Gloria Travis Tanner (July 16, 1935 – April 4, 2022)[1][2] was a politician and public figure in Colorado.
[5] Before attending college, she was an administrative assistant for the Office of Hearings and Appeals at the United States Department of the Interior from 1967 to 1972.
[4] She reported for the Denver Weekly News, an African American newspaper, from 1972 to 1976,[4] and also worked as a real estate agent.
[4] In 1976 Tanner began working as the executive assistant to Colorado lieutenant governor George L. Brown.
[9] In October 2000 she announced the establishment of the Senator Gloria Tanner Leadership and Training Institute for Future Black Women Leaders of Colorado.