Leadership

Renay Grace Rodriguez

Renay Grace Rodriguez

President

R. "Renay" Grace Rodriguez, Esq. (she/her) boasts an impressive history of dedication and service to the community. An intermittent Stonewall volunteer for many years, she cemented her commitment in 2019 by becoming a lifetime member. Renay has held numerous positions within the organization and community, including roles on the Endorsement and Pride Committees, serving as Stonewall's representative to the Democratic Party of the San Fernando Valley, and the esteemed title of Political Vice President.

While her list of achievements is long, Renay's journey to success has been fraught with challenges. From grappling with homelessness to battling addiction and PTSD due to childhood trauma, her past is a testament to her resilience and determination. Yet, despite these hardships, today, Renay stands firm in her belief in progressive values. She ardently advocates that no one in our nation should ever suffer from hunger, homelessness, lack of education or business opportunities, or be denied healthcare, equity, and inclusion. She stresses that these are not free handouts but a conscious choice we can make as a society to pool resources and ensure that no one goes without.

Renay's personal journey has been transformative. Celebrating 29 years of sobriety and 18 years free from crippling depression, she's a beacon of hope and inspiration. Alongside her wife, Eileen, the couple raises three feisty kitties and cherishes moments like their Sunday Harley rides and mutual adoration for the 49ers.

In the political realm, Renay's activism is unwavering. She is the Co-Chair for the CADEM Small Business and Professions Caucus, an active member of several other caucuses, an ADEM Delegate for the 40th Assembly District, and holds positions in various Democratic clubs.

Apart from politics, Attorney Rodriguez wears the hat of a successful businesswoman. She runs her Probate, Estate Planning, and Real Estate litigation practice in San Fernando Valley, displaying her expertise as a certified bankruptcy specialist and speaker at various seminars. Her contributions extend to other community involvements, such as her roles in the Chatsworth Porter Ranch Chamber of Commerce and Chatsworth Neighborhood Council, showcasing her holistic approach to community service.

In essence, Renay's life is a blend of triumph over adversity, relentless service to her community, and an unwavering commitment to justice and progressive values.

 

Michael Colorge

Michael Colorge

Vice President, Operations

With over 20+ years of local Democratic Party activisim, Michael Colorge has served on the Stonewall Democratic Club Steering Committee since 2002 during his CSUN college days. In addition to serving as your Operations Vice President, he previously served Stonewall as Programs Chair, Social Media/Newsletter Chair, and a 12 year member of the Endorsements Committee. 
 
Alongside his responsibilities at Stonewall, he's an officer of Pilpino American Los Angeles Democrats (PALAD) where he currently serves as President. He previously served on the Democratic Party of the San Fernando Valley's (DPSFV) Executive Board for over 20 years including 8 years as Recording Secretary. As one of the first members of Stonewall Young Democrats during its founding in 2004, he served 12 years on the board with 4 years as its President.
 
For his day job, he's a technical product manager for a supply chain logistics company that focuses on the electronic manufacturing industry. When not busy with his "political hobby" or day job, he can be found with his boyfriend trying out new bars & restaurants in LA County, playing Star Trek Online, or watching Youtube videos of LEGO builds. 
Chris Baldwin (She/Her)

Chris Baldwin (She/Her)

Vice President, Financial Development

Chris Baldwin (She/Her), is a Combat Sports Conditioning Coach and owner of Fight Goddess, LLC. She’s an author, a Navy vet, a patented inventor, and creator/producer of the Women’s Freedom Festival in Los Angeles. Chris is also the Founding President and current VP of The L-Project LA and serves as a guide for the Queering The Path organization in San Diego.

Bobby Rimas

Bobby Rimas

Vice President, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Bobby T. Rimas is an Associate Professor and the Interim Director of the Paralegal Studies Certificate Program at California State University, Los Angeles. He is also a Paralegal at an AmLaw 100 international law firm in Downtown Los Angeles. He is the author of several social justice articles regarding diversity, equity and inclusion topics and serves as a Commissioner for the Palm Springs Human Rights Commission.  As of January 2026, Mr. Rimas serves as the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Lambda Alumni President.

Mr. Rimas is very passionate about diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) matters.  In 2020 and 2021, he served on the National Association of Legal Assistants' Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee where he wrote about DE&I matters and moderated a national discussion regarding DE&I.  In 2023, Mr. Rimas was appointed Chair of Stonewall Democratic Club's DE&I Committee where he previously served as Vice Chair for 2 years and assisted with drafting the club’s DE&I website statement. In these positions, he coordinated and co-presented webinars regarding various DE&I topics.  In May 2024 and again in July 2025, he was elected Vice President of DE&I for the Stonewall Democratic Club.

