Jack Gualco was ordained a deacon in June of 1996 for service to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento and has been assigned to the parish since then.

He is the president of The Gualco Group, Inc., a government relations and public affairs consulting firm based in Sacramento, California. The firm represents a wide array of clients from agriculture, business, and the public sector.

Deacon Gualco received a master’s degree in Pastoral Studies from Loyola University, New Orleans and an MBA in management from Golden Gate University. He earned a certificate in management from the University of California, Davis. His undergraduate degrees are from the University of California, Davis and Sacramento City College (highest honors). He served as chair of the associated students while at city college.

He is a Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow. Deacon Gualco is a member of the Dean’s Advisory Council of the UC Davis College of Letters and Science and is a trustee emeritus of the UCD Foundation. In addition, he chairs the Frank A. Mesplé Memorial Scholarship Fund, an endowed scholarship in the University of California, Davis Political Science Department that seeks to provide young Californians with a practical political science education. He is also a member of the advisory board of UC Center, Sacramento. He is a past president of the Institute of Governmental Advocates, the association of state-level lobbyists. He received the IGA President’s Award for outstanding service to his profession. 

With his wife, Barbara, Deacon Gualco is an owner of Silverhorne Sporthorse, LLC, a Hanoverian breeding, training/sales facility and Silverhorne Agave Spirits, LLC in eastern Sacramento County.