Bridgette McAdoo

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Bridgette McAdoo

Genesys
Company

Washington, DC
Location

Genesys Bridgette McAdoo, M.B.A is the Global Sustainability Officer for Genesys, a software company providing AI and cloud contact center solutions. She is the first person in the role, where she focuses on driving stakeholder engagement and education. She also leads the sustainable strategy development for the company.

McAdoo graduated from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering via Florida A&M University in industrial engineering (1999) and worked in the aerospace industry for several years. She later got her Master of Business Administration in 2010 from the Drucker School of Management.

Her diverse career path began as an engineer working for the NASA Space Shuttle and Mars Rover operations programs. She then went on to work as the Global Director for Sustainability for KFC, where she created a strategic framework for the brand, working with franchises on issues like hunger, food donation, green building and sustainable sourcing. McAdoo worked for a non-profit as a leading corporate strategist for the World Wildlife Fund. There she spearheaded several core partnerships and became a prominent voice on WWF’s diversity, equality, and inclusion efforts.

She lives in the Washington, DC area of Maryland.