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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
YBG Festival 2019 Season Press Release
 (510) 928-1410

Email Marshall

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
17 seasons
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Steve Cho
Events Director
20 seasons
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Marcelo Aviles
Director of Programming
13 seasons
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Laura Paule Communications Manager
2 Seasons
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Mari Garcia
Office Manager
3 seasons
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Preston Justice
Program Emcee, Arts Consultant
Cristina Ibarra
Arts Consultant
Katerina Wong, Wendy Rein, and Ryan T. Smith, ChoreoFest Curators and Co-Artistic Directors of RAWdance 
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Baruch Porras-Hernandez
Poetic Tuesdays Curator
Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble of San Francisco
Resident Youth Ensemble
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Marshall Lamm
Promotions & Public Relations
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Delphine Lai
Del Arts Consulting, Grantwriting
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Audio Production Group
Sound Engineering
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Michelle Markey
Bookkeeping
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Taylor Mosley
Videography
Jim Watkins Photography
Jim Watkins
Volunteer Photographer
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Kelsey Ogden
Volunteer Photographer
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Amal Bisharat
Volunteer Photographer
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Tom Ehrlich
Volunteer Photographer
Crosby & Kaneda, Certified Public Accountants
Crosby & Kaneda CPA
Accounting

Seasonal Staff

Ephraim Colbert
Avetis Chalaganyan
Graham Galloway
Preston Justice
Tina Kashiwagi

Juan Carlos Lara
Albert Lee
Michael Leo
Aracely Lopez
Derek Magsanay

Alfred Manzano
Khaia McGill
Vanessa Nava
Rafael Sarria

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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 Pimental
Blue Vine

Helen Sause
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, Oakland Museum

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


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FUNDERS & SPONSORS
Contributors to the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival.
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HISTORY
Before there was a Festival, before there was even a park…
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