Gloria K. Colgan is the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Strategy for the Discover Network and a member of the Discover Financial Services Management Committee. The Discover Network is a wholly-owned business of Discover Financial Services, and Discover Network cards are currently accepted at more than 4 million merchant and cash access locations. Colgan is responsible for acceptance marketing strategies, product development and management, branding and communications, pricing, and portfolio analytics.

In addition to deep industry knowledge in issuing and acquiring, Colgan provides Discover with experience in all aspects of the payments industry, including commercial, consumer, private label and cobranding. Since joining Discover in 2005, Colgan has been instrumental in the expansion of the Discover Network through relationships with significant card issuers and major merchant acquirers. Discover Network has also formed strategic alliances with China UnionPay and JCB in Japan that provide for reciprocal card acceptance.

Prior to joining Discover, Colgan was the Senior Vice President of the Commercial Card Product Group for JPMorgan Chase (JPMC) and was responsible for development and management of the purchasing, travel and entertainment, fleet and stored value card programs, and products of the new organization formed by the JPMC merger with Bank One. In addition, she managed all training and external communications functions for the commercial card organization.

Prior to JPMC, Colgan was with Sears Credit Services managing their commercial credit card programs as well as several consumer affinity card products. Before joining Sears, she worked for McKinsey and Company advising financial services companies on issues of marketing strategy, organizational structure, and reengineering opportunities.

Colgan earned her M.B.A. in Finance from The University of Chicago and B.S. in Business and Economics from Bradley University. She lives in the Chicago area with her husband and son.