Adele Gordon  a graduate of Boston University  began her career as a Speech and Hearing therapist in the Stratford, CT School System and worked for many years in non-profit agencies, such as the Kennedy Center and the Rehabilitation Center in Bridgeport and ARI in Stamford

A long standing advocate for public education, Adele served on the Stamford Board of Education for ten years, two years as its president;  and also as president of the Connecticut Association of Boards Of Education

She  is a founding member of The Connecticut Association of Children With Learning Disabilities (CACLD), the Stamford Public Education Foundation.  Over the years she has served on many boards and commissions, including: Domestic Violence Crisis Center, Stamford Partnership, ARI, Red Cross, Literacy Volunteers and the Connecticut Employment and Training Commission.

As a natural transition from education and social service, Adele became a partner in a unique  company called The Training Connection that improved women’s self esteem and helped them to become self sufficient. It was through her efforts to get dental care for Training Connection  clients, that she realized the absence of dental providers for low income people .

In 1999 she led a group of committed community people to open a dental clinic, The Dental Center of Stamford. The mission of the Dental Center was to provide high quality cost effective oral health care  and to ensure that patients were treated with dignity and respect. She first served as the chair of the Board of Directors and subsequently became the executive director. The Board of Directors determined that CHC was an organization that would continue the mission and philosophy of the Dental Center and joined CHC in  November, 2005. Adele  continues to promote and provide oral health care for CHC as site director  in Stamford and  Norwalk.