Claudia Lavergne Brind-Woody (born January 30, 1955) is an American business executive. She is the Vice President and Managing Director of intellectual property at IBM. In 2011 she won the Out & Equal Trailblazer award and was named as one of GO's 100 women we love. In 2012 Brind-Woody was named in The Guardian's 100 most influential LGBT people of the year. In 2013, 2014, and 2015 she was named in the Financial Times's Top 50 OUTstanding list, then in 2016 she entered in their hall of fame. In 2019 she was named one of the most powerful LGBTQ+ people in tech.