OUR TEAM

 
 
 
 
 

LEADERSHIP


 

Michelle K. Sugihara
Executive Director

Jes Vu Communications Manager

Jes Vu
Head of Communications

Rhian Moore Administrative Coordinator

Rhian Moore
Head of Programs

Grace Kao
Chief of Staff

 
 
 

 
 
 
 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Sanjay Sharma
Board Chair
Founder & CEO
Marginal Mediaworks

Naia Cucukov
Vice Chair
Founder, Executive Producer & Producer
100 Tigers/Working Barn

Albert Cheng
VP
Prime Video US

Bill Imada
Founder & Chief Connectivity Officer
IW Group

Bing Chen
Executive Chairman, CEO & Co-Founder
Gold House

Frank Jung
Founder & CEO
Franchise Media Collective

Gordon Ho
Principal
Xpertainment

Nina Yang Bongiovi
Co-Founder & Producer
Significant Productions

Peter J McHugh
Partner, Manager, & Producer
The Gotham Group

Rina Brannen
VP, Development
Universal Content Productions


Russ Riggins
Treasurer
VP, Finance
Boat Rocker Media

 
 
 

 
 

ADVISORY COUNCIL

Abhijay Prakash
President, Universal Filmed Entertainment Group

Adele Lim
Director & Screenwriter

Ang Lee
Oscar Award-Winning Director

Dan Lin
Founder & Producer
Rideback

David Henry Hwang
Tony Award-Winning Playwright

Janet Yang
Producer

Leo Chu
Creator & Showrunner

Monica Macer
Showrunner

Steve Tao
SVP of Current Programming, The CW

 

 
 

FOUNDERS

Chris Lee
Founder and Director
Academy for Creative Media System, University of Hawai’i

Fritz Friedman
The Fritz Friedman Co.

Wenda Fong
Vice Chair, Board of Trustees
The California State University