Chief Executive Officer
with Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA)
The Organization
In a sentence: YBCA is a cultural, multi-disciplinary contemporary arts center in the heart of downtown San Francisco, California.
The current landscape: YBCA was founded as the cultural anchor of San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Gardens neighborhood. Its multidisciplinary work spans the realms of contemporary art, performance, film, civic engagement, and public life.
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The Role
WHAT YOU WILL ACCOMPLISH
LEAD
the creation and execution of YBCA’s strategic plan, unifying different stakeholders on a transparent vision for the organization’s future.
DEVELOP
YBCA’s revenue model to stabilize the organization’s financial health by increasing earned and philanthropic revenue.
FOSTER
a culture of trust and accountability, supporting staff, artists, the Board, and the arts community to rebuild trust and connection.
A WEEK IN THE LIFE
WHO SHOULD APPLY
Turnaround executives
Executive Directors
Chief Executive Officers
Chief Growth Officer
Chief External Affairs Officers
Chief Curators
Arts & Culture Innovators
WHEN/WHERE/HOW MUCH
Start date: Early Fall 2024
Location: San Francisco Bay area
Salary range: $350,000 - $375,000 + benefits
POSITION REPORTS TO
YBCA Board of Directors
APPLICATION DEADLINE
July 15, 2024, at 11pm PT
INTERESTED AND READY TO TAKE NEXT STEPS?
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WHAT STAKEHOLDERS SAY
“This is one place where I go where the crowd is quite diverse, pulling in everyone from the Bay, not homogeneous. We believe art is for everyone. That is what we are trying to do with our location. Everyone can physically access art, and people feel like they belong. Sometimes these spaces can create barriers. This is a place where I can say, as a person of color, there are few institutions of this size and scale that I feel I can be myself in as a patron.”
“I think YBCA is more experimental than most organizations in the art space, which is really fun and interesting and rewarding. I think that's part of its San Francisco DNA, but also a little bit of its ambiguity of purpose. [YBCA]'s meant to be kind of a little bit of everything to everybody type space.”
KEY STAKEHOLDERS
Malia Simonds
YBCA
Board Member & CEO Selection Committee Chair
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