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

19 Seasons

Events Director
22 Seasons

Director of Programming
15 Seasons

Strategic Projects Director
7 Seasons

Communications Director
4 Seasons

Resident Composer

Senior Events Manager
2 Seasons

YBG ChoreoFest Curators

Office Manager
5 seasons

Del Arts Consulting, Grantwriting

Program Emcee
Arts Consultant

Promotions & Public Relations

Social Media Consultant

Bookkeeping

Accounting


Graphic Design

Photographer

Photographer

Photographer

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

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.

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

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