Ashley Bridwell

, LMSW is the coordinator and co-founder of the nation’s first program to address traumatic brain injury in the domestic violence population at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ. The program was featured on The Today Show and National Public Radio as in the summer of 2018. Ashley has dedicated her career as a social worker to address and bring awareness to traumatic brain injury in vulnerable populations through community and direct clinical care. Since finishing her masters at ASU in 2004 she has worked for Barrow Neurological Institute and served on various boards and city commissions to advocate for people with disabilities. Ashley has taught at ASU School of Social Work and is the subject matter expert for TBI in vulnerable populations at ASU’s Center for Applied Behavioral Health Policy. Since 2013 Ashley has provided education as a certified peace officer trainer to the City of Phoenix Police Department on cognitive disabilities. Ashley’s work was published in the Journal of Neuro Trauma in the spring of 2016 and the NASW Health Section in the summer of 2017. Ashley was proud to be named as one of the Phoenix Business Journals Top 40 Under 40 in 2017 and the YWCA Advocacy Leadership Award in the Winter of 2016. She dedicates her spare time to local politics. (9/2018)