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Mrs. Everest is the Publisher for the Oklahoman. This newspaper has been owned by her family since before the Oklahoma Statehood in 1907. She is leading an effort to upgrade and modernize the newspaper and is attempting to return it to a Pulitzer Prize winning newspaper.
Mrs. Everest cares very deeply on many social issues and is also on the Oklahoma Board of Regents for Higher Education.
Edward Lewis Gaylord (May 28, 1919–April 27, 2003) was a billonaire businessman who built a media empire that included The Oklahoman, the Nashville Network TV Channel, and the Country Music Television Channel (CMT).
Everest, assisted by her sister, Louise Gaylord Bennett, have updated the look of the paper.
The Gaylord family of Oklahoma City helped found the world-famous National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, and has given the University of Oklahoma contributions totalling over 50 million dollars in the last three decades and founded the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication.