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About Us/Our Team
Southwest Florida’s Child Care Leaders
Meet the child care professionals who make up the Child Care of Southwest Florida team! They are the heart of our organization and the building blocks of its success. Leaders in child care, child development, and education, they understand and believe in the importance of early childhood education. Making it a priority is both their individual profession and a combined passion. They gladly carry their excitement to everyone they interact with each day.
Chris Hansen
Chief Executive Officer
CHRIS HANSEN
Chris Hansen grew up on the Orange River in Eastern Lee County, working at the family marina, Hansen Marine Ways, Inc., until completing training as a Paramedic at Edison Community College (now Florida Southwestern State College-FSW). Chris graduated with a degree in Emergency Medical Technology and went on to serve as an adjunct faculty in the EMT and Paramedic programs. He joined Lee County Public Safety/EMS in 1980 and worked his way through the ranks from EMT, Paramedic, Training Officer, Training & Quality Manager, and Operations Manager before retiring in 2008 as Chief of EMS and Deputy Director of Public Safety.
In addition to teaching in the EMS Program for nearly three decades with EMS, Chris worked part-time in local hospital emergency rooms and blood bank and was a First Responder Instructor at the SWFL Police and Fire Academies. Since retirement from Lee County Government, Chris worked as Vice President of Operations for Priority Marketing and Director of Business Development for Park Royal Behavioral Health Services. In 2011, He was sworn-in as a District Four Director on the Lee Health System Board, where he continues to serve today. Chris became CEO of Child Care of SW Florida in May 2018 and currently lives in North Fort Myers with his wife Teri Hansen.
Lisa Tortora
Chief Financial Officer
LISA TORTORA
Lisa Tortora joined the organization in August 2015. She brings more than 30 years of experience in financial reporting, budgetary and fiscal analysis in both the private and public sectors. Prior to moving to Southwest Florida in 1995, she was the CFO for a national, leading environmental organization, Yosemite National Institutes. She attended St. Mary’s College and graduated magna cum laude from University of Hartford with a B.S. in Accounting & Finance. Lisa enjoys spending time with her husband Peter and her son, Jackson.
Tamara Aronson
Director of Child Care Operations
TAMMY ARONSON
Tammy Aronson has worked for Child Care of Southwest Florida bringing more than 30 years of experience working with children in an administrative capacity. Her experience includes working with children as a director of school age and early childhood education. She has also worked in several positions monitoring and implementing high quality childcare as a Program Coordinator, Program Assessor, and as Child Care of Southwest Florida’s first Health and Safety Monitor. She has a Bachelor's Degree from Reed College in Portland Oregon, and studied abroad as an exchange student in France. She lives in North Fort Myers and enjoys spending time with her family, gardening, and outdoor activities.
Beth Goldberg
Director of Child Care Food Program
BETH GOLDBERG
Before coming to Child Care of Southwest Florida, Beth was a Family Child Care Home provider for 16 years. She was offered a position in the Food Program where she has been since 1999. Beth is the Director of the Food Program. She is a graduate of Florida Southwestern State College. When not working Beth enjoys spending time with her husband, her 4 grown daughters and her grandchildren.
Patricia Guth
Training Coordinator
PATRICIA GUTH
Patricia Guth moved to United States in 2001 from Peru. In 1995, she received her Bachelor’s Degree in Education, specializing in children with developmental disabilities from Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón in Lima, Peru. She has been living in Southwest Florida since 2006 and has been employed with Child Care of Southwest Florida, Inc. since December 5, 2006. Mrs. Guth was originally hired as training coordinator assistant, and later promoted to training coordinator for the Department of Children and Families Introductory Child Care Training on July 1, 2009. She lives in Cape Coral with her husband Robert.
Carmen Green
Administrative Manager
CARMEN GREEN
Carmen Green is a native of Fort Myers. She received her Associate in Science degree in Secretarial Science from Edison Community College in April 1988 and has been employed with Child Care of Southwest Florida, Inc. since July 25, 1988. Ms. Green was originally hired as Secretary, later promoted to Administrative Assistant and now is the Administrative Manager. Ms. Green is responsible for many aspects of the organization including: human resources, payroll, health insurance, worker's compensation, unemployment compensation, student accident insurance and some corporate document filings. Ms. Green enjoys spending time with her son, daughter, grandchildren and the rest of her family.
Joe Spradlin
Director of Facilities
JOE SPRADLIN
Joe Spradlin grew up living around the U.S. as the son of an Air Force Chief Master Sargent and was born in Bermuda, where he holds dual citizenship. He attended college at Univ. of California, Sacramento. Joe lived and worked in California for 20 years as a restauranteur, including Director of Management and Franchise Training for Jack- in –the-Box restaurants. He served as Assoc. Pastor at 1st UMC in Fort Myers and received a license as local Pastor from Florida Southern College/UMC. Joe founded and serves a Pastor at Signs of Life Community Church in Cape Coral. He also created a handyman business, called Restor-Nation, LLC which led him to his new position at CCSWFL. Joe loves his wife Kacee and their 6 children and seven grandchildren.
Yadira Lorenzo
Center Director
Children's Garden of LaBelle
Children's Garden of LaBelle
Yolanda Vargas
Center Director
Joseph H. Messina
Children's Center
Joseph H. Messina
Children's Center
Kimberly Molloy
Center Director P.A. Geraci
Child Development Center & Education Program Manager
Martha Kebhart
Center Director
The Children's Learning Center
The Children's Learning Center
Megan
Greeley-Gibson
Center Director
The Community
Children's Center
The Community
Children's Center
