Gloria Tristani

Gloria Tristani served from 1997 to 2001 as the first Hispanic woman member of the Federal Communications Commission . Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, she is married to Judge Gerard W. Thomson and is the mother of Vanesa and Jorge. A graduate of Barnard College, she obtained her Juris Doctor at the University of New Mexico School of Law. Born on December 20, 1953, she is the granddaughter of Dennis Chavez, who served as a New Mexicos United States Senator foryears, from 1931 to 1962.

While on New Mexicos SCC, she advocated on behalf of consumers rights regarding health insurance and telecommunications, helping draft rules regulating managed care and HMOs and helping draft the New Mexico Mothers and Newly Born Children Rule. While serving on the FCC, she pushed for broadband deployment to remote areas, served as the chair of the FCCs VChip Task Force, fought childrens exposure to violence and indecency and supported the socalled Erate for libraries and schools.

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