 Senator) Rob Portman.Bridgeland worked in the White House from 2001 to 2003, first as Deputy Assistant to the President under George W. Bush and Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, then as Assistant to the President and Director of the USA Freedom Corps.In his work overseeing more than $1 billion in domestic and international service programs in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, former Senator Harris Wofford described him as "one of the most impressive people I've seen in public life in recent times".