Linda A Mason

Who is Linda A Mason?

Linda Mason is chairman and co-founder of Bright Horizons Family Solutions, a global provider of employer-sponsored child care, emergency back-up care for children and adults/elders, educational advising, and global work/life consulting.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions operates more than 750 child development centers for 850 employers in 40 states, Europe, and India. Bright Horizons also operates eight elementary schools, private and charter. The company employs 20,000 people in six countries and serves more than 80,000 families.

Mason was one of five corporate recipients of the Ron Brown Award for Corporate Leadership presented by President Bill Clinton. She was the 1996 recipient of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, one of Business Week's 1997 "Best Entrepreneurs. Bright Horizons was selected by FORTUNE magazine in January 2014 for the 15th time as one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For in America.” Bright Horizons is partnering with First Lady Michelle Obama on her national “Let's Move!” child anti-obesity campaign.

Mason is the author of The Working Mother’s Guide to Life, published in November 2002 by Random House.