Sally Gambrell Bridgford, M.S.W.
Chief Executive Officer
Sally Gambrell Bridgford, M.S.W.
Sally Gambrell Bridgford serves as the Chief Executive Officer of The Gambrell Foundation. She has quickly become a voice for innovative philanthropic work that looks to close gaps of inequity and build communities that allow individuals to thrive and contribute. While raising a large blended family, Sally has been actively charting a new course for The Gambrell Foundation: one that seeks collaboration, education behind issues and needs, and brings broad support for challenges in our community and beyond. She is a voracious reader and lifelong learner who challenges the philanthropic community to find measurable solutions and identify the next big need.
Prior to leading The Gambrell Foundation, Sally built a successful business, Yoga One, and consolidated her family’s investment and real estate businesses. A Charlotte native, she grew up in New York City. She studied at Duke University, holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Minnesota, and a Master’s in Social Work from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
On Sally’s Desk
Meditations for Mortals
Reflecting on ideas drawn from philosophy, religion, literature, psychology, and self-help, Burkeman explores practical tools and shifts in perspective. The result is a bracing challenge to much familiar advice, and a profound yet entertaining crash course in living more fully.
by Oliver Burkeman
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Moral Ambition
In Moral Ambition, internationally bestselling author Rutger Bregman reveals how our conventional definitions of success are harming us and the planet, and shows how we can shift the focus from personal gain to societal benefit. A guidebook to finding that path for ourselves, Moral Ambition reminds us that the real measure of success lies not in what we accumulate, but in what we contribute, and shows how we, too, can build a legacy that truly matters.
by Rutger Bregman
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Ours Was The Shining Future
The clear-eyed, definitive history of the modern American economy and the decline of the American Dream, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist behind The New York Times’s “The Morning” newsletter.
by David Leonhardt
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You’re Invited
Regardless of what we want to accomplish, from growing your business, creating a great company culture, championing a social cause, or affecting your habits, we can’t do it alone. The people around you define your success (whatever that means for you) and they have the potential to change the course of your life.
by Jon Levy
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How to Fall in Love with Questions
Journalist and applied behavioral scientist Elizabeth Weingarten charts a new path to embrace the questions of our lives instead of seeking fast, easy answers, inspired by cutting-edge research and age-old wisdom from the poet Rainer Maria Rilke.
by Elizabeth Weingarten
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