FTC, CPB Nominees

President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals – 1) Terrell McSweeny to be Commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission and 2) Lori Gilbert to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

1. McSweeny is Senior Counsel (Competition Policy) in the Antitrust Division at the Department of Justice, a position she has held since 2012. Prior to this role, Ms. McSweeny served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Domestic Policy Advisor to the Vice President at the White House from 2009 to 2012. In 2008, she served as the Issues Director for the Vice President on the Obama for America campaign. Previously, from 2005 to 2008, Ms. McSweeny worked in the Senate for Vice President Biden, serving as his Deputy Chief of Staff and as Counsel on the Senate Judiciary Committee. She was an Associate in 2005 and Law Clerk from 2001 to 2003 with O’Melveny & Myers. From 2003 to 2004, she was the Deputy Director of Policy for Clark for President. In 2000, she served as Assistant to the National Spokesman on the Gore/Lieberman 2000 Campaign. She worked as a News Director with the Allegheny Mountain Radio Network from 1998 to 2000, and began her career as a Director of Development and Instructor with the High Rocks Education Corporation, where she worked from 1997 to 2000. Ms. McSweeny received an A.B. from Harvard University and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law School.
2. Gilbert is the News Director for the Elko Broadcasting Company (KELK AM/KLKO FM). She is also the News Director of KENV Television in Elko, Nevada. Ms. Gilbert served on the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting from 2008 to 2012, where she was Chair of the Community Engagement and Diversity Committee in 2012 and Chair of the Public Awareness initiative from 2010 to 2011. From 1998 to 2010, Ms. Gilbert was an adjunct instructor of Journalism at Great Basin College in Elko, Nevada. She served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Associated Press Television and Radio Association. In 2007, she was inducted into the Nevada Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame.