TRIBUTE TO CARRIE ANN SUTKIN--28TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WOMAN OF THE YEAR; Congressional Record Vol. 165, No. 61
(Extensions of Remarks - April 09, 2019)
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TRIBUTE TO CARRIE ANN SUTKIN--28TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WOMAN OF THE
YEAR
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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.