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Kevin Fusco Named CEO and President of Child Care Connection

Dave MacDonald and Mary Ann Shallcross Smith, Co-Founders of Child Care Connection, the area's leading provider of high quality child care and early education, announced today that CEO Kevin Fusco will be promoted to CEO & President, effective February 15, 2004.

"We now operate child care and early learning centers throughout RI and South Eastern MA. With continued growth on the horizon, we have expanded Kevin's role. Kevin's tremendous leadership and management abilities along with his commitment to high-quality early learning made this an easy decision," MacDonald said.

Kevin Fusco joined Child Care Connection in 2002 as CEO. Under his guidance, the company has increased both it's size and profitability. Fusco also led the successful integration of two new centers and opened a new facility in Central Falls . Prior to Child Care Connection, Fusco was Chief Operating Officer of JumpStart for Education based in CA.

"I am honored by the confidence that Dave, Mary Ann and the board have placed in me to take on this new role," said Fusco. "Over the past year, we've experienced strong growth and built an organization poised to take advantage of the opportunities before us. Our ability to meet the needs of working parents and our commitment to high quality early education will provide for our continued success."

Child Care Connection prides itself in providing their families with high quality care and learning and offers "The Creative Curriculum", a nationally recognized educational approach to teaching young children. Child Care Connection was founded in 1991 as a company dedicated to providing high quality child care services to infants, toddlers, preschool, kindergarten and school age children. The company opened its first child care center in Lincoln , RI in 1991 and has grown to 11 early learning centers throughout Rhode Island and Massachusetts.