Weekly Lunch Meeting- Childcare of Southwest Florida

Chris Hanson, CEO

Child Care of Southwest Florida has been serving children, families, and child care professionals since 1967. Today, the nonprofit organization has over 130 employees serving 500+ children per year at ten different child care centers. In addition to providing the highest quality child care at these Gold Seal centers,

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.  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. He served on the Lee Health Board of Directors from 2011 through 2023. Chris became CEO of Child Care of SW Florida in May 2018 and currently lives in North Fort Myers with his wife Teri Hansen.