Fri March 31st Open 12—6 PM
Opened to the public in 1993, YBCA was founded as the cultural anchor of San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Gardens neighborhood. Our work spans the realms of contemporary art, performance, film, civic engagement, and public life. Centering artists as essential to social and cultural movement, YBCA is reimagining the role an arts institution can play in the community it serves.
We believe that culture is an essential catalyst for change.
Therefore, it’s the responsibility of arts institutions to spur and support societal movement.
Our mission is to generate culture that moves people.
Language matters. YBCA is committed to doing the best we can to find and use the words to ensure that people are seen and acknowledged and that we are accountable to our commitment to social, racial, and economic equity and justice. This list of our prioritized communities was honed through consultation with social practice artists from multiple communities and backgrounds and is meant to call folks into participation with us. However, we know that language has power and words and labels can cause harm, and can easily exclude many people. We also understand that language, when careful, can lift and empower all of us. Most of all, we embrace that language is accountable and necessarily dynamic. We will keep on listening, responding and adjusting the words we use and the actions we take.
American Indian and Alaska Native
Asian and Asian American
Black and African American
Disabled
Indigenous and Indigena
Latinx
Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, Two-Spirit, +
Middle Eastern, North African, South Asian
Pacific Islander and Native Hawaiian
Lula Ahmed-Falol, Manager of Community and Artists Investment
Alexis Amann, HR Manager
Sandie Arnold, Director of Philanthropy
Yoni Asega, Co-Head Preparator
Sara Fenske Bahat, CEO
Christian Medina Beltz, Sr. Manager of Communications
Kendall Benford, Community Investment Assistant
Luka Blackmore, Executive Assistant
Jason Blackwell, Director of Community Investment
Giuliana Blasi, Grant Writer
Angela Carrier, Director of Artist Engagement and Impact
Bert Hebbert Castillo, Head Audio Technician
David Chai, Sr. Advisor
Jodi Cobalt, Chief of Operations
Rea Lynn de Guzman, Manager of Community Partnerships
Duane Duckworth, Lead Facilities Technician
Anna Lisa Escobedo, Sr. Manager of Artist Engagement and Impact
Sameh Fahmy, Security Manager
Elaine Fong, Lead Community Experience Representative
Michael Fong, IT Systems Administrator
Chris Griffin, Director of Production
Freddy Grijalva, Security Officer
David Gutelius, Sr. Advisor
Sabrina Habel, Event Services Manager
Ursula Hunting, Manager of Corporate Partnerships and Events
Stephanie Imah, Director of Artist Investment
Leslie Irwin, Sr. Marketing Manager
Natalie Just, Sr. Manager of Community Experience
Bob Kenmotsu, IT Manager/Senior Database Administrator
Jaimie Kim, Staff Accountant
Amy Kisch, Chief Producer
Oscar Linares, Facilities Technician
Julie Mae Lopez, Director of People & Culture
Cori Lucas, Program Event Manager
Amelia Maffin, Digital Marketing Manager
Bella Manfredi, Sr. Preparator – Generalist
Zoila Marquez, Community Experience Representative
Patrick Mena Ramirez, Security Officer
Rafael Miranda, Desktop Administrator
Flavia Mora, Community Partnerships Coordinator
Joey Pacheco, Event Services Specialist
Xochitl Quiroz, Community Experience Representative
Dio Ramirez, Office Manager
Rebeka Rodriguez, Director of Community Partnerships
Mark Sabb, Creative Director, Head of Content & Digital Strategy
Chris Safford, Chief of Finance
Ernesto Salinas, Security Lead
Delmy Del Rosario Sanchez Jarquin, Cultivation Operations Assistant
Amanda Schwartzbaum, HR Generalist
Nalinee Siroros, Sr. Accounting Manager
Michael Sousa, Lead House Manager
Nasira Spells, Project Manager, Marketing & Technology
Mike Starobin, Forum House Head Technician, ETCP Electrician
Martin Strickland, Director of Curatorial Projects and Public Experience
David Tim, Co-Head Preparator
Martins Ukpabi, Security Officer
O Vegh, Exhibitions Project Manager & Registrar
Charles Ward, Director of Raffle Operations
Jessica Williams, Interim Director of Events
Dontina Williams, Program Coordinator
Greg Wilson, Theater House Head Technician
Jason Zimmerman, Director of Facilities & Security
Daniela Lencioni, Senior Manager of Strategy and Operations
David Owens Hill, Chief of Staff
Renuka Kher
Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurship,
San Francisco, CA
Board Chair
Jeff Chang
Vice President of Narrative,
Arts and Culture, Race Forward,
Oakland, CA
Board Member
Amy Eliot
Design Principal at Dreyfuss + Blackford Architecture,
San Francisco, CA
Board Member
Nancy Levinson
Editor and Executive Director
of Places Journal,
San Francisco, CA
Board Member
Laura Livoti
Philanthropic Advisor and
Nonprofit Consultant,
San Francisco, CA
and New Orleans, LA
Board Member
Nazli Parvizi
Government and Nonprofit Consultant, Anthropologist and Chef,
San Francisco, CA
Board Member
Sunya Berkelman Rosado Anthropologist and Community Organizer,
San Francisco, CA
Board Member
Clyde Valentin
Director of Ignite/Arts Dallas at SMU Meadows School of the Arts,
Dallas, TX
Board Member
Zak Williams
Founder of New Co.,
Los Angeles, CA
Board Member
Helen Sause
Former Deputy Executive Director,
San Francisco Redevelopment Agency,
Alameda, CA
Emeritus
Our mission is made possible by our stakeholders, those invested in ensuring that we can continue our work. Explore this past fiscal year’s highlights.