Valentina Kimily Jones (Kim)

The Future Collective

Kim grew up in Sonoma Valley and has been working in its nonprofit sector since 2016 with a focus on mission-driven communications, coalition building, and fundraising. She studied at Maastricht University and graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a BA in Psychology and a minor in the History of Art and Visual Culture.

She supports development and communications at Sonoma Ecology Center and coordinates Sonoma Valley Collaborative, facilitating diplomacy across key sectors within the community and connecting organizations and leaders to solve complex community problems. She serves on multiple boards of directors as the Governance Chair of the Sebastiani Theatre Foundation, Development Committee of Sonoma Valley Education Foundation, and as the Vice President of the Valley of the Moon Music Festival. She also provides PR consultation for AG/O in support of international human rights campaigns.

Kim spent almost a decade in Sweden, initially working as a preschool teacher before becoming the Marketing Director of the Swedish Academy of Realist Art and later the PR Manager of House of Dagmar, one of Sweden’s most influential fashion houses.

She brings a strong local and international network and a sense of design to her new role in Sonoma Valley Catalyst Fund, leading The Future Collective, an event series designed to cultivate Sonoma Valley’s new generation of community leaders.