Britt Riley is the CEO and founder of Haven, the nation’s leading provider of integrated childcare, workspace, and fitness solutions designed to support the whole family. Inspired by the real challenges of navigating career and parenthood, Britt set out to build a better way, creating a new model of care that helps families thrive, not just survive.
Under Britt’s leadership, Haven has grown its impact across Rhode Island and expanded nationally through Haven Franchising. A recognized voice on the future of work, family life, and care innovation, Britt speaks on the systems that must evolve. She is an avid snowboarder, needlepoint aficionado, a proud wife, and a grateful mom of two girls, Harper and Zoe.
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Britt Riley, Founder & CEO, Haven
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Britt Riley came up with Haven at 3 a.m., nursing her infant and settling her toddler, asking herself where the village was. Two years later she opened the first club in Rhode Island: licensed childcare, workspace and fitness under one roof. Her cover story runs in the November 2026 issue, pages 6–15. Below is the actual spread, page for page, exactly as it appears in print.
You came up with the idea for Haven at 3 a.m., nursing your infant and settling your toddler, asking yourself where the village was. What were you really looking for in that moment, and why couldn’t you find it?
When I started thinking about having a family, this assumption that the village and childcare would fit naturally into the journey gave me what I know now was a false sense of security.
For the first two years of being a mom, the overwhelming feeling was that of being stretched super thin. It felt as though I wasn’t showing up the way I wanted to in my career, and also wasn’t able to show up as a mother.
So, to answer your question, Haven was born while looking for a solution to the unnecessary guilt and overwhelm I was feeling. And, perhaps most importantly, Haven was born while looking for the village of mothers who would say, ‘This is hard, but we have each other.’
The American childcare system is not a new problem. What did you see that made you believe the answer wasn’t more childcare, it was a completely different model?
Traditional childcare is centered around one solution, where parents are largely kept out of the equation. This means they are unable to build community in a natural way with fellow parents, and that can leave families feeling isolated during a time of life when community is essential.
Haven is childcare, workspace, and fitness under one roof, built around one idea we call familycare: care for the whole family.
However their morning routine unfolds, we want parents to feel the guilt melt away and their shoulders relax as they enter work mode; from there, they stay focused and present because they know their kids are thriving.
Read the full feature in the November 2026 issue.
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