Bridget MacIntosh (she/her)
POLICY ADVISOR
An award-winning Cultural Strategist and Creative Producer, Bridget has held senior municipal management positions across the Greater Toronto Hamilton Area (GTHA) with dynamic portfolios spanning arts, cultural policy, grants, public art, placemaking, and festival producing ranging from small-scale activations to production of major cultural events such as Nuit Blanche Toronto.
Bridget has continued to build on her foundational work in the performing arts and cultural public service sectors and is recognized as a respected arts leader, consultant, knowledgeable advisor and trusted strategic voice. She collaborates cross-sectorally with arts organizations, academia, design studios and municipalities across Canada and internationally – engaging, questioning, facilitating, collaborating and designing programs and new ways of thinking to build resilient cities, communities, networks and cultural organizations to navigate unprecedented change.
She has been named a Top 40 Under 40 Hamilton Business Leader and was the only Canadian selected as a 2018 NextCity Vanguard Fellow.