After graduation, Bridget was selected to be a Presidential Management Fellow (PMF) working in Washington, D.C. where she served as a program specialist with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, the agency responsible for federal programs that promote the economic and social well-being of families and children.

"I worked with the Family and Youth Services Bureau where my work directly addresses issues of runaway and homeless youth, family violence prevention, abstinence education, and mentoring children of prisoners. The Brown School has a good track record with the PMF program, which has given me the opportunity to impact the way community-based programs are developed, funded, and administered.

"My social work skills have helped me find common ground with people who share different political ideologies. These have been great skills to master."

Bridget is now a senior community services program specialist on the Assets for Independence program in the Office of Community Services. The Assets for Independence program is an individual development account program for low-income individuals and families that allows participants to use money they save to purchase a home, for business capitalization or for higher education.

Bridget is an active community volunteer through the Higher Achievement Program, Junior League of Washington and the Government Relations Committe of Zeta Tau Alpha and the Komen Global Race for the Cure. For her volunteer efforts, she was awarded the 2009 Amy Harris Robbins Community Service Award from Zeta Tau Alpha and invited to the home of Vice President Joe and Dr. Jill Biden for her efforts on the survivor's recognition program for the Global Race for the Cure.