Hannah Gordon is entering her ninth season with the 49ers and second as chief administrative officer and general counsel.

In her role, Gordon oversees Legal, Public Affairs and Strategic Communications, Risk Management, Community Relations, the 49ers Foundation, including its award-winning direct programs, 49ers EDU which excites youth about STEAM through football and 49ers PREP which connects with football, health, and wellness with young people at all levels younger than the professional level, Fan Engagement, and the 49ers Museum. Gordon advises on all legal issues involving both the football team and Levi’s Stadium. She is also the Secretary of the Bay Area Host Committee and has been involved with events such as Super Bowl 50, WrestleMania 31, Beyoncé’s Formation World Tour, the Copa America Centenario, and the 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship. Gordon is active in league-wide matters, has served on multiple intra-league working groups, and hears appeals as a member of the panel that administers the NFL Player Tuition Assistance Plan and the NFL Severance Pay Plan.

Hannah Gordon is entering her ninth season with the 49ers and second as chief administrative officer and general counsel.

In her role, Gordon oversees Legal, Public Affairs and Strategic Communications, Risk Management, Community Relations, the 49ers Foundation, including its award-winning direct programs, 49ers EDU which excites youth about STEAM through football and 49ers PREP which connects with football, health, and wellness with young people at all levels younger than the professional level, Fan Engagement, and the 49ers Museum. Gordon advises on all legal issues involving both the football team and Levi’s Stadium. She is also the Secretary of the Bay Area Host Committee and has been involved with events such as Super Bowl 50, WrestleMania 31, Beyoncé’s Formation World Tour, the Copa America Centenario, and the 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship. Gordon is active in league-wide matters, has served on multiple intra-league working groups, and hears appeals as a member of the panel that administers the NFL Player Tuition Assistance Plan and the NFL Severance Pay Plan.   

Gordon joined the 49ers in 2011 as director of legal affairs, a role she held for four seasons, before becoming the vice president of legal and government affairs in 2015, then general counsel from 2016-17. Gordon came to the 49ers from the NFL Management Council where she worked on NFL player contracts, salary cap compliance, the 2011 NFL collective bargaining agreement, and labor issues, including the 2011 lockout. Prior to the NFL, Gordon practiced at Latham & Watkins LLP.

In 2019, Gordon was named to the Silicon Valley Business Journal’s 100 Women of Influence. In 2017, she received the Silicon Valley Business Journal and San Francisco Business Times’ Corporate Counsel Diversity Champion of the Year award for the work she did along with 49ers ownership on restructuring the 49ers Denise DeBartolo York Fellowship and implementing a diverse-slate interviewing policy, making the 49ers the first team in the NFL to commit to interviewing at least one woman and at least one person of color for every business opening. In 2015, Gordon was named to the Legal 500’s GC Powerlist – U.S. Rising Stars. Gordon also serves on the Advisory Board of San Jose State’s Institute for the Study of Sport, Society, and Social Change and the Silicon Valley Leadership Group Foundation Board.

Gordon holds a B.A. from UCLA and a J.D. from Stanford, where she has served as a Lecturer In Law.