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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 2022 Season Press Release
 (510) 928-1410

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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
20 Seasons
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Steve Cho
Events Director
23 Seasons
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Marcelo Aviles
Director of Programming
16 Seasons
Cristina Ibarra
Strategic Projects Director
8 Seasons
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Laura Paule
Communications Director
5 Seasons
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Zel Farrell-Alvarado
Rental Specialist
14 seasons
Laird Archer
Senior Events Manager
3 Seasons
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Mari Garcia
Office Manager
6 seasons
Preston Justice
Senior Events Manager
15 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
Karla Brundage
Karla Brundage
Poetic Tuesday Curator
(Litquake)
Nia McAllister
Poetic Tuesday Curator (MoAD)
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Del Arts Consulting Grantwriting
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Marshall Lamm
Promotions & Public Relations
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Shoshanna Howard
Social Media Consultant
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Michelle Markey
Bookkeeping
Crosby & Kaneda CPA
Otherwise
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

Aracely Lopez
Conrad Talamantes
Iggy Capra
Karina Lopez

Gabriel Veliz
Nicole Gluckstern
Rafael Sarria
Roger Young

Roman Braham
Linda Fung

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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

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

Benjamin Pimentel
Nerdwallet

Chi-Hsin Shao
CHS Consulting Group

Sylvia Sherman
SF Community Music Center

Thomas Simpson
AfroSolo Theatre Company

Gino Squadrito
LaserCom Design

Helen Sause (ex-officio)
Retired SFRA

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.
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HISTORY
Before there was a Festival, before there was even a park…
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