Brigitte Winter has more than fifteen years of experience in nonprofit leadership, arts administration, financial management, fundraising, and strategic communications in the DC region. She is also a writer, a photographer, and a co-founder of Scryptid Games, a small press publishing story games for people who love books. The capacity of storytelling to connect, disrupt, inspire, and incite is central to Brigitte’s art and her activism.
Brigitte holds a BFA in Theatre from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), summa cum laude, a Certificate in Nonprofit Management from Georgetown University, and a Masters in Public Relations and Corporate Communications from Georgetown University, where she continued to work as an Adjunct Instructor through 2017.
She is the proud recipient of the 2022 EXCEL (Excellence in Executive Leadership) Award from the Center for Nonprofit Advancement, the 2013 Outstanding Alumni of the Year Award from the UMBC Alumni Association, the 2013 Outstanding Student Award from Georgetown University, and the 2012 Georgetown Social Impact Award for her commitment to creating positive social change as a communicator.