Mr. Rimas earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in History from UCLA, a Paralegal Certificate in Litigation/Corporations from UCLA Extension, a Master of Legal Studies degree, cum laude, with a Compliance & Legal Risk Management Concentration from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, and a Master of Arts degree in Education with a Diversity, Equity & Social Justice in Education Concentration from The University of Texas at El Paso.  He can be reached at [email protected].

Vacant -

Vice President, Communications

Amy Foell

Amy Foell

Vice President, Community

Amy Foell is a small business owner in the workforce development space with over a decade of experience improving education and economic outcomes across Southern California. She partners with K–14 public school districts, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations to strengthen industry pathways, promote social mobility, and equip students for post-graduation success.

Originally from Maryland, Amy co-founded a violence prevention initiative at Frederick Douglass High School in Baltimore City Public Schools and worked in education. She holds a master’s degree in teaching and a bachelor’s degree in social science from Towson University, a Certificate in Television Writing from UCLA Extension, and is a graduate of Civic University through the Pat Brown Institute at Cal State LA. She recently completed the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Master Class on School Board Engagement.

 

Amy previously served as an elected official on the Los Feliz Neighborhood Council in Los Angeles, where she co-chaired the Environmental Affairs Committee and served as a Budget Advocate for the City. She currently serves on multiple boards focused on workforce development and the social determinants of health. 

Nico Brancolini

Nico Brancolini

Vice President, Political

Nico L. Brancolini has been active in volunteer politics since his high school days in the Midwest. He has worked for numerous state and federal candidates, including serving as a campaign aide to Senator Barbara Boxer during her 2010 re-election campaign.

 

Outside of his involvement with the Stonewall Democratic Club, Brancolini is an experienced litigator, currently at Frost LLP, with extensive experience in state and federal courts, representing both plaintiffs and defendants. An alumnus of Claremont McKenna College and Loyola Law School, he was the Executive Symposium Editor for the Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review, where he co-organized a symposium on the 70th anniversary of the Nuremberg Trials.

 

His legal expertise includes antitrust, class actions, business litigation, intellectual property, product liability, regulatory compliance, and unfair competition. Brancolini’s practice is marked by innovative litigation tactics and comprehensive strategic advice to clients.

 

In addition to the Stonewall Democratic Club, Brancolini is active in Lambda Legal. Outside the courtroom, he enjoys collecting art, reading (post)modern literature, watching horror movies, and open water swimming.

Betty Toto

Betty Toto

Recording Secretary

Betty Doumas-Toto is a longtime progressive organizer and community advocate committed to building power through strong, values-driven coalitions. As a mother to a bisexual daughter and the mother-in-law of a trans man, she is deeply invested in protecting LGBTQ+ rights and advancing a more equitable life for all families.

As Secretary of the Los Angeles Stonewall Democratic Club, Betty will bring her experience in coalition-building, campaign coordination, and civic leadership to strengthen the club’s internal operations and member engagement. Her background includes leadership roles with Americans for Democratic Action – SoCal, the ACLU of Southern California union board, the California Poor People's Campaign, and Northridge Indivisible, along with service as an elected Los Angeles Democratic County Committee member and California Democratic Party (CADEM) delegate. Betty believes democracy is strongest when participation is broad, leadership is accountable, and community is welcoming. She is honored to support the club’s mission and help turn shared priorities into coordinated action.

Reuben Zadeh

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.

Grant Huebner

Grant Huebner

Parliamentarian

Grant Huebner is a Fellow in Public Affairs at Coro California, where he coordinates across public agencies, private partners, and community stakeholders to support the implementation of infrastructure and public-serving projects in Los Angeles.

Grant currently serves as Parliamentarian for the Stonewall Democratic Club, where he supports Stonewall’s commitment to transparency, accountability, and democratic governance. His work reflects a broader commitment to strengthening democratic institutions and expanding meaningful participation in political decision-making.

Grant’s professional and academic interests center on civil rights, economic development, and international relations. He is particularly interested in how institutions shape whose voices are heard, how competing interests are balanced, and how public policy can expand access to opportunity. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Jasmyne Cannick

Jasmyne Cannick

Self-Identified Female At-Large Member

Jasmyne Cannick is a journalist, political strategist, and unwavering advocate for marginalized communities. With a Gen X perspective, she's been a fearless voice at the intersection of race, politics, and social issues for years.

