Contact
Press inquiries and Neighborhood Organizations
Please contact Brad Burton
brad@1bog.org
650.823.1670
Gov’t Organizations, and Non Profits
Please contact Avra Winograd-Hutner
avra@1bog.org
Volunteers
kanyi@1bog.org
650.799.0796
General Inquiries
info@1bog.org
164 South Park
San Francisco, CA 94107
The 1BOG Team
Dave Llorens, Founder, General Manager
Dave is a co-founder of www.solarpowerrocks.com, and is actively involved with the San Francisco community and governmental initiatives concerning renewable energy. Dave pioneered the model for getting solar on renters in San Francisco, by working with specialists in both tenant law and tax law. As a result, he was able to bring solar to potentially tens of thousands of homes in San Francisco.
For the past year Dave worked as a solar specialist for a local solar company where he was involved with the back end side of solar system integrations. He managed every aspect from site assessment, to designing solar energy systems, to educating customers on how they operate. His knowledge of state specific incentive structures and energy policy is essential as we roll out new 1BOG cities. This hands-on experience makes Dave an important asset. Dave joined the 1BOG team late this past summer and is responsible for the development of 1BOG campaigns nationwide. Dave is a graduate in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois. He likes to play a game or two of poker, he dreams of making the final table in the World Series.
Dan Barahona, Founder
Dan, raised in Washington, DC by an Australian mother and Chilean father, is a geek at heart. After earning engineering degrees at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Cornell University (and participating on a national championship winning race car team) he moved to Detroit to crash cars as a Safety & Crashworthiness Engineer for GM. Dan moved to San Francisco after completing his MBA at University of Michigan and jumped into the dot-com scene, founding one company and joining several other startups. Dan is an executive for a high tech software company in San Francisco.
In his spare time (generally between 11:00pm and 11:05pm most nights) Dan works on ways to lessen his family’s carbon footprint, or help others learn more about solar options. He spent most of the summer of 2007 researching all aspects of solar energy - from technology to legislation to electricity metering - and finally had a 2.5 KW system installed. It’s performed flawlessly and he hasn’t had an electric bill since. After sharing his solar experience with friends and colleagues he learned there is great interest in solar, but not much awareness. This was the inspiration to create Solar4SF.org, and then 1 Block Off the Grid.
Sylvia Ventura, Founder
Sylvia, a native Parisian, has spent the past decade as a marketing executive in the life sciences industry where she managed market strategies and branding for large French and US Healthcare companies. She founded her first consulting firm while still in college. Seeking to gain US experience Sylvia moved to New York City in the mid 90’s where she worked with some of Madison Avenue’s largest advertising agencies on dozens of top tier pharmaceutical launches. Sylvia’s next move took her to San Francisco to work with early stage biotech companies. Noticing that the traditional ad agency format was not suited to service the emerging life sciences industry’s needs she launched Aperio Life in 2003, a marketing communications agency that caters to early stage companies. That was then…
This is now… In 2007 Sylvia decided to change gears and put her energies and training towards a business she believes will have a positive impact on our future quality of life. She and husband Dan foundedSolar4SF.org, a solar advocacy site and the precursor to 1BOG.org. In June 2008 they decided to create an engine that would help people access residential solar at a fraction of the cost. 1 Block Off the Grid was born. Sylvia’s personal goal is to bring some Energy Generation Capacity into every household whether is thermal or electrical. She is already thinking about 1BOG 2.0: Water and creative approaches to residential water conservation. Sylvia is a Business graduate from CNAM Paris 4. She traded her high-power motorcycle for a Vespa that she rides everywhere and is hoping to buy an electrical scooter within a year.
Brad Burton, Operations and Development
After graduating from Stanford with a degree in History and a minor in Italian language, Brad spent his first year out of school working as the Summer Staff Director for Stanford Sierra Camp. Having developed significant experience in managing community and business in college and beyond, Brad is extremely excited about joining 1BOG. He has a hand in the development and implementation of 1BOG campaigns throughout the U.S. and is looking forward to using 1BOG to help spread the adoption of renewable energy nationwide. When he’s not in the office, on his BlackBerry, or writing emails on the train, he enjoys playing beach volleyball and obsessing about professional European soccer. Email Brad
Avra Winograd-Hutner Gov’t and non-profit partnerships
Before joining 1 Block Off the Grid, Avra was working in New Orleans on policy and funding for post–Katrina redevelopment. She created a $40 Million program for the State Office of Community Development that was then adopted as a key pillar of recovery for the City of New Orleans. Prior to moving to Louisiana, Avra worked for the New York City Housing Preservation and Development as a project manager for affordable housing and mixed income developments. She is a native Californian and happy to be back in San Francisco working for 1Block Off the Grid. Avra graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Urban Studies and a minor in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Email Avra
