HINGE is thrilled to announce the addition of Marissa Webster to our team! Marissa joins HINGE with more than 15 years of business administration experience and will assist our marketing efforts as well as help with early transaction work.

HINGE is thrilled to announce the addition of senior broker Laurie Denny to our transaction management team! Laurie will lead our selling clients through the complex transaction process—managing school tours, offers, negotiations, legal agreements, licensing, and parent and staff announcements.

The HINGE team worked with former Storybook Cottage owners Shirley and Betty for years to strengthen and eventually sell their preschools. This March, they sent us a lovely letter of their gratitude…

For the third year in a row, Exchange Magazine reached out to our very own early education business expert Kathy Ligon to co-author their ‘Thirty-Fourth Annual Status Report on For-Profit Child Care.’

The HINGE team gathered with leadership coach Rachael Reece for a little bit of normalcy in early November for our annual strategic planning sessions in Lake Keowee, SC. Click to see photos from the week!

HINGE is thrilled to announce the addition of financial guru Rusty Bailey to our broker support team! Rusty will support our broker and development teams with valuation and financial analysis. 

We are so excited to have SHIFT Conference keynote speaker and New York Times bestselling author Greg Mckeown wrap up our Reimagine Your Childcare Business webinar series on Tuesday, June 23rd at 1pm Eastern!

At HINGE, we wholeheartedly feel we have a responsibility as operators in the early childhood industry to influence positive change and progress—always working to ensure a just and equitable future for our nation’s children and those who educate and care for them.

From Surviving to Thriving: Creating a Way Forward in Challenging Times provides words of support and practical advice from a diverse panel of early childhood experts to help you navigate the rough waters and aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic.

Founder & CEO of HINGE Brokers, Kathy Ligon, authored Child Care Exchange Magazine’s Thirty-Third Annual Status Report on For-Profit Child Care. The article reveals high optimism for continued growth in the industry as well as the development of creative strategies and collaborations to help combat staffing issues and address concerns surrounding universal Pre-K initiatives.

We are so excited about our newly created team of industry experts, put together to further support our sellers during their selling process. Meet our new Client Relations team: Kathe Petchel and Molly Petchel!

HINGE Founder & CEO Kathy Ligon shares her insights on setting yourself up for success in 2020. Find out what methodology she uses to determine what’s essential to her sanity and her success in this year-end letter.