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Linda Mason is an American charity executive and is the chairwoman and co-founder of (Bright Horizons Family Solutions ),〔(Bright Horizons Management Team )〕 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.〔(William J. Clinton - Remarks on Presenting the Ron Brown Award for Corporate Leadership - February 11, 1998 )〕 She was the 1996 recipient of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award,〔(Ernst & Young - Past National Award Winners )〕 one of Business Week's 1997 "Best Entrepreneurs.〔(Business Week - Cover Story - The Best Entrepreneurs - 1/12/1997 )〕 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 ).”〔(FORTUNE magazine "100 Best Companies to Work For in America" 2012 )〕 Bright Horizons is partnering with First Lady Michelle Obama on her national “Let's Move!” child anti-obesity campaign.〔(Michelle Obama speech 6/8/2011 )〕 Mason is the author of (The Working Mother’s Guide to Life ),〔(Mason, L.A. (2002). The Working Mother's Guide to Life. Random House )〕 published in November 2002 by Random House. She has written and spoken in such venues as NPR,〔(NPR: Linda Mason, Co-Founder Of Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Dec. 8, 2010 )〕 the MIT Sloan School of Management Leadership Series,〔(MIT Sloan School of Management - Leadership Series - Composing a Career and a Life - Linda Mason )〕 and the Harvard Business Review,〔(Harvard Business Review - The Best Advice I Ever Got - Linda Mason - September 2008 )〕 on early education and the issues of corporate work/life policies and challenges, including participating on White House work/life panels and initiatives during the Clinton administration. Mason also co-founded (Horizons for Homeless Children ),〔(Horizons for Homeless Children Board of Directors )〕 a Boston-based organization that serves the needs of homeless children throughout New England. ==International== Mason is Chair〔(Mercy Corps Staff )〕 of Mercy Corps, a $300 million international relief and development agency headquartered in the U.S.〔(Mery Corps Charity Navigator Listing )〕 In her capacity as Chair, Mason has traveled frequently to regions such as the Middle East, Africa, and Southeast Asia.〔(Boston Globe: Mercy Corps' Linda Mason Brings Hope in Wake of Disaster (07/14/2012) )〕 Mason served as Co-Country Director of Save the Children's emergency program in Sudan during the African famine of 1984-85, creating a national program that served 400,000 Sudanese famine victims.〔(Business Week - How Bright Horizons Takes Care of Kids — and Business - 12/8/98 )〕 Mason also directed a large feeding program for malnourished children in Cambodian refugee camps along the Thai border after the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia of 1979. She co-authored the book, Rice, Rivalry, and Politics〔(Mason, L.A. Rice, Rivalry and Politics (1983) University of Notre Dame Press )〕 (University of Notre Dame Press, 1983), which looked at the politics and the challenges of the Cambodian relief operation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Linda A. Mason」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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