[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 196 (Wednesday, December 12, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S7506]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                  TRIBUTE TO LORI SUTLIFF ``GILBERT''

 Ms. CORTEZ MASTO. Mr. President, I come forward today to 
recognize the service of Lori Sutliff who, after 10 years as a member 
of the board of directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 
will be ending her service at the end of this year.
  Ms. Sutliff began her career in broadcasting in 1983. Working under 
the broadcast name ``Lori Gilbert,'' she has specialized in providing 
broadcast news to rural areas, serving most recently as the news 
director for Elko Broadcasting Company's KELK-AM and KLKO-FM in the 
rural community of Elko, NV. She also hosts a community news program, 
Elko Live, which provides listeners throughout northeastern Nevada with 
news about local, regional, and national issues.
  In 2008, Ms. Gilbert was appointed to the CPB board of directors by 
President George W. Bush. President Barack Obama reappointed her, and 
she was confirmed by the Senate in 2013. She served as board chair from 
September 2016 to October 2018 and vice chair from September 2014 to 
September 2016.
  She helped lead the Corporation through multiple challenges, such as 
the FCC's Broadcast Spectrum Auction and repack process. Lori has also 
been instrumental in helping develop new ways for public media stations 
to collaborate, and, over the last 5 years, CPB has launched 13 new 
regional journalism collaborations, creating 90 newsroom positions.
  In addition to this work, Gilbert is member of the board of directors 
of the Associated Press Television and Radio Association of California 
and Nevada. She serves the rural Nevada community as a founding member 
of the Elko Cancer Network and the Great Basin College Health Sciences 
Advisory Board. She has also served on the boards of the Elko County 
Family Resource Center, the Boys and Girls Club of Elko, and the Elko 
County Juvenile Advisory Board.
  Through all of this incredible work and service, she has gained an 
intimate understanding of the issues of rural America and how vital it 
is for rural residents to have a trusted source of information about 
their community. Ms. Gilbert speaks in journalism schools across the 
Nation and has consistently demonstrated her commitment to providing 
meaningful public media offerings to all Americans, regardless of where 
they live or their economic means.
  Today I celebrate the many contributions of Lori Gilbert in all of 
her service. We are fortunate to have had her leadership, knowledge, 
and voice during her service to both Nevada and the Nation as a 
whole.

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