Staff and Board

Staff

Andrea Louie, Executive Director Bio
(212) 941-9208 ext. 1
alouie[at]aaartsalliance[dot]org

Nico Daswani, Program Director Bio
(212) 941-9208 ext. 3
ndaswani[at]aaartsalliance[dot]org

Soriya Chum, Development & Administrative Associate Bio
(212) 941-9208 ext. 5
schum[at]aaartsalliance[dot]org

Jinjin Sun, Program & Communications Assistant Bio
(212) 941-9208 ext. 2
jsun[at]aaartsalliance[dot]org 

Elena Chang, Festival Coordinator Bio
(212) 941-9208 ext. 6
echang[at]aaartsalliance[dot]org 

Kelly Kuwabara, Development Consultant Bio

Board of Directors

Ravi S. Rajan, Board President Bio
Artist/Musician, Associate Dean of the Arts and Director,
School of Art+Design SUNY Purchase College

Diana Lee, Board Vice President Bio
Vice-President & General Manager, Sojitz Corporation of America

Mark Swicegood, Board Treasurer Bio
Financial Performance Analyst, ANZ

Lily J. Lu, Board Secretary Bio
Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP

Theodore Berger Bio
Executive Director, NY Creates

Paul Chau Bio
Senior Vice President / Team Leader, TD Bank

Rockwell J. Chin Bio
Director, Office of Equal Opportunity & Diversity
New York State Division of Human Rights

Athena Robles Bio
Visual Artist

Eric Wong Bio
CMO, Bad Boy Entertainment/Senior Vice President of Marketing, Atlantic Records

In Memoriam

Wai Lookserved as the manager of the Business Volunteers for the Arts program for the Arts & Business Council of New York. Wai was responsible for the recruitment, training, and placement of business professionals as volunteer management consultants within arts organizations throughout the five boroughs. Prior to joining the staff of the Arts & Business Council, Wai served as orchestra manager for the New York Pops, where she managed operations for the orchestra’s Carnegie Hall series, international and domestic touring, educational outreach programs, as well as fundraising and special events. A native New Yorker, Wai was a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College. 

Michael Oshima established the Alliance’s non-profit 501c(3) status and served as board member from 2005 until his untimely passing in July 2008. He was deputy general counsel of Safe Horizon, Inc., the U.S.' largest provider of victim assistance services. Asian American Arts Alliance mourns his loss and is blessed to have benefited from his kindness, generosity and wisdom.