Brainiac Tutoring Leadership Team
Brainiac Tutoring has a large staff of tutors across grades levels and topics. Once we match you with our tutors, we will send their profiles and contact information. Below are the members of our leadership team.
Colleen Amos, President and Owner
Colleen worked as a tutor at Brainiac Tutoring for several years before taking over as the chief executive officer and owner of the company in July 2025. She earned a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Notre Dame and an M.S. in Secondary Education from Johns Hopkins University. After teaching high school math in Shelby County Schools for six years, she then served as an Instructional Coach for her school’s math teachers.
Colleen Amos
B.A. Psychology
M.S. Secondary Education
Helen Toldi, Student Services Director
Helen holds a B. S. in Education with teaching licensure in Special Education and a Master’s Degree in Elementary Education with Elementary Licensure. She taught special education for the Memphis City Schools for seven years. Prior to coming to Brainiac, Helen worked for 16 years for a privately-held company as a one-to-one educational counselor and tutor for students ranging from third grade through high school. Subjects she taught or tutored include reading, mathematics, language arts, literature, history, and finance. In her position, she also coordinated curriculum for students at the intermediate grade level, and coordinated multiple field trips and in house activities for staff and students. She schooled her two children at home in all middle and high school subjects. She enjoys working with students master difficult concepts and become independent learners. Helen joined the Brainiac Tutoring team in 2008 and we often receive calls from new clients who ask for her by name. In 2013, Helen began splitting her time between tutoring our students and serving on our Leadership Team.
Helen Toldi
M.A. Elementary Education
Lynne Marie Becker, Founder and Past President
Lynne Marie holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Christian Brothers University and a master's degree in mathematics from Saint Louis University. Prior to founding the company in 2007, she worked in a variety of roles that have given her real-life experiences to draw upon as a tutor. She managed technical personnel in food processing plants; designed measurement tools and analyzed data both in industry and for municipal governments; taught at the high school and college levels; and wrote and edited educational programs. Just prior to launching Brainiac Tutoring, she was on the team at Best Quest Teaching Systems, where she wore several hats in production, research, and sales. She is most proud of her final role there as Senior Editor of the award-winning algebra curriculum, Algebra'scool. Lynne Marie was the owner and president of Brainiac Tutoring from 2007 until mid-2025, when she transitioned leadership of the company to a new owner so that she could spend more time directly tutoring students, directing a local non-profit, and enjoying family adventures.
Lynne Marie Becker
B.S. Electrical Engineering
M.A. Mathematics
Leigh C. Becker, Professor of Mathematics
Leigh C. Becker, Ph.D., is an Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Christian Brothers University. Over his 34 year tenure, he taught a variety of courses ranging from first-year business and liberal arts math courses to Pre-calculus and the Calculus sequence, Real and Complex Variables, Probability, Special Topics, and Senior Seminar. He has also taught at a high school in Illinois for one year and at a gymnasium (high school) in the German school system for two years. His favorite class was Differential Equations, an area in which he specializes. The Differential Equations textbook used at CBU for many years was authored by Dr. Becker. While at CBU, he was awarded three sabbaticals and several grants. He was honored in 2001-02 and again in 2012-13 with the Dr. Marguerite Cooper Distinguished Professor Award for Excellence in Teaching in Sciences and Mathematics. In addition to tutoring, teaching as an adjunct professor on occasion at CBU and Rhodes College, and updating his textbook, he continues to publish his research in several international journals of mathematics. Dr. Becker holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in physics from the Illinois Institute of Technology and the University of Illinois and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mathematics from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
