Lydia F. Mason

Lydia F. Mason

Chief Financial Officer

Stedman Wade Health Services, Inc.

Member of CCNC, Inc. Board

Ms. Mason is one of the longest tenured FQHC chief financial officers in North Carolina. In a challenging state FQHC financial environment, she will work with SWHS to remain a value resource in the communities it serves. Ms. Mason leads Stedman-Wade Health Services, Inc.’s Finance Department, and oversees all financial policy, financial monitoring and reporting processes including the preparation and monitoring budgets and all organizational grants and contracts. She manages Finance and Insurance. Ms. Mason reports directly to the CEO and Finance Committee of the SWHS Board.

During her 30 years at Piedmont, she successfully worked with Leadership through substantial growth. She was influential in the budget growth from $5 million in 1995 to $103 million in 2025.

Outside SWHS, Ms. Mason is former Board Treasurer of the NC Community Health Center Association (NCCHCA). She has also served as Board Treasurer for Neighborhood House of Hillsborough, for Empowerment Inc. and for CommunityWorx. She received the Triangle Business Journal’s 2016 CFO of the Year in the Large Nonprofit category for her work at PHS.

Ms. Mason became a CCNC Board of Manager in July 2024.