Bright Horizons CEO Lissy Named Among Top Ten Men in Work/Life.WATERTOWN, Mass. -- David Lissy, Chief Executive Officer of Bright Horizons Family Solutions Bright Horizons Family Solutions is a US-based child-care provider and one of the largest publicly held child-care corporations in the world. The result of a merger in 1998 between Massachusetts-based Bright Horizons (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :BFAM BFAM Brother from Another Mother BFAM Bioinformatics for the Analysis of Mammalian Genomes BFAM Budget Formulation & Appropriation Model ), the world's leading provider or employer-sponsored early care and education, was honored as one of the Top Ten Men in Work/Life by Work Life Matters magazine at its 3rd Annual Awards Gala in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Lissy, along with the nine other honorees, was recognized for his pioneering efforts in effecting work/life change both in his own organization and among employers across the country. He became a model for personal work/life balance when he took on the role of Chief Executive Officer at the same time he started his own young family, managing both with dedication and success. "Dave Lissy has been a model for the value of work/life balance and has personally demonstrated that a strong devotion to family and personal life success translates directly to success in the workplace. He has worked to ensure that this is true for every employee at Bright Horizons, as the company has repeatedly been recognized as one of the Best Places to Work, and under his leadership, he has helped hundreds of other employers across North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and Europe understand the value of work/life balance to their companies' bottom lines," said Bright Horizons President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. Mary Ann Tocio. Bright Horizons extended congratulations to all the honorees, including those representing Bright Horizons client companies, Philip Berry Philip John Berry is a first class cricketer who has played for both Yorkshire County Cricket Club and Durham County Cricket Club. In 26 first class matches he scored a total of 516 runs at 20.64 and took 39 wickets with his right arm off breaks at a cost of 45.02. of Colgate Palmolive, Peter Sayre of Prudential Financial, Adam Sorensen of Intel, and Chris Kjeldsen of Johnson & Johnson, who was honored in memoriam for his pioneering efforts in the work/life field. Bright Horizons Family Solutions Bright Horizons Family Solutions (www.brighthorizons.com) is the world leader in strategic work/life solutions, including employer-sponsored child care, early education and work/life consulting services, managing more than 600 early care and family centers in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada. Bright Horizons serves more than 600 clients, including more than 95 FORTUNE 500 companies and more than half of the "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers," as recognized by Working Mother magazine. Bright Horizons is one of FORTUNE magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For." |
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