Eric Gordon

Eric Gordon is the CEO of the Positive Education Program (PEP) in Cleveland, Ohio. Previously he was Senior Vice-President of Student Development and Education Pipeline at Cuyahoga Community College. 

Eric served as the Chief Executive officer of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) from July 2011 through June 2023.  Eric was responsible for the leadership and daily management of Cleveland’s 35,600 student school district. During his tenure CMSD saw dramatic improvement in academic performance, including a 29-percentage point gain in graduation rates to a record 80.9%. 

Among his many awards, CEO Gordon received the Green-Garner Award of the Council of the Great City Schools in 2016, distinguishing him as the top Urban Educator of the Year, the highest national honor for an urban school superintendent. Mr. Gordon’s active engagement in the Cleveland has been noted with numerous community awards including the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation’s Outstanding Ohio Superintendent Performance Award, In 2023 he received the Mary Utne O’Brien Social Emotional Learning Leader Lifetime Achievement Award from the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL).