Our Mission and Our Team
The Child Care Success Company is proud to contribute to the health and stability of the child care industry, by helping owners and providers be more successful. In many cases, we have helped programs remain open and shift from survival mode to a thriving, full business. Part of our mission is to help you, the child care owner or manager, be more successful in attracting and retaining clients, and maximizing cash flow. This results in a better experience for families and teachers, and most of all, a successful early learning experience for young children. But most importantly, part of our mission is to positively impact the lives of over 1.5 million children that are in the care of programs that we serve.
What this means to you, is that we are very focused on anything and everything that works for a business that serves children and families. Because our focus is very narrow, what you get with CCSC is no-nonsense, undiluted expertise on what works for child care owners and leaders. We are experts at this stuff and that’s why our clients, groups and customers get great results (and we throw in a healthy dose of compassion, humor and encouragement, which ALWAYS helps!).
Our Coaching Team
Kris Murray
President and Founder
Kris Murray is the President and Founder of The Child Care Success Company. She began the company in 2008 when the economy was starting to tank and the enrollment of her children’s preschool was down significantly. They were…
Jennifer Conner
Chief Executive Officer
Jennifer Conner built, stabilized, and exited her own childcare centers before stepping into the CEO seat at the Child Care Success Company. She leads owners through one proven arc, Vision to Stability to Freedom, so they can run profitable centers without being trapped inside them.
Jody
Zabriskie
Child Care Business Coach
Jody Zabriskie grew her business from an in-home preschool into a scalable, multi-location organization built on centralized systems and confident leaders.
She helps owners stabilize, expand, and finally step back without operational breakdown.
Steve Lloyd
Child Care Business Coach
Steve Lloyd built and runs a multi-million dollar childcare business that has served roughly 1,000 children over nearly two decades. He coaches owners to stop doing everything themselves and start scaling through the people who run it.
Tasha
Santistevan
Child Care Business Coach
Tasha Santistevan is an operational leadership and systems coach who helps childcare leaders trade burnout for structure, empowered teams, and sustainable performance. She guides owners on the journey from burned-out fixer to confident, systems-driven leader.
Kishani Mathiasz Woldberhan
Child Care Business Coach
Kishani Mathiasz Woldberhan went from a Montessori teacher in Sri Lanka to a multi-location child care owner in the U.S., learning licensing & operations from scratch. Today she teaches owners how systems & leadership work together to build scalable, professional child care businesses.
Chantel
Pettengill
Child Care Business Coach
Chantel Pettengill scaled from a 12-child home program to three centers with 484 capacity, learning under pressure how to trade hustle for structure. Today she coaches owners stuck between survival and scale to build the systems, enrollment, and leadership that make growth sustainable.
Sharita Brown
Child Care Business Coach
Sharita Brown helps child care owners build team cultures where people feel seen and still held to the standard. She coaches relationship-driven leaders to pair heart with structure so their teams run with alignment, not constant oversight.
Michael Ingram
Child Care Business Coach
Michael Ingram coaches child care leaders to stop confusing busyness with leadership and start leading with clarity, rhythm, and presence.
His message is simple: you don’t need more effort, you need direction.
Thomas Brawner
Child Care Business Coach
Thomas Brawner is a growth strategist who helps childcare owners stop scaling effort and start designing businesses built to expand. As the founder of Alta Schoolhouse, he turns operationally stuck centers into designed enterprises through systems, leadership, and strategic real estate.
