John M. Bridgeland (born May 1, 1960) is a former director of the United States Domestic Policy Council and USA Freedom Corps.

[1] Prior to working in the White House and the United States Congress, Bridgeland practiced law in the New York City and Paris offices of Davis Polk & Wardwell.

[2] In his work overseeing more than $1 billion in domestic and international service programs in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, former senator Harris Wofford described him as "one of the most impressive people I've seen in public life in recent times".

[4] From 2012 to 2015, he served as the co-chair of the Leadership Council of the Franklin Project, a policy program of the Aspen Institute that sought to make a year of service a common opportunity and expectation for young Americans.

[5] In 2020, Bridgeland co-founded The Covid Collaborative, a bi-partisan organization which assembled a diverse and comprehensive team of leading experts in health, education, and the economy to shape the work of the American response to the COVID pandemic by developing consensus recommendations and engaging with state and local leaders across America on their implementation – "ensuring that our efforts are truly from the nation, for the nation".