Katherine britain bradley biography

Katherine Brittain Bradley ’86
Washington, D.C.

At-Large Candidate

Katherine Brittain Bradley ’86 is founder and president of CityBridge Foundation, a D.C.- based philanthropic organization dedicated to solving domestic and international problems in health and education.

“I arrived at Princeton in the fall of 1982 determined to study art history, learn fluent Italian, and spend a semester abroad,” says Bradley. “But in the fall of my sophomore year, during Professor Ken Oye’s International Relations class, something ‘clicked on’ in my mind, like a key opening a lock.

I re-vectored toward the Woodrow Wilson School and found a natural home—and a place of intellectual challenge—in the world of policy and problem-solving.”

At Princeton, Bradley earned an AB from the Woodrow Wilson School and a Certificate in Theater & Dance, and many on campus knew her as the lead teacher for Wilson College's popular afternoo