored 220 fatherless children through our Husband & Wife Mentor Teams, tutored 41, and reunited 8,405 fatherless children with 3285 biological fathers!