Meet The Team
Our board and staff are dedicated to bringing the best of Asian and Asian American cinema to audiences of all ages. As one of the oldest Asian film organizations in the U.S., we believe in the importance of preserving the historical aspects of films while enhancing the growth of AAPI youth today.
Board Of Directors
Daniel Chen
Daniel Chen is a real estate developer and broker in New York City. He is the co-founder of My Friends Place NY, a non-profit with a mission to educate and empower underserved youths in the Asian community through mental health programs and workshops.Â
With an M.B.A. in International Business, Daniel has volunteered and worked with multiple NGOs all around the world. Activities include building a library in rural China, managing an orphanage in Nepal, and teaching English to migrant workers in Hong Kong.  He would like to focus on providing opportunities and new career paths for the growing youth of immigrant families and first-generation Americans.
Phil Lam
Philip is a former Product Development Executive at Facebook. He is a 20+ year veteran of the information technology and interactive media industries and has played critical roles in numerous ground-breaking initiatives involving personalization technology, e-commerce, social media and computer/console gaming.
Philip earned his B.S. in Operations Research from Cornell University and his M.B.A. from New York Universityʼs Stern School of Business.
Judy Lei
Judy Lei is an actor, performer, writer, producer, filmmaker, and Voting Rights Organizer at the AALDEF, where she works with the Democracy Team to organize the nation’s largest Asian American Exit Poll. She wrote/performed two one-woman shows – “The World’s Greatest” (dir. MC Jin) and “28: Still Fucked Up.” She recently completed her first feature film, The World’s Greatest.
She has been involved with Asian CineVision since 2009, and hopes to spend the rest of her life telling stories about the NYC Asian American experience through comedy, television, film, and community organizing.
Cecilia R. Mejia
A first-generation Filipino-American born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Cecilia has worked in development for non-profit organizations, including NGOs at the United Nations. She has a master’s degree in Public Administration and Affairs and is a graduate of the Columbia Business School’s Emerging Nonprofit Leaders Program.
She’s worked with several grassroots organizations focusing on underrepresented communities, which led to her working in film. Cecilia has produced a number of short films focusing on critical social impact issues. She’s the lead producer of the Award-winning, Sony-acquired feature film, Yellow Rose, a Social Impact Producer of the award-winning documentary, Call Her Ganda, and Co-Producer for Array Studios-acquired Lingua Franca. Cecilia is combining her love of film and social impact work with under-resourced youth through her non-profit organization, Art of Me, as the Creative Director. She was recently featured in Forbes Magazine for her work.
Wynn J. Salisch
Chairman and CEO of Casablanca Ventures, LLC
Wynn J. Salisch is a senior media and entertainment professional with entrepreneurial strategy, corporate and business development, and operations experience. He is able to adeptly analyze complex situations and develop appropriate actions to achieve positive resolutions. Detail oriented, versatile, and committed, he combines strong interpersonal and problem solving skills with his unique understanding of the Asian American market.Â
John C. Woo
Founder & Executive Director, WOO ART INTERNATIONAL, Inc.,
Executive Director, ASIAN CINEVISION, Inc.
John Woo is co-founder and Executive Director of Woo Art International, a New York based creative services and visual communications studio founded in 1980. Woo Art creates award winning visual media for a diverse base of clients in the communications, broadcast promotion, exhibit, and entertainment industries.
He is the Board Chair for Asian CineVision (ACV), the New York based not-for-profit media arts organization and presenter of the Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF). In 2007, he became Acting Director of ACV and in 2010, Executive Director.
Managers
Kayla Wong
Programs / Festival Director
“Dishonor. Dishonor on your whole family. Dishonor on you. Dishonor on your cow.”
– Mulan (1998)
Eunice Chen
ACV Associate Director / Development
“If we don’t have any dreams in life, we are no different than a salted fish.”
— Shaolin Soccer (2001)
Tiffany Bai
Venue Manager
“Ever since I turned 13, I’ve been doing my own thing and making my own moves. 24/7. 365.”
— Turning Red (2022)
Elizabeth Bigelow
Operations Co-Manager
“Don’t tell me…the offside rule is when the French mustard has to be between the teriyaki sauce and the sea salt.”
— Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
Holly Chen
HR Manager
“Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.”
