Gally Adds to Board

There are two new members of the Gallaudet University board of trustees. James Payne and Claudia Gordon have joined the board of the Washington, DC school. Payne is a senior vice president and general manager national security and cyber infrastructure at Telcordia Technologies. Payne has served on Gallaudet’s Board of Associates since 1996 and was named its chair in 2009. Gordon is special assistant to the director of the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. Early in her career, she served as a staff attorney for the National Association of the Deaf. Gordon has served as a lecturer in Gallaudet’s Department of Social Work. Gallaudet's board includes 3 members of Congress and 18 non-public members.