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Board of Directors

Candace Chewning


Deputy Director, Philadelphia Department of Labor
Director, Office of Worker Protections

Sandra Clark


Chief Executive Officer, StoryCorps

Catherine Lee


Senior Director, Development & Operations, BlackStar Projects

Tuan H. Nguyen

Board Chair


Sr. Client Advisory, Managing Director, Rockefeller Capital Family Office

Eva Ray

Board Secretary

Former Director of Education, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

Blessy Thomas

Treasurer


Partner, Innovate Capital Growth Fund

Mary Yee, Ed.D


Educational Researcher, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education

Staff

  • Portrait of AAI’s Project Manager Ann Adachi-Tasch.Portrait of AAI’s Project Manager Ann Adachi-Tasch.

    Ann Adachi-Tasch

    (she/her)
    Project Manager
  • Portrait of AAI’s Development Coordinator Clarissa Cheung.Portrait of AAI’s Development Coordinator Clarissa Cheung.

    Clarissa Cheung

    (she/they)
    Development Coordinator
  • Portrait of teaching artist Daniela Galindo at Asian Arts Initiative.Portrait of teaching artist Daniela Galindo at Asian Arts Initiative.

    Daniela Galindo

    (she/her)
    Lead Teaching Artist
  • Portrait of AAI’s Director of Programs Dave Kyu.Portrait of AAI’s Director of Programs Dave Kyu.

    Dave Kyu

    (he/him)
    Interim Executive Director| ext. 703
  • Portrait of AAI’s Technical Manager Devin Mcknight.Portrait of AAI’s Technical Manager Devin Mcknight.

    Devin McKnight

    (he/him)
    Technical Director
  • Portrait of AAI’s Creative Assistant Dominique Chua.Portrait of AAI’s Creative Assistant Dominique Chua.

    Dominique Chua

    (she/they)
    Programs Coordinator| ext. 710
  • Portrait of AAI’s teaching artist Hanzi.Portrait of AAI’s teaching artist Hanzi.

    Hanzi

    (they/them)
    Teaching Artist
  • Jeanette Lloyd

    (she/her)
    Director of Marketing
  • Portrait of AAI’s Marketing Supervisor Jino Lee.Portrait of AAI’s Marketing Supervisor Jino Lee.

    Jino Lee

    (he/him)
    Brand & Publicity Director | ext. 706
  • Portrait of AAI’s Director of Development Joey Wong.Portrait of AAI’s Director of Development Joey Wong.

    Joey Wong

    (they/them)
    Director of Development| ext. 708
  • Portrait of AAI’s Curator Joyce Chung.Portrait of AAI’s Curator Joyce Chung.

    Joyce Chung

    (she/her)
    Curator| ext. 714
  • Portrait of AAI’s Youth Education Programs Manager Kong Yang.Portrait of AAI’s Youth Education Programs Manager Kong Yang.

    Kong Yang

    (she/her)
    Youth Education Programs Manager| ext. 705
  • Portrait of AAI’s Operations Assistant Liz Karcewski.Portrait of AAI’s Operations Assistant Liz Karcewski.

    Liz Karcewski

    (she/her)
    Operations Assistant
  • Portrait of AAI’s Managing Director Matt Nelson.Portrait of AAI’s Managing Director Matt Nelson.

    Matt Nelson

    (they/all)
    Managing Director| ext. 707
  • Portrait of AAI’s Lead Teaching Artist Mehgan Abdel-Moneim.Portrait of AAI’s Lead Teaching Artist Mehgan Abdel-Moneim.

    Mehgan Abdel-Moneim

    (she/her)
    Lead Teaching Artist
  • A portrait of AAI’s Building Custodian Sam Cavanaugh.A portrait of AAI’s Building Custodian Sam Cavanaugh.

    Samantha Cavanaugh

    (she/her)
    Building Custodian
  • Portrait of AAI’s Operations Supervisor Samantha Quinn.Portrait of AAI’s Operations Supervisor Samantha Quinn.

    Samantha Quinn

    (she/her)
    Operations Supervisor| ext. 709

Gayle Isa (Executive Director, 1993-2018) is a Founder and former Executive Director of Asian Arts Initiative. Gayle has been a Douglas Redd Fellow focused on arts and community development and has served on the boards of the Philadelphia Cultural Fund, the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, the National Performance Network, and the national Consortium of Asian American Theaters and Artists. She has also been a member of the Philadelphia Mayor’s Commission on Asian American Affairs and the Mayor’s Cultural Advisory Council, and was the first Asian American appointed to serve on the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. She has been an aspiring dramaturg and taiko drummer, and is currently focusing her creative energy on parenting her school-aged daughter.

Anne Ishii (Executive Director, 2018-2024) is a writer, editor and translator, who for the past ten years has worked specifically to achieve visibility and recognition for art and artists that touches on issues of gender and sexuality in the Asian diaspora. In her quest to platform more and better iterations of work from the API diaspora, Anne has worked in publishing and advertising, venture consulting and content strategy.

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