John Bridgeland
John Bridgeland | |
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Director of the Domestic Policy Council | |
In office January 20, 2001 โ January 30, 2002 | |
President | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Bruce Reed |
Succeeded by | Margaret Spellings |
Personal details | |
Born | May 1, 1960 |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Maureen Fallon |
Education | Harvard University (BA) University of Virginia (JD) |
John M. Bridgeland (born May 1, 1960) is a former director of the United States Domestic Policy Council and USA Freedom Corps. He is president and CEO of the public policy firm Civic Enterprises, the co-founder and CEO of the COVID Collaborative and the vice-chair of the non-profit organization Malaria No More.
Bridgeland served as Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, Assistant to the President of the United States, and first director of the USA Freedom Corps after 9/11 under President George W. Bush, and a Member of the White House Council for Community Solutions under President Barack Obama.
Education and career
Bridgeland is a graduate of
Bridgeland worked in the White House from 2001 to 2003, first as deputy assistant to the president under
In 2004, he served as a teaching fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, where he offered a seminar on presidential decision making.[4] From 2012 to 2015, he served as the co-chair of the Leadership Council of the Franklin Project, a policy program of the Aspen Institute that sought to make a year of service a common opportunity and expectation for young Americans.[5]
In 2020, Bridgeland co-founded The Covid Collaborative, a bi-partisan organization which assembled a diverse and comprehensive team of leading experts in health, education, and the economy to shape the work of the American response to the COVID pandemic by developing consensus recommendations and engaging with state and local leaders across America on their implementation โ "ensuring that our efforts are truly from the nation, for the nation". Alongside a board consisting of an impressive group of American citizens, retired politicians and other public servants, Bridgeland currently serves as the organization's CEO.[
Bridgeland is also the long-serving president and CEO of Civic Enterprises, a
He currently serves as a board member on the Public Advisory Board at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College.[9]
Published works
He is the author of Heart of the Nation: Volunteering and America's Civic Spirit (Rowman & Littlefield, 2012).[10]
Personal life
He lives with his wife, Maureen, in McLean, Virginia. They have three children.[1] An accomplished tennis player in his youth, he enjoyed a successful amateur career and played on the varsity tennis team at Harvard College.
Notes and references
- ^ a b c d e John Bridgeland Biography.
- ^ Statement on John Bridgeland, White House.
- ^ Easton, Nina. "The Wings of an Idea", Washington Post, March 27, 2002.
- ^ Former Resident Fellows Archived 2008-03-17 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "The Aspen Institute's Franklin Project Announces 21st Century National Service Summit". PR Newswire. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ Malaria No More Board of Directors.
- ^ The President's Malaria Initiative.
- ^ America's Silent Epidemic.
- ^ "Saint Anselm College - Public Advisory Board". Archived from the original on 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2010-02-14.
- ISBN 9781442220621.
External links
- Civic Enterprises
- DROPOUT NATION, Time Magazine
- Appearances on C-SPAN