Leadership

Alex Mohajer

President

Alex Mohajer is an award-winning independent political writer and commentator, advocate, and organizer. In 2021, he became the first millennial and first Iranian American elected President of the Stonewall Democratic Club, the nation's oldest LGBTQ+ feminist political advocacy organization. He previously served as the Public and Media Relations Chairman, where his organizing efforts around the 2020 US presidential election earned a 2020 Truman Award. 

As a journalist, Mohajer has written for USA Today, Huff Post, and Medium, and in 2018, his criticisms of the Trump Administration won the 2018 Excellence in Journalism Award for Excellence in Feature Writing from the National Association of LGBTQ Journalists. He holds a B.A. from UC Berkeley and a J.D. from Chapman University School of Law.

Steve Bott

Vice President, Operations

Steve has been a local Democratic activist and member of the Stonewall Democratic Club since 2013, and is currently serving his 3rd term as the club's Operations Vice President. He has served three terms as a delegate to the California Democratic Party.

Devin Adante

Vice President, Financial Development

Jonathan Welch

Vice President, Communications

Jonathan Welch served as the Produced Media Chair of the Stonewall Democratic Club before being elected to Communications Vice President in 2021. 

Nicholas Bloom

Vice President, Community

Nicholas Bloom is the Vice President of Community for the Stonewall Democratic Club. 

Jane Wishon

Vice President, Political

Jane grew up in the segregated South and fled Texas to attend college, first at Princeton University and later at UCLA. She's held many volunteer positions over the years including National Board President for Marriage Equality USA, Case Manager at AIDS Project LA, Delegate to the California Democratic Party, Elected Member of her Neighborhood Council, Member of the LA County Democratic Party, and Political Vice President for the Stonewall Democratic Club. Her early years awakened a thirst for social justice; her marriage equality work honed her commitment to underrepresented communities and the undocumented; her experiences as a woman in a man's world forged her dedication to feminism; and her frustration over the 2016 Presidential election results rededicated her to resisting the current Administration and its attempt to send our Democracy back to the 18th century. Jane is Chair of the Westside Democratic HQ (a collaboration of 10 Democratic Clubs) and co-founder of the LA County Feminist Democratic Club, Heart of LA. MBA, ally, writer, professional volunteer, wife, mother, grandmother, and resistance warrior.

Alec White

Recording Secretary

Alec White is the Recording Secretary for the Stonewall Democratic Club. 

Reuben Zadeh

Controller

Reuben Zadeh has been a member of Stonewall's Steering Committee since 2016. Reuben grew up in the San Fernando Valley and received his AA in Economics from Los Angeles Valley College in 1989 and his BS in Accounting from California State University Northridge in 1992. He has been a CPA in private practice for over 20 years and a lifelong Democrat. Reuben previously served as the treasurer of Democrats for Israel, Los Angeles from 1998 to 2005 and has been involved in Democratic Party activism over the past 2 decades.

Jasmyne Cannick

Self-Identified Female At-Large Member

Alton Wang

At-Large Member

Nadia Sutton

Self-Identified Female At-Large Member

Tai Sunnanon

At-Large Member

Lester Aponte

President Emeritus

President Emeritus Lester Aponte has served Stonewall for more than 10 years, including the elected positions of Community Vice President and from 2017 to 2021, as President. He is a Puerto Rican-born employment lawyer and activist, and the LGBTQ+ Caucus Chair of the California Democratic Party.