Yerba Buena Gardens Festival Team

Media Contact

Marshall Lamm Public Relations
YBG Festival 2022 Season Press Release
(510) 928-1410

Opportunities

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

Team Members

Linda Lucero Executive/Artistic Director
19 Seasons

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Events Director
22 Seasons

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Director of Programming
15 Seasons

Cristina Ibarra
Strategic Projects Director
7 Seasons

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Communications Director
4 Seasons

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Resident Composer

Laird Archer
Senior Events Manager
2 Seasons

Katerina Wong, Wendy Rein, and Ryan T. Smith
YBG ChoreoFest Curators

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Office Manager
5 seasons

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Del Arts Consulting, Grantwriting

Preston Justice
Program Emcee
Arts Consultant

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Promotions & Public Relations

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Social Media Consultant

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Bookkeeping

Crosby & Kaneda CPA
Accounting

Audio Production Group Sound Engineering

Arc & Type
Graphic Design

Jim Watkins Photography — Jim Watkins
Photographer

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Photographer

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Photographer

Jet Martinez
2022 Stage Mural Artist

Seasonal Staff

Ephraim Colbert
Michael Leo
Aracely Lopez
Derek Magsanay
Preston Justice

Alfred Manzano
Rafael Sarria
Daylan Buchanan
Nicole Gluckstern

Shannon Preto

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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

William Carney
Landscript Associates

Elaine Elinson
Editor/Author

Elizabeth Gessel
Museum of the African Diaspora

Sean Jeffries
Millennium Partners

Al Levitt
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLC

Benjamin Pimentel
Protocol

Helen Sause (ex-officio)
Retired SFRA

Chi-Hsin Shao
CHS Consulting Group

Sylvia Sherman
SF Community Music Center

Thomas Simpson
AfroSolo

Gino Squadrito
LaserCom Design

Arts Advisory Council

Affiliations for identification purposes only.

Renee Baldocchi
Red Poppy Art House

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.

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FUNDERS & SPONSORS
Contributors to the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival.
See our Supporters

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HISTORY
Before there was a Festival, before there was even a park…
Hear our story