John M. Bridgeland (born May 1, 1960) is a former director of the

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and

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. He is president and CEO of the

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firm Civic Enterprises, the co-founder and CEO of the COVID Collaborative and the vice-chair of the non-profit organization

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Education and career

Bridgeland is a graduate of

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and the University of Virginia School of Law. Prior to working in the

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and the

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, Bridgeland practiced law in the

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offices of

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. He also worked as chief of staff and special counsel to then-U.S. Congressman (now U.S. Senator) Rob Portman. Bridgeland worked in the White House from 2001 to 2003, first as deputy assistant to the president under

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and director of the White House

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, then as assistant to the president and director of the

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described him as "one of the most impressive people I've seen in public life in recent times". In Fall 2004, he served as a teaching fellow at Harvard's

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, where he offered a seminar on presidential decision making. From 2012 to 2015, he served as the co-chair of the Leadership Council of the

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, a policy program of the Aspen Institute that sought to make a year of service a common opportunity and expectation for young Americans. In 2020, Bridgeland co-founded The Covid Collaborative (https://www.covidcollaborative.us/the-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 – "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

firm in

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and vice-Chair of

, a

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launched at the White House Summit on

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which aims to end malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. He has also conducted research on America's "Silent Epidemic" of high school drop-out. His report prompted the TIME cover story ''Dropout Nation,'' and two Oprah Winfrey shows on the topic. Bridgeland also led the National Summit on America's Silent Epidemic with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the National Governors Association, TIME Magazine and MTV. He currently serves as a board member on the Public Advisory Board at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College.

Published works

He is the author of ''Heart of the Nation: Volunteering and America's Civic Spirit '' (Rowman & Littlefield, 2012).

Personal life

He lives with his wife, Maureen, in

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. They have three children. 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

External links

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