Gloria Schoch
Director of Public Affairs, First Data
Program Director, First Data Foundation

Gloria Schoch is the Director of Public Affairs at First Data Corporation, a global leader in payment solutions. In her role she oversees legislative and regulatory issues and corporate social responsibility initiatives in communities where First Data operates around the world. 

Active in the community, Gloria serves as secretary of the Denver Health Foundation’s Level One Society Board of Directors, chairs the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce’s Corporate Leadership Collaborative, serves on the Board of Directors of the Denver Coalition for Integration, and is the HOA Treasurer for Courtyard Park Condominiums.

Gloria was recently selected as a 2011 American Marshall Memorial Fellow by the German Marshall Fund of the United States to promote better understanding and cooperation between North America and Europe on transatlantic issues.  In 2009, Gloria was awarded the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce’s “Young Professional of the Year Award” and named one of “Forty Under Forty” by the Denver Business Journal.  She is also a graduate of Leadership Denver (2009).  Gloria holds a B.S. in Anthropology from the University of Colorado at Boulder and Masters degree in Public Administration with an emphasis on Policy and Nonprofit Management from the University of Colorado at Denver.

“I’m drawn to Denver Health’s programs which have made it a nationally renowned hospital.  Its integrative public health care system is a model for the highest quality of care and meets a critical need for our community by providing access to all regardless of one’s ability to pay.  I’m looking forward to playing an active role in raising public awareness around Denver Health’s vital work through the Level One Society.”