Tamra Ryan

Overview

Tamra Ryan is the CEO of Women s Bean Project a nationally recognized social enterprise based in Denver CO that provides transitional employment while operating manufacturing businesses to women attempting to break the cycle of chronic unemployment and poverty. Women s Bean Project products can be found in nearly 1000 stores across the country and online through some of the country s largest retailers. Tamra is a former board member of Social Venture Partners Denver currently chairs the Board of Directors for the Social Enterprise Alliance and is on the advisory board for the Barton Institute for Philanthropy and Social Enterprise at the University of Denver. She was recently named one of the 2017 Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Colorado was a speaker at TEDxMilehigh and is the author of The Third Law a book which highlights the societal obstacles and internal demons that must be overcome for marginalized women to change their lives. The Third Law has won multiple awards for women/minorities in business and social activism. Tamra lives in Denver with her husband two children and their golden doodle named Biscuit.