Sylvia Ventura, Principal
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. While in college worked with the French Institute of Pharmaceutical Marketing (IFMO), and the French Department of Education (DDTEC). Seeking to gain US experience Sylvia moved to New York City to work with some of Madison Avenue’s largest ad agencies (Omnicom, Euro RSCG, Interpublic) on dozens of top tier pharmaceutical launches. In 1999 she accepted a position with FCB Health which took her to San Francisco where she worked with early stage biotech companies. Noticing that the traditional ad agency format was not always suited to service the emerging life sciences industry’s needs she launched Aperio Life, a marketing communications agency that caters to early stage companies.

In 2007 Sylvia decided to redirect her energies and training towards an area she believes has a positive impact on our future quality of life. Sustainable living; and Clean technology became the focus of her work. She and co-Founder Dan Barahona launched Solar4SF.org, a consumer advocacy group to promote the use of renewable solar energy. Solar4SF.org was the inspiration and the precursor to 1 Block Off the Grid (1BOG.org) with has become the nation’s largest community based purchasing group for green products. The company was acquired by Virgance, Inc.

Sylvia’s personal goal is to bring some relief to our fossil fuel independence and our “carbon saturated” lives though her work and her ongoing advocacy. She is currently working on her next venture which once again leverages the power of social and environmental activism. Stay tunned!