Prior to joining Atra, Brigid spent 9 years at Temple Israel of Boston, where she implemented the strategic vision of the synagogue through creative and responsive program design. In close collaboration with clergy and local partners, she developed and grew new initiatives addressing the spiritual, educational, and social needs of the Greater Boston Jewish community. Brigid is originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma and earned her BA in Applied Anthropology from Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas. She served in AmeriCorps for two years at an intergenerational literacy nonprofit in Boston, MA before earning her MTS from Harvard Divinity School and Certificate in Religious Studies and Education, cosponsored by Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Brigid and her partner Tyler live in Brooklyn, NY and spend their free time seeing live music and spoiling their two cats.