– Theodore Roosevelt
Young Chen
Development Manager
Anna Fong
Marketing Manager
“Now, if we all have our own, like, individual, unique soul, right, where do they all come form? Are modern souls only a fraction of the original souls?”
– Before Sunrise (1995)
Christopher Gultiano
Operations Co-Manager
Catherine Gumarin
Legal Manager
Kristopher Montello
Programming Manager
“You know what I want to do when I grow up? I want to tell people things they don’t know. Show them stuff they haven’t seen. It’ll be so much fun.”
– Yi Yi (2000)
David Rances
Operations Co-Manager
Yu Hai Shen
Events Manager
“When I choose to see the good side of things, I’m not being naive. It is strategic and necessary. It’s how I learned to survive through everything.”
– Waymond Wang, Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)
Harmonie Tsai
Creative Manager
“Leave me alone, I know what I’m doing.”
— Kimi Räikkönen
Asian CineVision Staff
Leadership
John Woo, ACV Executive Director
Eunice Chen, ACV Associate Director
Kayla Wong, ACV Programs / Festival Director
Development and Community Partners
Development Manager
Young Chen
Associate Development Manager
Betty Chen
Development Associates
Fangda “Helen” Cao
Lily Chu
Development Intern
Ashley Shan
Sponsorship Coordinator
Shuyuan Liu
Community Engagement Coordinator
Peter Tan
Marketing & Public Relations
Marketing Manager
Anna Fong
Communications Associate Manager
Vickie Wang
Marketing Data Analyst
Kyle Tsang
Newsletter Lead
Susanne Wong
Newsletter Coordinator
Jessina Wong
Press Lead
Amanda La
PR Assistant
Andrea Baek
PR Coordinator – Influencers
Manykhoth Thosy
Social Media Lead
Sowang Kundeling
Social Media Coordinators
Eve Golecruz
Namirah Zihniah
Operations
Operations Co-Managers
Elizabeth Bigelow
Christopher Gultiano
David Rances
HR Manager
Holly Chen
Legal Manager
Catherine Gumarin
Operations Associate
Rui Chang
Box Office Coordinators
Nidhi Kalva
Arice Liu
Guest Services Coordinators
Isabella Nicdao
Peggy Tseng
Production Manager
David Rances
Production Lead
Michael Mejia
Production Assistants
Jihyun Paik
Andrew Park
Fred Seo
Broadcast Technicians
Vincy Chan
Katan Thanaponporn
Vincent Tsang
Venue Manager
Tiffany Bai
Events Manager
Yu Hai Shen
Events Coordinator
Sarah Belle Lin
Special Events Coordinator
Charissa Isidro
Creative
Creative Manager
Harmonie Tsai
Graphic Designers
Shing-Hay Wong
Lin “Zoe” You
Motion Graphic Designers
Suejee Lee
Siwen “Candy” Sui
Photo/Video Leads
Elena Dagan
Murielle Hsieh
Senior Video Editor
Yena Oh
Video Editor
Narae Lee
Photo Editor
Kyle Tsang
Editorial Coordinator
Beryl Lin
Copy Editors
Elizabeth Bigelow
Sarah Belle Lin
Web
Dennis Hu – Lead Software Engineer
Timothy Chiu – Web Developer
Nhu Nguyen – Website Data Entry
UX/UI Design
Georgia Thompson – UX Designer
Arnold Bustamante – UX Design Consultant
Programming
Programming Manager
Kris Montello
Programming Coordinator
Iris Lin
Film Programmer Consultant
Milisa Burke
Festival Film Programmer
Joy Jihyun Jeong
Junior Programmers
Helen Bui
Suzanne Knop
Anson Li
Taha Long
Special Exhibition Programmer
Hai-Li Kong
Interactive Media Programmer
Jackson Lee
Screenplay Programmer
Son Duong
Screenplay Reader
Katan Thanaponporn
Screener Lead
Elena Dagan
Screeners
Timothy Chiu
Suejee Lee
Shuyuan Liu
Michael Mejia
Craig Nisperos
Andrew Park
Vincent Tsang
CineVue
Managing Editor
Demi Guo
Staff Writer
Jamie Parcon
Tracy Chung
CineVue Contributors
Jamie Parcon
Nathan Liu
Tracy Chung