Our Keynote Speaker, Captain Jon Bridge

Jon is retired as a Captain in the Judge Advocate Generals Corps, U.S. Navy Reserve. He has received a Navy Commendation Medal for developing a prototype claims processing system; Joint Service Commendation Medal for serving on the Presidential Clemency Board; Combat Action Ribbon and Vietnam Service Medal. He received a nomination for Federal Bar Association’s Young Federal Lawyer Award for active duty work at NSC Puget Sound at Bremerton. He is also a life member of Naval Reserve Association, as well and the Reserve Officers’ Association teaches military law at the NROTC Unit at the University of Washington and serves as Chair of the Navy’s Recruiting District Assistance Counsel.

Jon is the Co-CEO for Ben Bridge Jeweler, Inc. and a member of the Washington State Bar Association, and Chair of the Bar’s Section on Legal Assistance to Military Personnel. He is also immediate past chair of the Alliance for Education and is on numerous community and business related boards including the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce, Center for Career Alternatives and the Association of Washington Business, Jon is married to Bobbe Bridge, a retired Justice of the Washington State Supreme Court who is currently the President and CEO of the Center for Children and Youth Justice. They have two adult children, Don (married to Sarah) and Rebecca, and two granddaughters, Chloé and Emma.

We are honored to have Jon Bridge as our keynote speaker this Veterans Day.