Media Contact
Marshall Lamm Public Relations
(510) 928-1410
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
![](https://ybgfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/19-Lucero-B_W-edited.jpg)
21 Seasons
![](https://ybgfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/bio_pic_Ibarra-1-edited.jpg)
Managing Director
9 Seasons
![](https://ybgfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/SteveCho_headshot_2023-edited.jpg)
Events Director
24 Seasons
![Photo of Marcelo Aviles](https://ybgfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MarceloAviles_2024-edited.jpg)
Director of Programming
17 Seasons
![Photo of Laura Paule](https://ybgfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Laura-Paule.jpg)
Communications Director
6 Seasons
![Photo of Mariana Garcia](https://ybgfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/mari.jpg)
Office Manager
7 seasons
![Preston Justice](https://ybgfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Preston-Justice_2024-1024x1024.png)
Senior Events Manager
16 Seasons
![Crystal Watts](https://ybgfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Crystal-Watts_sq-1021x1024.png)
Special Events Coordinator
1 Season
Consultants & Curators
![Photo of Marcus Shelby](https://ybgfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/MarcusShelby-edited.jpg)
Resident Composer
![Headshot photos of David Herrera, Raissa Simpson, Ashley Gayle.](https://ybgfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/092323_YBGChoreoFest_Curators_sq5-1024x1024.png)
YBG ChoreoFest Curators
![](https://ybgfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Nia-McCallister-sq-1024x1024.jpg)
Poetic Tuesday Curator (MoAD)
![Photo of Delphine Lai](https://ybgfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Delphine-Lai.jpg)
![Photo of Marshall Lamm](https://ybgfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/staff-MarshallLamm.jpg)
Promotions & Public Relations
![Photo of Shoshanna Howard](https://ybgfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Shoshanna-Howard_v3.jpg)
Social Media Consultant
![Photo of Michelle Markey](https://ybgfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/staff-MichelleMarkey.jpg)
Bookkeeping
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![pink square](https://ybgfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/pink_photo_sq-1024x1024.png)
Creative Campaign Designers
![Photo of Amal Bisharat](https://ybgfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Bishoculars.jpg)
Photographer
![Jim Watkins Photography](https://ybgfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Jim-Watkins-Photography.jpg)
Photographer
![Photo of Tom Ehrlich](https://ybgfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Tom-Ehrlich.jpg)
Photographer
![](https://ybgfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/RAPTProductions-logo.png)
Videography
Seasonal Staff
Aracely Lopez
Conrad Talamantes
Karina Lopez
Rafael Sarria
Roger Young
Linda Fung
Cindy Kuang
Mike Leo
Derek Magsanay
Alexia Staniotes
Chris Wise
Elena Kobylina
Jacqueline Gonzalez
James Seagrave-Scott
Josué Woodard
Kendall Simpson
Poppy Gilbert
Su Lee
![Photo of Christopher Lafond](https://ybgfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/lafond.jpg)
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.
![Photo of a person putting money into a donation bucket.](https://ybgfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/donation-photo.jpg)
FUNDERS & SPONSORS
Contributors to the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival.
See our Supporters
![Black and white photo of construction site at Yerba Buena Gardens](https://ybgfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/history_construction_square.jpg)
HISTORY
Before there was a Festival, before there was even a park…
Hear our story