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2024 YBG Festival Season Press Release
Opportunities
Be part of San Francisco’s thriving artistic and cultural scene. See the current staff positions, internships and volunteer opportunities.
Team Members
21 Seasons
Managing Director
9 Seasons
Events Director
24 Seasons
Director of Programming
17 Seasons
Communications Director
6 Seasons
Office Manager
7 seasons
Senior Events Manager
16 Seasons
Special Events Coordinator
1 Season
Consultants & Curators
Resident Composer
YBG ChoreoFest Curators
Poetic Tuesday Curator (MoAD)
Promotions & Public Relations
Social Media Consultant
Bookkeeping
Creative Campaign Designers
Photographer
Photographer
Photographer
Videography
Seasonal Staff
Aracely Lopez
Conrad Talamantes
Karina Lopez
Rafael Sarria
Roger Young
Linda Fung
Cindy Kuang
Mike Leo
Derek Magsanay
Chris Wise
Elena Kobylina
Jacqueline Gonzalez
James Seagrave-Scott
Josué Woodard
Su Lee
In Memoriam
Christopher James Lafond
12/15/1986 – 7/13/2015
YBG Festival Event Staff and Friend
Rest in Peace
Board of Directors
Affiliations for identification purposes only.
Aaron Grizzell (President)
NorCal Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Foundation
William Carney
Landscript Associates
David de la Torre
Arts Consultant
Elaine Elinson
Educator/Writer
Elizabeth Gessel
Museum of the African Diaspora
Sean Jeffries
Millennium Partners
Al Levitt
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLC
Jennifer Norris
Arts Advocate
Chi-Hsin Shao
CHS Consulting Group
Sylvia Sherman
SF Community Music Center
Judy Tsang
Independent Television Service (ITVS)
Helen Sause
(Emeritus in Memoriam)
Retired SFRA
Arts Advisory Council
Affiliations for identification purposes only.
Renee Baldocchi
Red Poppy Art House
Peter Bratt
San Francisco Native Village Project
Carole Deutch
Film & Events Producer
Kate Dumbleton
Hyde Park Jazz Festival
Zakiya Harris
Changemaker, educator, artist
Greg Landau
Music Producer, Educator
Chelis Lopez
KPOO-FM
Bill Martinez
Attorney, Producer
Alleluia Panis
KulArts
Anastasia Powers Cuellar
Brava Theater Center
Cynthia Taylor
Educator, Vocalist
Roberto Gutiérrez Varea
USF Perf. Arts & Social Justice Dept.
FUNDERS & SPONSORS
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HISTORY
Before there was a Festival, before there was even a park…
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