Hi, I’m Bridget!

I am a lifelong Michigander. I was born in Detroit and grew up in Melvindale. My husband Mike and I have been married for 34 years and moved to Berkley with our two teenage children, Devon and Jordan, 15 years ago. While I have lived in other cities in Michigan, I am thrilled to live in Berkley.

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Community service is in the very fabric of my being and that service extends beyond the city of Berkley. I co-founded Knit Michigan, a 501(c)3 charitable non-profit dedicated to supporting cancer patients and their families by making, collecting, and donating chemo caps and lap blankets to cancer centers throughout Michigan. This includes the Rose Cancer Center at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak which has treated many Berkley residents. I feel blessed to be able to combine my talent, creativity, and business sense in order to bring some warmth, literally and figuratively, to people at one of the most difficult times of their lives.

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When I’m not attending community events and speaking with fellow residents and business owners I like to knit, cook (turkey chili is my specialty), entertain friends and family at my home, and meet friends for dinner. I also enjoy training Joy, 2 year old labrador. We walk all over Berkley together. I love living in a city where I can walk my dog to her vet.

I was appointed to Berkley City Council in 2018 and I absolutely love doing this work. In every situation I am presented with, I always ask myself, “What is best for the city of Berkley and its residents?” During my time as a Berkley City Council member I have learned so much about community, cooperation, and compromise and I use this knowledge in every decision I make for our city. I look forward to continuing to serve the City of Berkley.

My history of civic involvement

  • Current Berkley City Council Member (appointed March 2018)

  • Emergency Operations Plan Team Member

  • Liason to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board

  • Owner of Berkley’s knit shop "...have you any Wool?" (opened in 2004)

  • Member of the Greater Berkley Chamber of Commerce (since 2004)

  • Board Member of the Greater Berkley Chamber of Commerce (2005-2014)

  • Recipient of the Business Person of the Year Award in 2007

  • Vice Chair of the Berkley Downtown Development Authority (2016-2018)

  • Member of the BDDA’s Robina Project subcommittee

  • Board Member of the Berkley Downtown Development Authority

  • Design Guidelines Committee of the Berkley Downtown Development Authority

  • Wayfinding Committee of the Berkley Downtown Development Authority

  • Public Art Committee of the Berkley Downtown Development Authority