m u lt i - u n i t FR A NCH I S I N G fe at u r e
focus: Lightbridge Academy
Multi-Unit Owners Charles and Eilleen Johnson
expand Lightbridge Academy throughout Nashville
Eileen Johnson, a Phillipina native and Nashville mother, spent the majority of her career in information technology - working as a software engineer and consultant, before managing a software engineering technology company prior to becoming a stay-at-home mom for her young children. While speaking with her husband Charles and his colleagues about the lack of early childhood education and preschools in the Nashville area, they jokingly mentioned they should open a location of their own, and now the husband-and-wife duo are introducing the Nashville market to at least five Lightbridge Academy locations, with the first two to open in Gallatin and Hendersonville. These locations are not only the first in the greater Nashville market but in the state of Tennessee, a huge milestone for the NJ-based brand. Founded in 1997, Lightbridge Academy is an early education and child care franchise
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