The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) and the San Francisco Planning Department partnered to make the Market Street Prototyping Festival possible.
Festival Leads

Neil Hrushowy, Manager – City Design Group
San Francisco Planning Department
Neil oversees the City Design Group at San Francisco Planning Department. His team of urban designers are responsible for leading streetscape designs, public realm plans, urban design review for new development, leading the City’s tactical urbanism program, and advising other City agencies on all aspects of public realm design.

Deborah Cullinan, Chief Executive Officer
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Deborah Cullinan joined Yerba Buena Center for the Arts as CEO in September 2013. With her stewardship, YBCA has sharpened its mission and vision; regrounding the organization in its origins as a citizen institution and San Francisco’s premiere art center built by the community, for the community. In addition to presenting YBCA’s groundbreaking visual art, performance, and film programs, Cullinan has set out to prove that an art center can create the culture that’s needed in order to achieve a more hopeful and equitable future. Read more
Deborah’s passion for connecting art and civic impact has made her a sought after speaker and contributor to both U.S. and international organizations, including the New Cities Foundation, Americans for the Arts, the City Innovate Foundation, the University of Chicago Arts Incubator, and the National Endowment for the Arts. She is a co-founder of ArtsForum SF, and a member of the Board of California Arts Advocates, Californians for the Arts, MissionHub, and the Community Arts Stabilization Trust. She is on the Advisory Board of the Catalyst Initiative, Grey Area Foundation for the Arts, Howlround, the San Francisco Arts Education Project, and the Community Visions Project/Americans for the Arts. She is co-chair of the San Francisco Arts Alliance and is a Rockwood Fellow, a Gerbode Fellow, and alumni of the National Arts Strategies’ Chief Executive Program.
Festival Producers

Kay Cheng
Urban Designer – City Design Group
San Francisco Planning Department

Angela Carrier
Project Manager
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Other Team Members
Robin Abad
Urban Designer / Planner
San Francisco Planning Department
Voleine Amilcar
Sr. Public Relations Manager
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Sandie Arnold
Director of Institutional Giving and Strategic Initiatives
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Gary Chen
Graphic Designer and Webmaster
San Francisco Planning Department
Wendy Ho
Graphic Designer / MSPF Intern
San Francisco Planning Department
Jessica Look
Urban Designer / Planner
San Francisco Planning Department
Jen Martindale
Chief of Marketing
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Betsy McCall
Volunteer Coordinator
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Jonathan Moscone
Chief of Civic Engagement
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Rhonda Pagnozzi
Civic Engagement Assistant
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Patrick Race
Planner / Landscape Designer
San Francisco Planning Department
Rebeka Rodriguez
Civic Engagement Manager
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Scott Rowitz
Chief Operating Officer
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Laura Saldivar
Associate Director of Marketing
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Rachelle Sarmiento
Festival Evaluation / MSPF Intern
San Francisco Planning Department
Gina Simi
Communications Manager
San Francisco Planning Department
Candace SooHoo
Communications Coordinator
San Francisco Planning Department
Elise Stieren
Executive Assistant
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Charles Ward
Chief Development Officer
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts