Tanner obtained his BBA Degree in Human Resources from the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business.
He previously worked for over 5 years as Director for both Brown Deer Place Retirement Living and Memory Care and Garnett Place Retirement Communities in Coralville and Cedar Rapids, performing the full lifecycle of HR functions including recruiting, payroll, performance management, training, etc., as well as many other duties associated with the Director role, including guiding the retirement communities through a very difficult COVID recovery.