La Rita Mason, M.S., CCC-SP, speech-language pathologist, has been teaching people to talk better in business, educational and medical settings since 1972. She holds a B.S. with Honors from Phillips University and a M.S. from Vanderbilt University. She is Certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and is Licensed in the states of Texas and Arizona.

Ms. Mason was listed in the 1969 Edition of Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities, the 1980-81 and 1982-83 Editions of Who's Who in the South and Southwest, and the 1987-88 Edition of Women's Who's Who in Amarillo Business. She was a member of the 1987-88 Leadership Amarillo Class, was named a Wilkerson Winner by the Bill Wilkerson Center in cooperation with the Vanderbilt University Division of Hearing and Speech Sciences in the Summer, 1992, was granted the Honors of the American Academy of Private Practice in Speech Pathology and Audiology in 1997 and was listed in the 2000, 7th Edition of International Who's Who of Professional and Business Women.