Roger Niello (R) California State Senator

On today's episode of the Rancho Cordova Podcast, we are delighted to speak to newly elected California State Senator Roger Niello (R) representing the 6^th District. 

On today's show, we discuss his plans as a newly elected State Senator, and many of the policies he ran on, and we got to know Roger Niello along the way. 

 

Senator Niello has an impressive resume spanning a 25-year career as a CPA for large corporations but also his time working in his family's successful automobile dealership business which now owns an impressive, 11 dealerships in and around the Sacramento region.  

 

Senator Niello spent many years as a Sacramento County Supervisor and as an elected member of the California Assembly where he played a key role in passing several major legislations. 

 

Roger Niello has been a Sacramento resident for most of his life, having graduated from Encina High School in Arden.

After earning his undergraduate degree from the University of California at Berkeley and his Master’s Degree from the University of California at Los Angeles, Roger began his career as a Certified Public Accountant.

In 1974, Roger joined his family business, the Niello Auto Group, and spent the next 25 years running retail automobile dealerships with his family partners. He served as corporate Chief Financial Officer and was president and general manager of several of the group’s franchises. While involved in the retail auto business, Roger was recognized for his service in the industry as an American International Automobile Dealer Association All-Star Dealer and the Central Valley New Car Dealer Association Dealer of the Year.

 

Roger was elected to the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors, in a special election in 1999 and in 2004 was elected to the California State Assembly and re-elected twice. During his six years in the Assembly, Roger served on the Transportation Committee, Banking and Finance Committee, Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee; Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Committee, Insurance Committee, Budget Committee, Joint Legislative Audit Committee, Joint Committee on Emergency Services and Homeland Security, and the Select Committee on Foster Care.

After his time in the Assembly concluded, Roger accepted an appointment as President and CEO of the Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce. Roger was elected to represent Placer and Sacramento counties in the State Senate in 2022.

Throughout his career, Roger has been a dedicated community and civic volunteer, including service as President of the Golden State Voter Participation, Chair of the Sacramento Valley Lincoln Club Board, Co-Chair of the California Civic Learning Partnership in Sacramento County, member of the University of California Center Sacramento Advisory Board, the Dignity Health Sacramento Service Area Hospital Community Board, the Greater Sacramento Economic Council Board, and Sacramento Rotary.

In February 2011, Roger was named the University of California Center Sacramento Governance Fellow, the first to serve in that position.

Roger, and his wife, Mary, reside in Fair Oaks. They have five adult children and six grandchildren.

You can visit Senator Niello Senate website at  https://sr06.senate.ca.gov/