Jack GordonSenior Advisor

Jack is a senior advisor at CLA specializing in team effectiveness, talent management, leadership development, organizational assessment and change management.  He has led key organizational development functions at both the enterprise and business/function levels for a wide range of Fortune 500 organizations, primarily in financial services.

Prior to transitioning to consulting, Jack was a Senior Vice President at Citizens Bank, initially leading their firmwide organizational development and assessment practice during Citizens’ 2014 IPO before taking on a role leading OD for corporate functions including technology, risk management, finance, legal, and audit.  Before joining Citizens he led the talent management/leadership development practice at UBS for the Wealth Management Business and subsequently at the enterprise level.  Prior to that he worked for 10 years at JPMorgan Chase, leading HR integration committees during two mergers – JPMorgan/Chase and JPMC/Bank One.  In addition to the merger work at JPMC, he designed and facilitated numerous senior leadership team offsites focused on strategic alignment and team effectiveness in his role as head of talent management and leadership development for a large corporate banking division.  Through the earlier part of his career he also held various leadership roles at Prudential, Booz-Allen & Hamilton, MetLife, and Citigroup.

Jack has a Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the Ohio State University and a B.A. in Psychology from City College of New York.