Sandra Gordon serves as Chief Counsel, where she protects the College’s legal interests, ensures regulatory compliance, and provides counsel on a wide range of issues, including but not limited to higher education law, contracts, conflicts of interest, collective bargaining interpretation and implementation, labor relations, human resources management, and student affairs.

As the Labor Designee, Sandra handles all labor relations activities on campus. She is also the College’s ethics officer, conflicts officer, and records access officer.

Sandra brings over 25 years of legal experience in the public and non-profit sectors, including within higher education. Before assuming her current position, Sandra was responsible for implementation and compliance with workplace policies, advising on college governance and university bylaws, student discipline issues, immigration, as well as serving as the Labor Designee in her cabinet role as the College’s chief human resources officer for 13 years. Earlier in her career, she specialized in labor and employment law, human resources management, and contract law where she held a succession of senior roles.

Sandra earned her Juris Doctor from Fordham University School of Law, and is a graduate of CUNY - Baruch College where she received her BBA in Management.