Thomas Gruneisen brings 12 years of library management and operations to being the Library Director, including 10 years at the Sacramento Public Library, where he most recently served as the Regional Systems Supervisor responsible for planning and directing the operations of four branch libraries, including circulation, program delivery, public engagement, customer service, and administrative and staff performance. He also managed the Orangevale and Fair Oaks branches of the Sacramento Public Library.

His recent accomplishments include expanding the Library of Things to the Fair Oaks branch, leading the Read and Feed Teaching & Demonstration Garden at the Colonial Heights branch, and serving as co-chair for Sacramento Technology & Creation Steering Committee. 

Gruneisen holds an undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in legal studies and political science and a master’s degree in library and information science from San José State University. Before beginning his career in librarianship, Gruneisen served as a supervisor for the University of California, Berkeley’s Department of Information Services and Technology.