Alex Zucco

Alex Zucco is the State & Federal Policy Manager for the State of California. She works to protect over $3 billion in need-based grant aid for Californians who want to access college. She earned her B.S. in Criminology from the University of La Verne and attended the Women's Campaign School at Yale for candidate training, advocacy and campaign management.  Alex originally joined the Junior League of Pasadena in 2004 and served in a number of leadership positions including Provisional Chair, Cookbook Chair, and Fundraising Director. In 2016, she and her husband moved to Sacramento, where she transferred to the Junior League of Sacramento. She was selected to serve as President for three years during the pandemic, Touch-A-Truck Chair and is currently serving as the State Public Affairs, Junior Delegate. 

In addition to the Junior League, she served as a member of her local school board from 2009-2016, being elected to two terms and serving as President. She led a Girl Scout troop, with all the Scouts earning their Gold Award and walking in the Tournament of Roses Parade. She was also awarded the Honorary Service Award and Golden Oak Service Award from her local PTA for her service over 12 years. As a child, Alex probably would have benefited from one of the many types of programs Junior Leagues focus on in their communities; programs like the food insecurity which is a program that the Sacramento League currently has. She would have also benefited from a school backpack program for children in need living below the poverty line in need as they head back-to-school. While attending elementary school, she and her sister were the only two students who participated in the Free & Reduced Lunch program. But, while she learned there would be people and organizations who would help, there was also an incredible amount of shame and bullying that they encountered during that time. That is an important reason why, when looking for ways to give back as an adult, and with her family, she focuses on ways to bring resources to the most vulnerable without judgment or shame but with compassion.   

Alex lives with her husband of 30 years, Joe, in Sacramento, CA and has two grown children, Zoe and Bonnie, who are also Junior League members.