Claudia L. Gordon is a dedicated advocate for people with disabilities, leveraging over 30 years of versatile professional expertise and a personal mission to ensure equitable opportunities for all. She currently serves as the Senior Accessibility Strategist with T-Mobile US, Inc., driving strategies for a disability-inclusive culture and an accessible, equitable work environment.
Gordon has held senior leadership positions with Sprint Corporation, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the National Council on Disability, and the National Association of the Deaf Law and Advocacy Center. During the Obama-Biden Administration, she served as Chief of Staff for the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs and Associate Director of Public Engagement for the White House Office of Public Engagement. As a Biden administration appointee, she also served on the National Council on Disability, notably as Chair.
Claudia Gordon volunteers her time and expertise on numerous boards and advisory groups, including the Washington, DC American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU-DC) Affiliate Board, where she is also their representative to the National ACLU Board. Her lived experience as an immigrant at the intersections of race, disability, and gender informs her work, with a strong emphasis on disabled individuals with multiple marginalised identities.
Recognised for her unrelenting commitment to advocacy, compliance, civic engagement, and mentoring, Gordon has received accolades from the American Association of People with Disabilities, Google, AT&T Humanity of Connection, National Disability Mentoring Coalition, National Association of the Deaf, National Black Deaf Advocates, and The Root 100. A native of Jamaica, she is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and a graduate of Howard University and American University’s Washington College of Law.