Bruce Scott Gordon served as President and Chief Executive Officer of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from June 2005 to March 2007. The majority of Mr. Gordon's career was spent at Verizon Communications Inc., where he served as President of Retail Markets in the company's Domestic Telecom unit until December 31, 2003.

Mr. Gordon began his career at the Bell Atlantic Corp in 1968, where he held several different positions until the company's merger with GTE to become Verizon. As the Head of Retail Markets, Mr. Gordon was responsible for Verizon Communications Inc.'s consumer and small-business sales and marketing units, Verizon Online and DSL sales and marketing, as well as corporate advertising and brand management. He has been a Director of Tyco International Ltd., of Topaz International Group SA since January 2003 and CBS Corporation since 2006. Mr. Gordon has also been a Director of CBS Radio, Unilever Bestfoods, Bartech Personnel Services, Southern Company Services Inc. and the Advertising Council Inc.

In 1998, Mr. Gordon was named Black Enterprise Executive of the year by Black Enterprise Magazine. In July 2002, Fortune magazine named Mr. Gordon to its "50 Most Powerful Black Executives" list and he was listed in Black Enterprise magazine as "1998 Executive of the Year." He received a B.A. from Gettysburg College in 1968, and an M.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Mr. Gordon serves as Trustee of Gettysburg College and of the Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation. He has also been a leader in many community and nonprofit organizations, including serving on the Boards of the Executive Leadership Council, Lincoln Center and as a Member of Consortium of Information and Telecommunications Executives. He serves as a Chairman of the National Eagle Leadership Institute.