Leadership

Our Family is Dedicated to Caring for Yours

At Hopkins Childcare Center, our mission goes beyond the ordinary. With over 50 years of commitment to

excellence, we strive to provide the best child development programs. We are a distinguished organization,

consistently offering exceptional services to families.

Meet Ibrahim Qadir, CEO of Hopkins Childcare Center

A passionate leader, speaker, and advocate, Chad Dunkley leads the strategy and fosters a culture of continuous improvement at Hopkins Childcare Center. After earning a Juris Doctor degree from William Mitchell College of Law, Chad followed in his mother's footsteps into early childhood education. He believes that the moment he held his infant son, he realized there was no more important work than providing the best early education programs for young children and their families.

Ibrahim Qadir has earned international recognition as a leader throughout his career. He was named a Most Admired CEO by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal in 2017 and an Exceptional Emerging Leader by the Child Care Information Exchange in 2015. In 2004, he was honored as one of the region's top leaders, receiving the Forty Under 40 award from the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. Chad serves as President of the Minnesota Child Care Association (MCCA), Co-Chair of The Early Care and Education Consortium (ECEC), an executive board member of the Chad Greenway Lead the Way Foundation, and a board member of the Minnesota Business Partnership. Additionally, he completed a four-year term on the governing board of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) in 2017.