Event

Ron Blatman at 315 Linden

Ron is the Executive Producer/Producer of Saving the City: Remaking the American Metropolis, a 13-part TV series in the works highlighting successful and unsuccessful examples of urban redevelopment throughout the US and Canada focusing on downtowns and nearby neighborhoods. Please visit www.savingthecity.org more information including preview videos.

He was also Executive Producer/Producer for Saving the Bay: The Story of San Francisco Bay, a national prime time PBS TV series which aired over four weeks in 2011 and continues to be repeated around the country. Narrated by Robert Redford, Saving the Bay covers San Francisco Bay from its origins to the present and highlights three pioneering women who saved the Bay from becoming little more than a river in the 1960s.

Please visit www.savingthebay.org for more information including video clips and an extensive education section. The series won four regional Emmy awards including for Best Documentary. Screenings were held for members of Congress at the US capitol and in conjunction with the state legislature in Sacramento.

Ron previously worked in real estate development and finance in his native San Francisco and on Wall Street in New York, as well as serving as Director of Business Development in the San Francisco mayor's office in the early 1990s. He was the mayors point man for keeping the San Francisco Giants baseball team in the city as well as catalyst for a major new Federal office complex.

Ron earned an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School and a concurrent Master of City Planning from the University of Pennsylvania. He also holds a BA in Architecture from UC Berkeley.

This is the sixth event in a series of talks on the future of cities, led by inspiring thinkers, designers and artists.

The goal of these salon-like conversations is to spark new connections, inspire doers, and enjoy good food, wine and company. Food, drinks and casual conversation from 6 PM, talk begins at 6:45 PM.