Tom Wyatt is the Chief Executive Officer of KinderCare Learning Companies. He was previously KinderCare's Chief Executive Officer from 2012 to June 2024 and has served as Chairman of the Board since 2021. 

In his 12 years as CEO, Tom transformed the company, leading the organization to significant occupancy, top line and bottom line growth and the highest standards of excellence in education. His focus on culture was marked by record-high levels of employee and customer engagement, earning the company the Gallup Great Workplace Award every year since 2017. 

Tom’s career spans more than 40 years of leading successful public and privately held consumer brands. Prior to joining KinderCare, he was with Gap Inc. where he served as President of the Old Navy division from 2008-2012. Other executive roles he’s held include President and CEO for Cutter & Buck, President of Vanity Fair Intimates and Vanity Fair Intimates Coalition and as CEO of Parisian Department Stores, then a division of Saks Inc. 

Christine Deputy was most recently the Chief People Officer at Expedia Group. Before joining Expedia Group in May of 2024, Christine was the Chief People Officer at Pinterest. Christine brings two decades of human resources experience leading teams at iconic brands like Nordstrom, Barclays, and Starbucks. Previously at Nordstrom, where she served as Chief Human Resources Officer, she supported more than 70,000 employees, helping the company reach many milestones such as achieving pay equity and pay parity and bringing belonging into every part of the business. She was previously with Starbucks for 11 years at various senior levels, including Vice President, Human Resources, Asia Pacific and Greater China.

Jean Desravines serves as the President of The Wallace Foundation, an independent, nonpartisan research foundation focused on the arts, school leadership, and youth development. He was previously the CEO of New Leaders, a national nonprofit organization that develops school and system leaders in more than 20 urban cities and 15 states. In his first year as CEO, Jean led New Leaders’ turnaround, enabling the organization to move from a budget deficit to an annual surplus that was maintained for over a decade. During these same 10 years, the organization has dramatically scaled its impact by more than 400% and shifted its business model to allow for accelerated growth, revenue potential, and diverse partnership opportunities. Prior to New Leaders, Jean served as a senior counselor to NYC Schools Chancellor Joel Klein in the Bloomberg Administration and launched a $50 million program to hire 1,200+ staff to better engage parents and community members.

As Chief Executive Officer of Xponential Fitness, Mike Nuzzo is leading the company’s scalable growth strategy and expanding its position as a premier global health and wellness brand across both U.S. and international markets. 

He previously served as CEO of Eyemart Express, where he accelerated growth across in-store and digital channels and led the company through its successful acquisition by VSP Vision in 2025. Before that, Mr. Nuzzo spent seven years at Petco as CFO and later COO, where he spearheaded a turnaround of the pet services division, launched an in-store veterinary hospital concept that scaled to 200+ locations, and played a key role in the company’s 2016 sale, 2021 IPO, and expansion into Canada and Mexico. 

Earlier in his career, he held senior leadership roles at 4moms, GNC, and Abercrombie & Fitch. 

Joel Schwartz is Co-Head of the Private Equity Services business unit for Partners Group as well as a member of the Global Investment Committee, the Private Equity Direct Leads Investment Committee, and Co-Chairman of the Private Equity Direct Co-Investments in Services Investment Committee, based in New York. He serves on the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio companies KinderCare Learning Centers, Form Technologies, Curvature and United States Infrastructure Corporation. He has been with Partners Group since 2013 and has 27 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs Investment Partners and Angelo Gordon & Co., and a Partner at Apax Partners. Earlier in his career, Joel also worked at General Atlantic, McKinsey and Morgan Stanley.

Alyssa Waxenberg is the Director of Digital Product, Consumer Marketing at Quest Diagnostics. She has led transformation and product teams to define the roadmaps and implementation of ecommerce and digital platforms from the ground up in the hospitality, retail, technology, and healthcare sectors. In addition, she has experience in both start-ups and global enterprise organizations (B2C and B2B), including Independent Pet Partners, IBM and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide. Prior to joining Starwood, Alyssa’s career included positions at advertising agencies, internet startups and media companies (e.g., OgilvyOne Worldwide, Williams Communications and Excite@Home) that focused on both traditional and online marketing, working with Fortune 500 brands.