Bridget Royster

Bridget Royster serves as the Assistant Secretary for the Florida Department of Children and Families Economic Self Sufficiency (ESS) Program where she oversees the state’s government assistance programs including SNAP (Food Assistance), TANF (Cash Assistance), and Medicaid. In this role, Royster works to ensure operational and programmatic compliance of the state’s government assistance programs through the use of innovation and technology. Royster’s extensive experience at DCF includes serving as the Staff Director for DCF’s Deputy Secretary, ESS Director of Strategic Programs and Innovation, Chief of Benefit Investigations in the Office of Public Benefits Integrity, and Deputy Director of Audits and Compliance.

Prior to joining DCF, Royster worked at the Florida Department of Commerce, Department of Management Services, Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, and Department of Education. With more than 20 years in state government experience, primarily working in the Office of the Inspector General in several state agencies, Royster has a passion for driving compliance and programmatic integrity, by incorporating programmatic controls to minimize risks while enhancing quality and operational efficiencies for the state’s program participants.