Meet the CCBP Team:
Cristina Richmond, COO
As CCBP’s Chief Operations Officer, Cristina Richmond, brings extensive executive experience to the team.
The former Vice President and Co-Owner of TLG Financial Foundation, a Profit First professional firm, Cristina was also the Co-Founder of the Small Biz Financial Coach and founder of Richmond Business Financial.
Cristina’s first class expertise has allowed her to perfect the art of helping businesses organize and take control of their operations and finances to create cash flow.
As a business owner herself and financial coach, Cristina understands what it takes to work through, guide, and grow systematic business operational success. Client success has always been her business card and she brings this track record to every aspect of ChildCare Business Professionals. Helping each person build the success they are searching for by utilizing all that she has to offer, Cristina knows success is finding balance in never-ending personal and professional growth.
Her greatest passion is in the mindset work, knowing that having the right mindset is the strongest foundation for success!
Mandy Minitello, CBDO & CMO
As Chief Business Development and Marketing Officer, Mandy excels in her work with the Client Success Team, utilizing reverse engineering to develop systematic plans for exponential Center growth, as well as being a master strategist in Sales and Marketing. A skilled trainer, Mandy loves helping clients make money to reinvest into their business and build out their own marketing programs.
But Mandy’s career success started years before she joined ChildCare Business Professionals. Prior to working as a Business Strategist, Mandy spent 17 years in education as a teacher, Special Education Coordinator, school administrator, and state-wide teacher trainer. She has an undergraduate degree in Human Development and Psychology, and a Masters Degree in Education.
She’s no stranger to business. In addition to her years in education and educational leadership, she established her own custom apparel business and as well as a Tutoring Agency focused on the unique needs of students with dyslexia.
Mandy is able to take clients by the “virtual” hand and walk them step by step towards accomplishing their goals with an infectious positive energy!
Lisa Marie Wodke, Client Services Liaison & HR
As Client Services Liaison for CCBP, Lisa Marie serves as an invaluable resource on the Client Success Team.
Lisa Marie comes to ChildCare Business Professionals with over 20 years of experience in business, working with start-ups, small businesses, as well as large corporations.
Earning her degree in Human Services Management, Lisa Marie chose to continue her education, compounding her degree with the addition of a paralegal certificate and a human resources certificate. From policy and procedure review to proper documentation for your management team, Lisa Marie shares her wealth of business acumen, coupled with Human Resources expertise to support each client in their specific needs.
But, perhaps her greatest asset is that she is a great listener, proactive problem-solver and she thoroughly enjoys helping people work through mindset blocks to achieve greater things!
Bekah Polley, Finance
Bekah is the founder and owner of Perfectly Polley, a Virtual Office Management company specializing in bookkeeping for small-to-medium businesses. She started Perfectly Polley as a passion project to help clients track, manage, and understand their finances so that they can make business savvy decisions.
With twelve years of accounting experience and a track record of satisfied clients from a variety of industries, Bekah has become a genius at giving business owners and their teams back 10, 15, or 20 hours a week so they can function in THEIR BUSINESS GENIUS!
Throughout her early years as an employee in sales, office management, and accounting, Bekah learned that integrity is non-negotiable, especially when it comes to financial matters. Now, as an entrepreneur and small business owner, clients can depend on her to be honest in all dealings and demonstrate uncompromising integrity. While you don’t need an accounting degree to understand bookkeeping, it is essential to understand financial statements and feel comfortable with the numbers. Bekah is available to ensure that clients have clarity concerning all financial matters.
With openness and accountability, she will provide you with all the information you need and want concerning your finances.
Brandy Timmsen, Director Trainer
Brandy’s journey in the world of Early Child Education began 15 years ago when her daughter entered a co-op preschool program in California. She volunteered in the center and loved it. When her family moved to Nevada, she opened her own in-home child care business operating for three years before going to work at a center.
To date, she has been the Director for Evelyn Knight for over 7 years. An ECE advocate, she volunteers with NEVAEYC. Her desire is to help ECE professionals, especially in rural areas, further understand the importance of Early Childhood Education.
ECE is her true calling. For Brandy, “It is where we as caregivers truly influence young children in obtaining a love and passion for learning.”
Martine Emmons, Public Relations
Martiné Emmons is a Certified Transformational Life Coach. Martiné also hosts Transformation with Martiné (Conquer Everything, Compromise Nothing) radio program as well as coaching 1:1 under two large platforms.
Martine spent over 20 years in the corporate world as a Paralegal and Executive Assistant and still enjoys supporting coaches and female entrepreneurs as an Executive Virtual Assistant.
Martiné loves staying active in all areas of her life and finds travel, especially to ocean destinations, the best thing ever!
Chelyn Butts, Teaching Mentor & Classroom Management Coach
Over the past year as a Mastermind member, Chelyn has taken what she learned about Time Management, Recruitment, and Org Chart delegation to not only cut her time at her center from 60+ hours to less than 8 per week, but she also has created the opportunity for her to pursue teaching and training at the college level and is on track to be a published author in 2023!
Chelyn brings over 30 years of experience in the early childhood education field specializing in leading, mentoring, training and encouraging directors and teachers.
Beginning her career as a preschool teacher in 1991, she is now a child care center owner in Texas. She teaches the CDA Program at a local college and conducts trainings for directors and teachers in her area. Chelyn has a deep passion for working alongside teachers in the classroom, instilling the importance of classroom management and how to set up a classroom properly. She loves teaching positive discipline skills and the importance of positive interactions and building relationships with children. She serves as an expert on understanding how the brain works and why challenging behaviors happen and is a powerful resource for teachers and staff.
Tara Kochanskyj, Multi-Center Owner and Remote Leadership Coach
Tara began her career in the early childhood sector 23 years ago as a floater teacher at a local preschool.
Her passion for the industry propelled her growth both personally and professionally.
Tara currently owns two centers and co-owns a mommy and me and birthday party company in New York, all of which she manages remotely from home in Florida.
Tara never imagined herself as a remote owner but when she found herself working in the business rather than working on it she knew if she was going to continue her growth she had to remove herself from the day to day.
Tara has big dreams and cannot wait to create new ones each day!