Risa is the Executive Director of Asian CineVision, a NYC-based non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and preservation of media works by artists of Asian descent.  She was the festival director of the NY Asian American International Film Festival in 2001 and 2002.

Risa received an M.A. in film and education from NYU in 1999 while serving as the Associate Director of the Asian/Pacific/American Studies Program and Institute.  She is the President of Edgewood Pictures, Inc., a motion picture production company.  In addition to lecturing across the country on Asian and Asian American media, Risa has served on many juries/selection committees including POV, Tribeca All Access, IFP Project Involve, and IFP Gotham Awards. 

Diana Lee has over seven years of experience in non-profit arts management and is currently the festival director of the NY Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF), organized by Asian CineVision, Inc (ACV), a non profit media arts organization. Joining ACV in 2001 as the
Program Associate, Diana was appointed the Festival Director in 2003 and is responsible for all aspects of planning and execution of the annual AAIFF. She also served on screening committees, juries, advisory committees and panels for various independent media arts organizations. Diana received her masters in Media Arts from The New School University.

Donna Tsufura was a founding member of The Workshop: Asian American Filmmakers Collaborative which produced the groundbreaking short film anthology, “Avenue of the Asian Americas.”  She has been a programmer for the Asian American International Film Festival, and has worked at the Sundance Institute Filmmaker Labs and Theatre Labs. As a filmmaker, she is currently developing a feature film.  She is also a produced playwright, and a photography editor who has been on staff for Sports Illustrated and freelanced for many prominent national magazines. Donna has been a longtime advocate of Asian American media makers taking action to empower themselves and gain recognition by the entertainment industry.  From that commitment, an idea she proposed two years ago ultimately became the 64 Hour Film Shootout.  It is fulfilling its intention, going nationwide this year as the 72 Hour Film Shootout with MTV World sponsorship.  She confident that an international competition will exist in the near future, and that the Shootout will impact in some way the landscape of American and global entertainment media.