Board member

Bridgette Brew

Seasoned mentor and consultant with a proven track record of scaling social and commercial enterprises across retail, food, and tourism through transformative leadership, strategic networking, and innovation. Skilled in strategic design thinking and facilitating multidisciplinary approaches to sustainable problem-solving. Passionate about purpose-driven work and community building, with a consistent focus on cultivating excellence and collaboration.
Bridgette Brew

Seasoned business development and project management strategist with a proven track record in scaling operations, enhancing governance, and embedding sustainability into client strategies. Extensive experience in stakeholder engagement across public, private, and community sectors, including national and international agencies, cultural organizations, SMEs and non profit, social enterprise sector.

Background

Bridgette's career spans retail, food, tourism and consulting, including leading tourism for Galway 2020, European Capital of Culture. She holds a Master's in Design Thinking and runs her own sustainable strategy practice, applying design thinking through a sustainability lens. She is also a board member of the Community Wetlands Forum.

Approach & philosophy

Passionate about aligning strategies with purpose, building high-performance teams, and fostering collaborative ecosystems that drive long-term positive impact. Skilled in developing sustainable business models, digital transformation, and delivering innovative human centric experiences and solutions that educate and elevate brand reputation.

Recognition

Recognised for leading tourism for Galway 2020, European Capital of Culture, for board service with the Community Wetlands Forum, and for bringing design thinking and a sustainability lens to strategy across retail, food, tourism and consulting.
At a glance
Based in
Co. Galway
Role
Board member
Education
MSc Design Thinking for Sustainability, UCD Innovation Academy
specialisms
Design thinking, sustainability strategy, brand and experience design, team building
previous roles
Head of Tourism, Galway 2020 (European Capital of Culture); Business Development Lead, Accelerating Change Together; founder of own sustainable-strategy practice; board member, Community Wetlands Forum
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Areas of focus

Shared Learning
Creating collaborative spaces where people and organisations learn from and with each other.
Growth Mindset
Encouraging curiosity and openness as the starting point for innovation and positive change.
Reflection
Building in time to pause and reflect, turning experience into insight and better decisions.

Upcoming events

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06 Mar 2027
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Grow More of Your Own Food: The 9-Month Homesteader Course

Grow more of your own food with our 9-month Homesteader Course. Gain practical skills, confidence and support to live more self-sufficiently Would you love to grow, make, and produce more of your own food, and become more self-sufficient? This nine-month course at Síolta Chroí will give you the knowledge, practical skills, and confidence to get […]

Facilitator:
Joanne Fullerton
04 Nov 2026
06
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Webinar on Farm-Scale Seed Saving and Seed Sovereignty

To deepen the awareness across farms in Ireland of the skills and rationale behind seed saving and seed sovereignty. We are hosting this webinar on Farm Scale Seed Saving to deepen the awareness across farms in Ireland of the skills and rationale behind why seed saving at-scale is important within the bigger conversation on seed […]

Facilitator:
Joanne Fullerton
04 Feb 2027
06
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An Introduction to Regenerative agriculture /Agroecology - Tyrone

What if farming could work better for farmers and the land? Our hope is simple: That farmers can make a fair living from farming, while leaving their farms in a better condition for the next generation than when they inherited them. Síolta Chroí are delighted to invite farmers from Tyrone and the surrounding areas to […]

Facilitator:
Joanne Fullerton
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