Bridget Gardiner

Bridge Gardiner began her career as a singer/songwriter but quickly found that her passion was on the other side of the glass. After obtaining a degree in accounting and a degree business, she worked as a recording studio manager for 9 years before moving to LA. While in Phoenix, Bridge managed artists, producers and engineers, along with a couple small dance and techno start-up labels. She also managed over 1000’s of events and created a relationship with recording schools in order to offer an extensive internship program. 

Bridge became the Campus President of SAE LA in 2011 and in 2015 was promoted and moved to Northern CA when SAE bought Ex’pressions college. Bridge was able to foster the growth of both schools through not only accurate budgeting and forecasting of revenue models, but by building a bridge to the actual audio community. In 2014, Bridge became the VP of industry relations for LA Women in Music and served for 2 terms and from 2017-2021 she was the Director of Entertainment for Savannah Pride. In 2014, Bridge Co-founded ArtistMax.org, an Artist Development and production company with her partner, Ken Caillat. 

She is currently the CEO and founder of Creative Bridge Consulting, a global networking and business development company that focuses on project management and marketing in the creative and tech industries. Since Covid, she has worked with multiple audio companies and music schools regarding online education planning and management. 

 In 2024, bridge launched the Creative Bridge Community.