After twenty five years of dedicated service to the hundreds & hundreds of men and woman in the greater Bridgeport area recovering from mental illness, our Executive Director, Victoria E. Furey is retiring at the end of 2011. The members and staff of Bridge House hope she will always remember how much she is dearly loved, respected and that her legacy will live on.

Ms. Furey became Executive Director of Bridge House Inc. in 1986, the year the non-profit organization was founded. Prior to working at Bridge House, Ms. Furey worked at the Southwest Regional Mental Health Board for seven years, first as a review specialist, then as the mental health planner and finally as its Executive Director.

Ms. Furey has dedicated many years of service within the mental health field. She received her Bachelor's degree from Monmouth University in 1972 and her Master's Degree in Clinical Psychology from Fairleigh –Dickinson University in 1974. She worked at Mt. Carmel Guild, a comprehensive community mental health center, first as an intern and then in the outpatient department founding the first after-care program for patients leaving State Hospitals. She served as coordinator of the emergency and crisis departments in addition to her other duties.

We sincerely thank Ms. Furey for her dedication, encouragement and constant care and she will surely be missed.