Meet Kathy Ligon

Kathy Ligon, Founder & CEO, HINGE Early Education Advisors

Kathy Ligon is the childcare industry's go-to expert for business growth and selling strategies. Trained as a public accountant, Kathy has a unique 40+ year background in educational operations. Early on, she was named Financial Director for a growing educational organization and subsequently moved to COO, directing growth management and helping the company multiply from five to 125 sites operating in several different states. During this time, she gained a wealth of knowledge in growth strategy, target selection, pricing and negotiation, cultural analysis, and post-closing integration tactics.  

Recognizing critical unmet business needs for childcare leaders, Kathy founded HINGE Early Education Advisors in 2003 to empower early education owners at all stages of business on a larger scale. Today, HINGE is the nation's leader in growing and selling childcare businesses and real estate. Leveraging the expertise of senior childcare leaders, financial experts, and commercial and real estate brokers with 300+ years of combined industry experience, HINGE is dedicated to helping early education providers across the U.S. strengthen their organizations and realize the most successful exits when they're ready to transition ownership. In addition to selling more schools than any other advisor in the country, Kathy and her team are well known for their remarkable perspective on the market and their unwavering support of the people who make childcare possible.

Kathy is the author of "The Five Pillars of Purpose-Driven Profit: Maximize the Value of Your Early Childhood Education Business" and the founder of BOOST by HINGE, a first-of-its-kind nonprofit dedicated to supporting early educators through personal financial crises.