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Free outdoor performing arts in downtown San Francisco

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Yerba Buena Gardens Festival Team

Media Contact

Marshall Lamm Public Relations
(510) 928-1410
2025 YBG Festival Season Press Release

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Opportunities

Be part of San Francisco’s thriving artistic and cultural scene. See the current staff positions, internships and volunteer opportunities.

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Team Members

Linda Lucero Executive/Artistic Director
22 Seasons
Cristina Ibarra
Managing Director
10 Seasons
Steve Cho
Special Events Director
25 Seasons
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Marcelo Avilés
Director of Programming
18 Seasons
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Laura Paule
Communications Director
7 Seasons
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Nix Guirre
Marketing Coordinator
1 Season
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Mari Garcia
Office Manager
8 seasons
Preston Justice
Preston Justice
Programs &
Production Manager
17 Seasons
Crystal Watts
Crystal Watts
Special Events Coordinator
2 Seasons

Consultants & Curators

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Marcus Shelby
Resident Composer
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David Herrera, Raissa Simpson and Ashley Gayle
YBG ChoreoFest Curators
Nia McAllister
Poet-in-Residence
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Del Arts Consulting Grantwriting
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Marshall Lamm
Promotions & Public Relations
Michelle Markey
Michelle Markey
Bookkeeping
Crosby & Kaneda CPA
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Creative:MINT
Creative Campaign Designers
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Amal Bisharat
Photographer
Jim Watkins Photography
Jim Watkins
Photographer
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Tom Ehrlich
Photographer
RAPT Productions
Videography

Seasonal Staff

Brett Abramson
Rafael Sarria
Jason Del Rosario
Linda Fung
Lily Gee


Elena Kobylina
Cindy Kuang
Mika Lemoine
Michael Leo
Aracely Lopez

Karina Lopez
Carlo Ricafort
Tatianna Steiner
Robin Silver
Conrad Talamantes

Christopher Wise
Hannah Woolfenden
Roger Young
Vicky Bhundhumani

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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

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

Julie Pollock
Berger Montague PC

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.

Renée Baldocci
Producer, Arts Consultant

Peter Bratt
San Francisco Native Village Project

Mario Garcia Durham
Arts Advocate

Greg Landau
Music Producer, Educator

Chelis Lopez
KPOO-FM

Bill Martinez
Attorney, Producer

Alleluia Panis
KulArts

Anastasia Powers Cuellar
Brava Theater Center

John Santos
Musician, Producer, Historian

Cynthia Taylor
Educator, Vocalist

Roberto Gutiérrez Varea
USF Perf. Arts & Social Justice
Dept.

Dina Zarif
Artist & Red Poppy Art House


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FUNDERS & SPONSORS
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HISTORY
Before there was a Festival, before there was even a park…
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