About Us

Board of Directors 2024-25

Mario Guerrero

President
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Mario Guerrero has been a member of Stonewall since 2009 and has served as Membership Chair, Fundraising Chair, and President (a few times). He is a proud Democrat, LGBTQ advocate, and United State Marine Corps Veteran. Professionally, he has worked in the non-profit sector for many years, was Legislative Director for a number of unions, and is a former Governor’s Appointee. He currently teaches at Sacramento State University.

Dee Olivarez

Vice President
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Dolores (Dee) Olivarez enters her second term as Vice President and Advocacy Chair. Dee is a firm believer in finding ways to make government work for all of us while advocating for transparency and integrity. Dee is dedicated to championing policies that make a real difference for the underserved and underrepresented. With experience in state and local government, Dee’s work helps tangibly improve lives by leveraging her lived and trained experiences navigating complex bureaucracies in support of all LGBTQ+ individuals.

Matt Nielsen

PAC Chair
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Matt Nielsen is a meteorologist and occasional storm chaser with an interest in politics. This will be Matt’s 6th year serving on the Board of Stonewall and his fourth time leading the PAC. He currently leads the insurance regulatory practice group as a Senior Vice President at Moody’s. When he isn’t giving presentations about the risks associated with wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods, he enjoys reading, wine tasting, hiking, and road trips with his trusty Boston Terrier named Edgar.

Neil Pople

Fundraising Chair
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Neil Pople is serving his first term as Stonewall’s Fundraising Chair, though he is no stranger to politics or our club. A recovering political staffer, Neil has worked at nearly all levels of campaigning: from his own run for City Council, to managing a State Senate race, to Communications on several Congressional runs, working Financial Compliance for the CA Democratic Party all the way to working on four Presidential primaries. He’s a self-professed sci-fi/pop culture “geek” who loves his family deeply, and has been fighting for LGBT rights with Sac Stonewall ever since coming out of the closet in 2010. This is Neil’s 14th year as a member, and has previously served the board as Communications Chair and, most recently, Membership Chair.

Owen Jones

Membership Chair
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Owen T Jones has been an active member of Stonewall Democrats of Sacramento for over 10 years. He has previously served as Fundraising Chair organizing two successful Four Freedoms Fundraisers for Stonewall as well as a Wine Pull fundraiser. Owen also served on the Stonewall PAC for two years and has actively campaigned and raised money for progressive and LGBT friendly candidates throughout the Sacramento region. Owen is an architect with his own firm in Sacramento focusing on commercial and residential work. He has three adult sons and a wonderful granddaughter. He is a graduate of UC Berkeley with a BA in Architecture.

Mary Huttner

Secretary-Treasurer
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Mary has been active in national, state and local elections and propositions throughout her life. Mary has extensive experience in state and federal health care policy, delivery, and financing and served as a lobbyist on rural health issues. Currently she works as a consultant on health care IT and other public sector technology projects. She is also a recruiter for Close the Gap helping to recruit accomplished women and prepare them to launch competitive campaigns. Mary shares the club’s goal to recruit, train and support members of the LGBTQIA community and allies to run for state, local, down-ballot races and build a bench for the future.

Mario Gastelum

Communications Chair
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Mario is serving for the Stonewall Board for the first time. He has been a mentor for several years and his passion for technology has given him the opportunity to work and teach for some of the best and coolest companies out there. He possesses a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing and Publicity and many years of mentoring experience. Mario is ready and very excited to support and contribute to his community this year 2024-2025.