Bridget Markwood is currently the CEO of Leader N U, LLC, a consulting agency specializing in leadership and communication development for youth, young adults and professionals as well as training for educators in active learning, brain-based instruction, and teaching Power Skills (aka soft skills). Bridget has developed and led workshops and conferences for over 22 years for private industry, as well as non-profit organizations, to help employees develop power skills in the workplace.
She has been the director of the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (Camp RYLA) in Oklahoma D5750 for the same amount of years and has worked on the program committee to help develop the curriculum for the RYLA program in South Texas, D5930. In response to the pandemic, in 2020 she led the RYLA alumni in the creation of eRYLA, a transformative, fully synchronous leadership retreat for high school students.
Bridget earned her BA in Communication from the University of Central Oklahoma and her MA in Communication Consultancy from Oklahoma State University. She is the author of Rock Ur World: A Life and Leadership Handbook for College-Bound Students and currently serves as the First Lady of Columbus State University.
