[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 61 (Tuesday, April 9, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E440]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




TRIBUTE TO CARRIE ANN SUTKIN--28TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WOMAN OF THE 
                                  YEAR

                                 ______
                                 

                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, April 9, 2019

  Mr. SCHIFF. Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor of Women's History 
Month. Each year, we pay special tribute to the contributions and 
sacrifices made by our nation's women. It is an honor to pay homage to 
outstanding women who are making a difference in my Congressional 
District. I would like to recognize a remarkable woman, Carrie Ann 
Sutkin of the Elysian Valley neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.
   Born in Detroit, Michigan, Carrie Ann lived there until the age of 
fifteen, when her stepfather was offered a job as a health agency 
administrator in the counties of Alameda and Contra Costa and her 
family moved to Northern California. After volunteering as a health 
worker in the Dominican Republic, Ms. Sutkin learned the Spanish 
language at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) and also in 
Mexico City where she lived and studied Latin American politics.
   Carrie Ann completed her Bachelor of the Arts degree at UCSC in 1984 
and moved to Los Angeles in 1986 for her first professional job in the 
Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Southern 
California. In 1990, she received a Master's Degree in Urban Planning 
while interning for the City of Los Angeles Chief Legislative Analyst. 
In 1989, Ms. Sutkin joined Gloria Molina's campaign for Los Angeles 
County Supervisor and after the successful election, joined Supervisor 
Molina's staff. Carrie Ann began her Doctorate in 1995 in Planning and 
Policy Development with her Dissertation on how her Chicana colleagues 
in the county re-planned and redeveloped the East Los Angeles Civic 
Center and wrote another Dissertation in Planning and Development on 
Chicana feminist planning in 2015. From 2012 to 2018, Ms. Sutkin 
represented Los Angeles County on three Redevelopment Agency Oversight 
Committees: Pomona, El Monte and West Covina. She currently has a 
thriving consultant practice for non-profit organizations.
   An Elysian Valley resident since 2010, Carrie Ann became involved in 
the Elysian Valley Neighborhood Council in 2015 and was appointed two 
years later. She serves as a member of the steering committee of the 
Alliance for River Communities and helps the Atwater Village 
Neighborhood Council on their Community Plan Survey and the Boyle 
Heights Neighborhood Council on Historic Preservation and has been a 
supporter and community activist for the Los Angeles River for over two 
decades.
   Carrie Ann has one son, Samuel Sutkin Maier, who is attending 
college in Ohio.
   I ask all Members to join me in honoring this exceptional, well-
respected woman of California's 28th Congressional District, Carrie Ann 
Sutkin.