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

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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. 

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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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

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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)

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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)

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Holly Chen

HR Manager

“Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.”
– Theodore Roosevelt

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Young Chen

Development Manager

 “Coffee is the lifeblood that fuels the dreams of champions.” – Kicking and Screaming (2005)
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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

“Sergio always have a solution.” — Sergio Kim, Seoul Searching (AAIFF’15)
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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)

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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)

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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