From the newsroom to the streets, Jasmyne has tackled pressing national and local issues, including politics, foster care, public safety, criminal justice reform, women's rights, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ racism, homophobia, voting rights, and homelessness. 

Jasmyne's government experience spans the California State Assembly, the House of Representatives, and Los Angeles City Hall. Over the years, she's advised mayors, city councils, and non-profits through her role as a political and public affairs consultant.

She's also made her mark as a producer and documentary filmmaker, with projects like "41st and Central: The Untold Story of the Los Angeles Black Panthers."

Beyond her professional life, Jasmyne openly shares her personal journey, including her foster care experience, struggles with food dependency, body positivity, and hysterectomy due to fibroids. She's passionate about plus-sized fashion and supports body-positive brands.

In 2020, she was elected to represent Assembly District 57 in the Los Angeles County Democratic Party and hosts the podcast series "Ring the Alarm with Jasmyne Cannick," focusing on the murders of queer individuals in Jamaica.

 

Lauren Buisson

Lauren Buisson

Self-Identified Female At-Large Member

Lauren Buisson (pronounced bwē-sŏn; pronouns she/they) is a third-generation unionist, and decades long community activist. In addition to her role as an At-Large member, she is galvanized to serve as the Chairs of Stonewall Cares and Legislative Action with the goal of combing all three roles to highlight the over-representation in, and the needs of, our Queer family among the financially vulnerable.

Lauren is a national leader of the campaign to honor the life of the always out Civil Rights organizer Bayard Rustin with a USPS stamp; her work was featured in the FX documentary series Pride. The Rustin stamp is the proposed first of an LGBTQ+ Forever series, a passion project that she steered to passage California Legislature and is endorsed by Delegate Eleanor Holmes-Norton and several other Democratic representatives.

Lauren is a founder of the NBJC’s Good Trouble Network steering committee, and a fellow of the Wellstone Candidate School and the Equality California Leadership Academy. She has previously served as an elected California Democratic Party Assembly Delegate and an Executive Board Member of the Echo Park Neighborhood Council. She co-founded the LGBTQ Alliance of Neighborhood Councils and worked closely with the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment to ensure that Queer issues were addressed by the mandatory anti-bias training for all Council Board members.

These days Lauren’s advocacy focuses on Queer economic equality, always aƯordable housing, the need for a state-wide funded universal basic income program and ensuring that transitional aged foster youth are fully prepared for successful adult lives. A journalist by training, and a teacher by temperament, Lauren lectures on the intersection of Queer and Civil Rights history. She writes occasionally on Medium.

Edward Campbell

Other Than Self-Identified Female Member AT-LARGE MEMBER

John Pelletier

John Pelletier

Other Than Self-Identified Female Member At-Large Member

John Pelletier (He/Him), SoCal born and raised; is a self-taught photographer hobbyist and nature lover. He is a graduate of UEI College with many honor roll and perfect attendance awards, with the skill of being an electrician under his belt. John is a vocal advocate of LGBTQIA+ rights and freedoms, and looks forward to being a force in political awareness within the Inland Empire.

Alex Mohajer (He/Him)

Alex Mohajer (He/Him)

President Emeritus

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.

Steering Committee

Operations

  • Jesse Munoz, Chair, Credentials, and Membership Renewal
  • Ernest Cornish he/him/his: Webmaster

Political

  • Sean Kolodji, Chair, Endorsements
  • Lauren Buisson, Chair, Legislative Action
  • VACANT: Chair, Political Action

Community

  • Donna Yarat-Rodriguez: Chair, Constituency Outreach
  • Edward Campbell: Chair, Membership Recruitment, and Events
  • VACANT: Chair of Pride 

Communications

  • Alex Banx: Chair, Communications
  • Juan Markos: Chair, Public and Media Relations 

Financial Development

  • Connor Treacy: Chair, Major Events
  • Sam Liu: Chair, Donor Cultivation, and Solicitation
  • Cordell Ruff-Williams: Chair, Donor Stewardship

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

  • Bobby Rimas: Chair, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Secretary

  • Betty Doumas-Toto, Secretary
  • Bryce Jepsen:Chair, Historical Preservation

Appointed by the President

  • David Gould: Treasurer
  • VACANT: Civility & Decorum Officer

Liaisons

  • VACANT:  LACDP
  • VACANT:  Democratic Party of the San Fernando Valley

AD HOCS

  • Stonewall Cares
    • Lauren Buisson: Chair
  • 2026 - Committee on Bylaws and Reforms
    • Renay Grace Rodriguez: Chair

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