| Gloria Cabe | |
| State House: | Arkansas |
| District: | 59th |
| Term Start: | 1983 |
| Term End: | 1991 |
| Preceded: | David L. Wells |
| Succeeded: | Mark Pryor |
| State House1: | Arkansas |
| District1: | 4th |
| Term Start1: | 1979 |
| Term End1: | 1981 |
| Preceded1: | Doug Brandon |
| Succeeded1: | Doug Brandon |
| Birth Name: | Gloria Sue Burford |
| Birth Date: | 15 September 1941 |
| Birth Place: | Pine Bluff, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Spouse: | Robert Dudley Cabe |
| Education: | Hendrix College (BA) |
Gloria Burford Cabe (born September 15, 1941) was an American politician and political advisor. After serving a number of terms in the Arkansas House of Representatives, she managed the successful 1990 gubernatorial campaign of Bill Clinton and later served as his chief of staff.[1]
Cabe was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas to William Buford and Eva Elizabeth Owen and attended Hendrix College where she earned a BA in French in 1963. Her husband Robert Cabe, later a prominent attorney, also graduated from Hendrix.[2]
After working a few years as a teacher and librarian, in 1967 Cabe was named to the Arkansas Constitutional Revision Study Commission. She was a member of the Arkansas legislature from 1979-1980 and served a second term from 1983-1990.[2]
Cabe later served as Counselor to the Chairman of the United States Export-Import Bank under Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. She was also senior advisor to Secretary Hillary Clinton in the United States Department of State Global Partnership Initiative.[2]