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About President Roger H. Brown and Linda Mason

	President Roger H. Brown and Linda Mason
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Roger H. Brown assumed the presidency of Berklee College of Music on June 1, 2004. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Davidson College with a degree in physics, and a graduate of the Yale School of Management. Although best known as an entrepreneur and philanthropist, he is a lifelong music enthusiast and a drummer by avocation. Brown has produced and performed on several CDs of children's music, was the drummer on a number of commercial jingles, and continues to perform live on occasion.

Brown cofounded Bright Horizons Family Solutions in 1986 with his wife, Linda Mason, and served as chief executive officer until January 2002. Prior to 1986, he was codirector of the Save the Children relief and development effort in Sudan, and he worked on the border of Thailand with Cambodian refugees for CARE and UNICEF, both with Mason. Brown and Mason coauthored the book Rice, Rivalry, and Politics, which examines the management of emergency relief efforts. In addition, Brown served as a management consultant for Bain and Company, a global management-consulting firm.

Brown was one of the founders of the Bright Horizons Foundation for Children, which aids nonprofit agencies that work with at-risk children in communities where Bright Horizons employees live and work. He also cofounded the Horizons for Homeless Children, which serves the needs of homeless children throughout the Boston area.

In recognition of his advocacy for better early childhood education, Brown was the recipient of the 1999 Caring Corporation Award from the Child Care Action Campaign. He was honored in 1997 by Working Mother magazine as one of the 25 Friends of the Family, a title bestowed upon men who have made it easier for working parents to raise and nurture children. He was also named National Entrepreneur of the Year in 1996 by Ernst and Young/USA Today, and Best Entrepreneur by BusinessWeek magazine in 1997.

Brown is an active board member of Horizons for Homeless Children, Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Boston After School and Beyond, Stonyfield Farms, Wheaton College, and Sonicbids.

Linda Mason is cochair of the board for Bright Horizons Family Solutions. She cofounded Bright Horizons in 1986 and served as president until 1998. Mason was one of the founders of the Bright Horizons Foundation for Children, and a cofounder of Horizons for Homeless Children.

Mason has worked as a business consultant for Booz, Allen, and Hamilton in New York and Paris. She is a graduate of the Yale School of Management, Cornell University, and the Sorbonne University in Paris, France. Mason serves on the boards of Horizons for Homeless Children and Whole Foods Market, Inc., and on the Yale School of Management Advisory Board. She was recently made a trustee of Yale University.

Mason is the author of The Working Mother's Guide to Life, released in November 2002 by Random House, and serves as the parenting expert for Fox 25 Morning News in Boston.