Supporting working families for over 50 years

We’ve built a trusted business out of caring for families and children.

In 1969, the first KinderCare opened its doors in Montgomery, Alabama, to support record numbers of mothers entering the workforce. Over 50 years later, we take pride in providing safe, nurturing care for children of modern working parents so they can pursue their dreams.

Today, KinderCare Learning Companies helps organizations and their employees better integrate work with life as the nation’s leading provider of employer-sponsored child care benefits. We’ve partnered with over 600 organizations to answer their working parents' call for quality child care in the communities where they work and live nationwide.

With twice as many learning centers as the next largest provider, our services are never subcontracted or franchised. With over 2,300 early learning centers and programs, we provide families and their children with the same high-quality curriculum and values in every classroom across the country. Our range of offering also includes Crème de la Crème.

What does high-quality child care mean? It means we take the time to put our standards to the test with third-party validation. KinderCare is America’s most accredited child care provider. Accreditation is important to us because it means we’re providing the best education for the children of hardworking parents.

Our curriculum gives children a foundation they can build on for the rest of their lives. Designed using the latest research, our programs and classrooms focus on helping children build confidence socially, emotionally, and academically. It requires trained educators who take every opportunity to support little learners as they unlock a world of infinite possibilities.

And it works! Studies show KinderCare kids get the best and do better. Year after year, our findings show that the sooner children join us, and the longer they stay, the better prepared they are for elementary school overall.

Exceeding Expectations

Advancing Academics

BIGANCE® results are based on assessments of 17,705 students ages 6 weeks to 6 years old in 367 KinderCare Learning Companies centers and sites from our KinderCare Learning Centers, KinderCare Education at Work Centers, and Champions brands nationwide from fall 2021 to spring 2022. TerraNova® results are based on spring 2022 assessments of 634 students in private kindergarten classrooms in 84 KinderCare Learning Centers nationwide.

Our leaders help your leaders transform company culture.

We all want to make the juggle of work and life easier for everyone. When you become the employer supporting families with quality child care benefits like ours, you not only strengthen your culture, you give employees more confidence in you.

We're the proud winner of eight Gallup Great Workplace Awards from 2017–2024.

We know because we’ve experienced it through our own cultural transformation that improved our employee engagement rates by over 30 percent.

Meet the leaders dedicated to providing quality education.

Tom Wyatt

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Tom Wyatt is the Chief Executive Officer of KinderCare Learning Companies. He was previously KinderCare's Chief Executive Officer from 2012 to June 2024 and has served as Chairman of the Board since 2021.

Lindsay Sorhondo

Chief Operating Officer

Lindsay Sorhondo is the Chief Operating Officer for KinderCare Learning Companies, overseeing strategy, operations and growth, customer experience and insights, as well as marketing and IT. She is responsible for driving alignment and innovation across the company’s portfolio.

Tony Amandi

Chief Financial Officer

Tony Amandi leads the accounting, treasury, control, internal audit, tax and risk, external reporting, finance, financial planning and analysis (FP&A), information systems and procurement functions.

Dr. Marquita Davis

Chief Academic Officer

Dr. Marquita Davis, Ph.D., oversees the development of KinderCare’s high-quality educational programs, educator professional development, quality and accreditation initiatives, research and evaluation, and public policy.

Jessica Harrah

Chief People Officer

Jessica Harrah oversees human resources for the company’s 35,000 employees nationwide. In addition to HR, she leads the culture and connections, travel and meetings, talent investment and culture, and litigation functions.

Jeff Spiegel

Chief Brand Officer

Jeff Spiegel is responsible for the overall brand experience for KinderCare’s customers and leads all aspects of the company’s marketing and communications including brand marketing, content and creative development, digital marketing, and corporate communications. Jeff also oversees the organization’s Corporate Social Responsibility efforts.

Michael Canavin

President, KinderCare Learning Centers and Crème de la Crème Schools

Michael Canavin is the President of KinderCare Learning Centers and Crème de la Crème Schools. Since joining KinderCare Learning Companies in 2015, Michael has held a number of roles including Regional Vice President and Senior Vice President for KinderCare Learning Centers.

Abe Lietz

Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer

Abe Lietz is a Senior Vice President and the Chief Information Officer for KinderCare Learning Companies. Abe leads the Information Technology function and is charged with driving digital transformation to support business growth and managing all key enterprise business systems.

Dan Figurski

President, KinderCare Learning Companies For Employers and Champions

Dan brings 20 years of experience in sales, marketing, and business management to his role at KinderCare Learning Companies. His leadership has accelerated the growth of Champions, our before- and after-school brand, allowing our best-in-class programming to serve more children and families with our brand of authentic engagement.