Dave Linsmeier, BBA, has been Executive Director of Mary Linsmeier Schools,(Inc. (MLS) since 1988. MLS is a non-profit organization established in 1964, which operates 18 preschool and childcare programs, serving over 1,500 children in Wisconsin. Dave is also the President and Owner of Child Care Business Solutions Inc. which provides administration, training and consulting to group and family childcare programs.

Dave has served as the Wisconsin Child Care Administrators Association's President, Vice President, Treasurer, Legislative Committee Chair and representative on the WI Forces for Four Year Olds initiative to develop community approaches to delivering4K. He was appointed to Governor Thompson's Child Care Work Group to make recommendations on changes to the W-2 child care co-payment schedule, and is a past chair of the Department of Workforce Development Child Care Council.