Bright Horizons Elects David Gergen to Board of Directors.Business Editors/Education Writers WATERTOWN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 27, 2004 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 of employer-sponsored child care, early education, and work/life solutions, today announced that David Gergen has been elected to its Board of Directors. Gergen, an advisor to Presidents Reagan, Clinton, Ford and Nixon, currently serves as editor-at-large at U.S. News and World Report and is a professor of public service and the director of the Center for Public Leadership at the John F. Kennedy School of Government The John F. Kennedy School of Government, colloquially known as the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) or simply the Kennedy School, is a public policy school and one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. . He regularly serves as a political analyst on various news shows and frequently lectures at venues worldwide. In 2000, he published his book, Eyewitness to Power: The Essence of Leadership, Nixon to Clinton. "David Gergen will be an invaluable asset to the Bright Horizons Board of Directors. He established his career dedicated to making a difference in our nation and in the world, and we know he will bring that same commitment, energy and enthusiasm to Bright Horizons as we work to make a difference in the lives of the children, families and employers we serve worldwide," said Bright Horizons Chairman of the Board Linda Mason. "By providing young children with high-quality and dynamic learning environments in their earliest years, Bright Horizons is serving as an incubator for tomorrow's leaders. The impact on the families Bright Horizons serves will last a lifetime, and it's an honor to serve on the Board," Gergen said. Bright Horizons is the first corporate board on which Gergen has accepted a nomination to serve. He does serve on the Board of Directors of a number of civic and not-for-profit organizations, including American Assembly, Aspen Institute, City Year, Innovations in Government Program, National Council Against Teenage Pregnancy teenage pregnancy Adolescent pregnancy, teen pregnancy Social medicine Pregnancy by a ♀, age 13 to 19; TP is usually understood to occur in a ♀ who has not completed her core education–secondary school, has few or no marketable skills, is , Center for the Study of the Presidency The Center for the Study of the Presidency (CSP) is a non-profit, non-partisan policy and education organization located in Washington, D.C. The Center’s mission is to promote leadership in the Presidency and the Congress to generate innovative solutions to current national , the Partnership for Public Service, and the World Resources Institute Founded in 1982, the World Resources Institute (WRI) is an environmental think tank based in Washington, D.C. WRI is an independent, non-partisan and nonprofit organization with a staff of more than 100 scientists, economists, policy experts, business analysts, statistical . He was until recently on the board of Yale University. He has a dozen honorary degrees. Gergen and his wife, Anne, live in Cambridge Live in Cambridge is an official DVD/home-video released by Björk in November 2001. The live show was recorded at the end of the Homogenic tour on December 2, 1998. Track listing
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Bright Horizons Family Solutions (www.brighthorizons.com) is the world's leading provider of employer-sponsored child care, early education and work/life consulting services. The company manages more than 500 early care and education centers and provides care and early education for 60,000 children in the United States, Europe and Canada. Bright Horizons serves more than 400 clients, including more than 80 FORTUNE 500 companies and 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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