About
Tamia N. Gordon, JD | MBA | MS
The Honorable Tamia N. Gordon is the Founder and Executive & Leadership Coach of Pinnacle Coaching LLC, where she partners with senior leaders to enhance clarity, performance, and strategic impact. As a Federal Executive, she served as Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the Loan Programs Office (LPO) at the Department of Energy (DOE), which provides loans and loan guarantees to help deploy innovative energy projects in fossil fuels, hydropower, solar, and advanced transportation systems. Also at DOE as a Federal Executive, Ms. Gordon was the Director (acting) and Principal Deputy Director for the Office of Economic Impact where she advised on the effects of energy infrastructure on communities. She provided assistance to small businesses and educational institutions in the energy sector, while driving STEM initiatives and economic development, particularly in the Gulf South. She was also a member of the Credit Review Board, voting on conditional commitments of energy-sector loans.
In her prior federal service, Ms. Gordon was Deputy Vice Chairman and a Veterans Law Judge, leading a team of nearly 400 Veterans Law Judges, attorneys, and professional administrative staff dedicated to resolving Veteran appeals. For the decade prior, Ms. Gordon was the Chief Deputy Clerk of Court for the United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana and was appointed to the Federal Administrative Law bench. She served as the Associate Chief Administrative Law Judge for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals, where she successfully stood up the New Orleans Field Office in a new jurisdiction. She likewise served as Hearing Office Chief Judge for the Social Security Administration. Ms. Gordon is currently an Adjunct Business Law Professor at Tulane University School of Business. She also taught Disability Law at Loyola University’s New Orleans College of Law.
Her career began in uniform as a U.S. Marine Corps Officer and Judge Advocate. She was hand-selected to serve as a liaison to a White House Commission; she advised Headquarters Marine Corps on matters related to the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT); and, she had a high-impact litigation career as a Marine Corps prosecutor. After transitioning to career civil service, she served as Associate Deputy General Counsel in the Department of Defense, where she represented DoD’s interests in Federal habeas corpus litigation related to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. She was subsequently selected to support the stand-up of the U.S. Army’s Warrior Transition Command.
CAREER CHRONOLOGY:
May 2025 – Present Founder and Executive Leadership Coach, Pinnacle Coaching LLC, Fairfax County, VA; https://www.pinnaclecoachingllc.com/
2025 – 2026 Chief Operating Officer [Senior Executive Service], Loan Programs Office, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC
2024 – 2025 Director (acting) and Principal Deputy Director [Senior Executive Service], Office of Economic Impact, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC
2021 – 2024 Deputy Vice Chairman [Senior Executive Service] and Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans’ Appeals, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC
2020 – 2021 Chief Deputy Clerk of Court [Court Unit Executive], Eastern District of Louisiana, United States District Court, New Orleans, LA
2018 – 2020 Associate Chief Administrative Law Judge, Office of Medicare Hearings & Appeals, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, New Orleans, LA
2010 – 2018 Hearing Office Chief Administrative Law Judge, Office of Hearings Operations, Social Security Administration, Fresno, CA; Miami, FL; Fort Lauderdale, FL; Fort Myers, FL; New Orleans, LA
EDUCATION:
Certified Leadership Coach, Georgetown University, Washington, DC [ICF-ACC Credentialed]
Juris Doctorate in Law (JD), University of San Francisco School of Law, San Francisco, CA
Master of Business Administration in Global Leadership (MBA), Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Master of Science in Inorganic Chemistry (MS), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry (BS), American University, Washington, DC
Associate of Arts in Arabic Studies and Linguistics (AA), Defense Language Institute, Monterey, CA