Bill Mueller, CEO and Managing Partner
Kristine Mazzei, Managing Partner
Dale Ainsworth, Managing Partner
Chris Aguirre, Relations Manager
Robyn Krock, Project Manager
Angela Shepard, Project Manager
Tara Thronson , Project & Office Manager
Monique Crossland, Executive Fellow
Adele James, Executive Fellow
Bill Mueller, CEO and Managing Partner
Bill came to Valley Vision in 2005 and became CEO in 2008. During his tenure he’s helped manage different parts of the organization and facilitated the Hmong Health Collaborative, the 2007 Community Health Needs Assessment, and the creation of “CareerGPS.com,” a powerful new economic development tool that links a new regional jobs forecast with training and education providers in six counties. He brings 20 years of experience in strategic planning, process design, group facilitation, public policy development, media relations, project management, finance, and business operations. Prior to Valley Vision, Bill was a global business manager with Intel Corporation, the V.P. of Public Policy for the Sacramento Metro Chamber, and served in local government roles for six years. He is a Sacramento State graduate, a Class XII graduate of the American Leadership Forum, and serves on the board of the Metro Chamber. In addition to overseeing the organization, Bill is responsible for managing the Cleaner Air Partnership and the new Regional Food Collaborative.
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Kristine Mazzei, Managing Partner
Kristine joined Valley Vision in 2004 as the project manager for Partnership for Prosperity, a unique collaboration that united 34 economic development organizations to create a regional economic development strategy. She currently manages the Green Capital Alliance, an outgrowth of Partnership for Prosperity that focuses on making the Sacramento region a leader in sustainable energy and clean technology. Kristine also manages the Valley Vision work on the region’s Rural Urban Connections Strategy, led by the Sacramento Area Council of Governments. In the past Kristine has managed the Open Space Project, the Valuing Agriculture Initiative and the Port of Sacramento Master Planning Project. Prior to her work for Valley Vision, she served as project manager for the Tri-Valley Business Council in Livermore and as a researcher and analyst for several private foundations that focused on increasing and evaluating land-conservation efforts in California. Kristine received her BS in Biology from Bucknell University in Pennsylvania in 1997 and her MS in Ecology from UC Davis in 2000.
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Dale Ainsworth, Managing Partner
Dale has worked in a variety of industries in leadership and consultant roles focused on transition and change planning, implementation, and management. He is an accomplished team builder and group facilitator with experiences in a variety of cultural settings; including working with Katrina refugees in refining rebuilding strategies for the City of New Orleans, a government owned utility in Shenyeng, China, and leadership teams across the United States. He has also served in leadership roles where he was involved in direct hands-on management of the transitions of several critically challenge organizations. He holds a Master of Science degree from Pepperdine University in Organization Development, and is currently pursuing a doctoral degree focused on large-scale transitions in a variety of organizational settings. He serves as an adjunct faculty member at a local university. Dale is currently managing the Youth Development Project and the Community Needs Assessment.
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Chris Aguirre, Relations Manager
Chris joined Valley Vision in Jan 2006 and recently completed his master’s degree in community development from the University of California, Davis. His fields of study were economic development, affordable housing, urban design, community participation, labor and nonprofit organizations. Chris previously completed his BA in ethnic studies from Sacramento State University. He worked previously as a firefighter and squad boss for the US Forest Service, a graphic arts assistant, a guest teacher and a financial services associate for E*Trade Financial. Chris also completed internships with the Senate Office of Research and the California Legislature’s Select Committee on Economic Development. Chris supports the many facets of the Youth Development Project, the Community Needs Assessment, and manages fundraising and stakeholder outreach projects.
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Robyn Krock, Project Manager
 Robyn joined Valley Vision in 2006 as a consultant to the Open Space Project and is currently working on the Rural Urban Connection Strategy and Regional Food Access projects. Previously she supported the Hmong Health Collaborative and has played roles on several other projects. Before joining Valley Vision, Robyn worked as a Research Assistant in the Pacific Regional Humanities Center at UC Davis, where she managed an oral history project with multi-generational landowner families in the Sutter Buttes. She also worked in the public school system --where she helped create a first-of-its-kind school-home study hybrid --and coordinated multi-million dollar contracts for a U.S. EPA contractor. Robyn earned multiple degrees from UC Davis, including a master's and bachelor's degree in cultural anthropology with graduate coursework in community development.
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Angela Shepard, Project Manager
Angela joined Valley Vision in fall 2007 and supports staff with projects, focused primarily on the Green Capital Alliance. Before joining Valley Vision, she worked at Sierra College as a student ambassador in education outreach. Angela also interned for the City of Roseville Transportation Division drafting a bikeway mitigated declaration, and assisted Economic Development Department staff with business demographic profile updates and sustainability plan research. In college, she was a member of the volunteer organization Circle K and a Sierra College student senator. Angela is a Sacramento area native and received her BS from UC Davis in Community and Regional Development.
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Tara Thronson, Project & Office Manager
 Tara joined Valley Vision in March 2009 and is supporting the Cleaner Air Partnership as well as future project opportunities in development. She joins Valley Vision after spending eight years in the high-tech industry at Freescale Semiconductor and Motorola in Austin, Texas. Tara received her BS in Mechanical Engineering from Tulane University in 2000, and began her career as a process engineer. She later served in project management roles and led problem-solving teams as a certified Six Sigma Black Belt. After moving to Sacramento in late 2008, she pursued a change in careers to apply her project management and leadership skills in a setting which has a more direct positive impact on her surrounding community.
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Monique Crossland, Executive Fellow
 Monique joined Valley Vision in June 2009 as an Executive Fellow, where she supports research related to the Regional Broadband Study. She joins us after spending 11 years with Intel Corporation as a Senior Facilities Planner and helping the company manage their internal and acquisition growth in California from a tactical perspective during a time of dynamic growth. Prior to Intel she served as a research assistant for the International Institute of Surface Transportation Policy Studies (IITPS) on a funded study of high density developments near transit hubs. Monique earned her BA in Environmental Studies and her Masters of Urban and Regional Planning at San Jose State University, and has a passion for sustainable growth, brownfield redevelopment and community revitalization.
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Adele James, Executive Fellow
 A native of Trinidad, West Indies, Adele has spent more than 20 years working in the philanthropy, nonprofit, and public sectors. Prior to joining Valley Vision in June 2009 as an Executive Fellow supporting the Regional Food Access Project, she has served as a Program Officer for The California Endowment and The Women’s Foundation. In 2006 Adele was appointed to the California Women’s Health Council, a statewide advisory body to the California Department of Health Care Services. She continues to serve on the Council and is also a member of the Advisory Committee to the Center for Regional Change at the University of California, Davis. Adele holds a masters degree in International Development Education from Stanford University and a bachelors degree in Political Science from Barnard College, Columbia University.
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