We are pleased to introduce the 2025-2026 Junior League of Sacramento Board of Directors and Management Team.  This dedicated group of women meets monthly throughout the year, providing governance oversight and strategic planning to the League. Members are selected through a Nominating Committee and our League year is June 1st through May 31st.

Board of Directors

Allie Dumas

President (2025-2027)

Allie joined the Junior League of Sacramento in Fall of 2021 eager to learn more about the local community and how to make a lasting impact. She is currently serving as the President 2025-2027, but previous leadership roles include Executive Vice President (2024-2025) and Training & Inclusion Co-Chair (2022-2024). She comes to League with a background in nonprofit environmental education having received a B.A. in International Studies: Global Environment with a minor in Biology from Kenyon College in her home State of Ohio and her M.Ed. in Science Education from the University of Washington. She currently works at the Center for Land-Based Learning leading the Student & Landowner, Education & Watershed Stewardship Program supporting high school students in their learnings about their local environment, exposing them to college and career opportunities in the field of environmental science.

Amanda Esquivias

Executive Vice President (2025-2026)

Angie Jacobs

Recording Secretary (2025-2027)

Angie over 18 years of experience in the marketing field and a deep commitment to community involvement. Since joining the Junior League in 2023, she has contributed to the Nourishing Sacramento and Membership, Advising, and Engagement Committees. Her passion for volunteering extends to various organizations, including the Placer SPCA, a local library, and her daughter’s lacrosse team. Her personal experiences have provided her with a unique and adaptable skill set. She have lived in various locations throughout her life, including Illinois, Indiana, Qatar, and Washington, before she and her family established their home in Folsom in 2021. She enjoys staying active and exploring nature through walks and bike rides, and she values spending quality time with friends and family, whether through quiet moments or new adventures.

Barbara Rinehart

Treasurer (2025-2026)

Ruthe Wynne

Sustainer VP (2025-2027)

Ruthe Wynne is General Counsel for Jensen Precast, one of the largest independently owned precast concrete companies in the United States. They design and manufacture precast concrete products for large-scale infrastructure of highway construction, retaining walls, electric and gas utility, telecommunications, water, on-site wastewater, and sewage applications. Ms. Wynne is a member of the California State Bar. She previously served as the Chairperson for the New to In-House Committee for the Association of Corporate Counsel and as a Board Member of the international sorority, Gamma Phi Beta Facilities Management Company.

She holds a L.L.M. Business Transactions from the University of Alabama, a J.D. from University of Pacific, McGeorge School of Law and a B. A. from California State University, Sacramento. Ms. Wynne was born and raised in Sacramento. She joined Junior League in the fall of 1997. During her free time, she enjoys entertaining, traveling and spending time with her husband, Kevin Taliaferro and her grown children, Lauren Wynne, Meridith Wynne and Zachary Taliaferro

Alexa Valencia

Nominating Chair (2025-2027)

Management Team

Mary Gaston

Executive Vice President-Elect (2025-2026)

Mary has been a member of the Junior League of Sacramento since 2021. She is a transfer from the Junior League of Lafayette, Louisina where she is a native Louisiana. In 1997 she completed my undergraduate studies at Loyola University New Orleans. She is a resident of Rocklin CA and an Education Consultant at PASCO Scientific in Roseville, CA. In her down time, she enjoys water sports, baking, and interior decorating.

Kay Mehta

Fundraising VP (2025-2027)

Paris Ryan

Membership VP (2025-2027)

As a professor of English and an author, Paris enjoys reading, writing, and using her summer vacations and winter breaks to travel the world. She has written two books: one on the art of writing and one based off of her doctoral dissertation. She is a wife and mother, and also has a dog and a cat (her other children). When she isn’t working, volunteering, or traveling to a new place, you can find her on a run, at a Pilates class, getting a new houseplant, visiting the beach, baking treats, or cooking something new (especially her family’s favorite: sourdough pizza).

Staff

Christie Zuverink

Office Manager

Christie started with the Junior League in 2007 as the Office Manager. In her life before JLS, she was a financial analyst. Born and raised in the Bay Area, she and her family made their move to Roseville in 2001.  She took a few years off to be a stay-at-home mom, volunteering in different capacities for her son’s many sports’ teams as well as serving on the PTC before coming to the League.

Volunteering and being of service have always been important to her. She has been a volunteer at Sutter Hospital, a prison literary volunteer, as well as an equine therapy volunteer. Recently she became a certified yoga teacher. She loves sports, mainly 49er football and Giants baseball. Her happy place is Lake Tahoe, hiking and enjoying a nice bottle of wine with friends and family.

For any Junior League of Sacramento questions, please contact our Office Manager at OfficeManager@jlsac.org