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Chief operating officer New Horizon Child Care
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1971
FAMILY: Wife, Barb; children: Jared, 9, and Madison, 8
EDUCATION: BA in manage ment from Hamline University; juris doctorate from William Mitchell College of Law
ACCOMPLISHMENT: We have become the nation's eighth-largest child care provider. Each day is a challenge in our industry.
Chad Dunkley had finished his business degree at Hamline University and was heading toward a law degree that likely would have pushed him into the corporate realm, when his life took a dramatic turn.
Jared Dunkley was born.
"From the moment my son was born, I realized how important our work was," said Dunkley, now the chief operating officer for Plymouth-based New Horizon Enterprises. "Being a parent changes your whole outlook."
Dunkley's mother, Sue Dunkley, in 1971 opened the first...