Gloria Totten

Gloria brings 30 years of executive management experience to Winning Connections as Chief Operating Officer. A nationally recognized political strategist, she has led advocacy, organizing, and electoral campaigns at the federal, state, and local levels.

In 2015, Gloria founded the Public Leadership Institute, which works with state and local elected officials to drive proactive, progressive public policy. From 2001-2015, Gloria formed and ran Progressive Majority, the nation's most comprehensive candidate recruitment, training, and campaign operation at the state and local levels.

Gloria served as Political Director for NARAL from 1996-2001 and Executive Director for Maryland NARAL from 1993-1996. In her home state, Gloria worked as the Education Director for Pro-Choice Resources, President and Lobbyist for the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault, and Media Chair for It's Time Minnesota!, a campaign that expanded anti-discrimination protections to LGBTQ+ individuals under the state Human Rights Code.