Gordon is currently President of the Local Government Leadership (LGL) Institute. Gordon has over 27 years of senior management, educator and consultancy roles in the public sector. He provides organizational development, strategic facilitation and leadership training services. He has conducted 500 workshops involving 20,000 elected and appointed officials on topics such as strategic planning, effective governance, service capacity, leadership development, team building and corporate relations.

Gordon received the Professional Award of Excellence and served as the Local Government Management Association President. His managerial positions cover the corporate, community development and human service functions of local government. As the Islands Trust Executive Director, he worked with a 26 member Council serving the 470 Gulf Islands in the Georgia Basin.

His current part-time Doctoral program at the University of Victoria focuses on leadership competencies. His graduate and advanced

studies were in public administration and local government. Current faculty roles include the Universities of Alberta, Victoria and Royal Roads.

He was raised in Ottawa where he received athletic awards for his water polo pursuits. Gordon enjoys cycling and time with his wife Diane at their cottage on Saturna Island.

The Local Government Leadership (LGL) Institute is dedicated to "helping civic officials make a leadership difference in local government throughout Canada and overseas".