Board & Staff

Board of Trustees

Thomas C. Ahn
Vice President, Real Estate Division, The Mount Sinai Medical Center

David Glassman
Executive Director, Cushman & Wakefield 

David Henry Hwang
Playwright

Lois Jackson, D.D.S.
Pediatric Dentist

June Jee, Secretary
Director of External Affairs, Verizon 

Clarence Kwan
National Managing Partner, Chinese Services Group, Deloitte & Touche USA
  
Jonathan K. Ligh, M.D., Chair
Vitreoretinal Surgeon

 
Maya Lin
Artist and Designer, Maya Lin Studio

Jenny Ming
Former President, Old Navy

Rachel Sha, Treasurer
President, Optima Partners, Inc.

Robert Shum
Chief Executive Officer, Cypress Group of Companies

MOCA Staff

Carolyn Cervantes Antonio, Vice-President, Development
Carolyn received her BA in Comparative Literature from Hamilton College, and has worked in the publishing and nonprofit fields for over 10 years, including working at such places as Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press, Pearson Education, and Vantage Fundraising Consulting Group. She has also been a freelance grant writer/researcher for New York/New Jersey nonprofits including, the Asian American Federation of New York, the Kirkland Project for the Study of Gender, Society, and Culture, and GABRIELA Network. She is a founding Board Member of BABAE (Bridging Assistance Building Advocacy & Empowerment), an organization serving Filipina victims and survivors of violence. On staff at MOCA since 2005, she is responsible for managing MOCA’s fundraising efforts and helping to implement MOCA’s institutional development plans.

Nancy Bulalacao, Director of Public Programs
Nancy Bulalacao is a poet and writer. She studied creative writing at the New School for Social Research and Brown University. She was the Readings Director for the Asian American Writers' Workshop; Co-founder and Executive Director of Poets Theater; and most recently the Program Officer for Asian American programs at Asia Society and Museum.  She joined MOCA in September 2006 and is responsible for planning, coordinating, and managing all of MOCA’s public programming, including MOCA’s work with artists and writers.

Beatrice Chen, Director of Education
Beatrice joined the MOCA Staff in September 2003. She received a BA from Yale University, an Ed.M from Harvard Graduate School of Education and a MCP from the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT.  Pior to graduate school, she worked in the education department at the Peabody Essex Museum in Massachusetts. She is fluent in Mandarin. Her responsibilities include coordinating educational programs, overseeing volunteer/docent programs and developing interpretive materials for exhibitions.

Amanda Heng, Manager of Communications & External Affairs
Amanda joined the MOCA staff in 2007 and has extensive public relations experience at various public relations agencies in New York and Asia, having managed a variety of fashion, consumer and corporate accounts.  Some of her previous clients include the Carrier Corporation, Nike, The Platinum Guild International, home fashions and retail chain Marshalls, Williams Sonoma, Pottery Barn and Louis Vuitton. Originally from Singapore, she has a BA in Communication Studies from Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia.  She currently oversees all Museum communications. 

Sam Quan Krueger, Chief Operating Officer
Sam joined MOCA in September 2006 as its Chief Operating Officer.  He oversees MOCA’s daily operations, including museum programs, services and facilities, IT and financial systems, and general administration.  Sam comes with over a decade's worth of experience in both the private and non-profit sectors.  He has served as Manager of Organizational Support Services at the United Way of NYC and as Strategic Planner for clients such as E*TRADE, LVMH and Chase Cardholder Services.  He has managed community-based partnerships with The Whitney Museum of American Art and National Book Foundation and was appointed in 2007 to Manhattan’s Community Board 3.  In 1998, Sam was awarded a National Service Fellowship with the U.S. Corporation for National & Community Service. Sam received a BA in Art History from the State University of New York at Stony Brook; BA in Economics from Columbia University and an MPA from the City University of New York, Baruch College.

Charles Lai, Executive Director
Charlie is the Co-Founder and former Member of the Board of Trustees of the Museum of Chinese in America (formerly the New York Chinatown History Project). He has a distinguished record of public service, most recently serving as Director of Programs and Planning at the Asian American Federation of New York. Prior to that, Charlie has served as the Executive Director of the Chinatown Manpower Project and the Director of Policy and Budget for Manhattan Borough President Ruth W. Messinger. Charlie received a BA from Princeton University and an MPA from the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs where he was a Charles E. Revson Fellow.  He is fluent in Cantonese.  His return to MOCA in 2003 marked a new exciting stage in MOCA’s journey to becoming a national museum.

Telly Lau, Finance & Administration Associate
Telly has five years experience working in the not-for-profit sector.  Having graduated with a BA from State University of New York at Geneseo, and earned a Master’s degree from Columbia University, he began his career focusing on direct client services.  Working in both New York and Seattle, he has held positions in healthcare and social service agencies.  Being born and raised in New York’s Chinatown / Little Italy neighborhood, his tenure at Henry Street Settlement on the Lower East Side offered him the opportunity to serve the community and some of its less fortunate Asian American members.  Prior to returning to his hometown, Telly managed one of the major outlets for the Seattle area’s largest retail kitchenware company, where he was responsible for the daily administration of staff and financial outcome of sales.  He joined MOCA in July 2007 and assists the Chief Operating Officer with financial analysis and administrative duties.

Cynthia Lee, Vice-President of Exhibits, Programs and Collections
Cynthia received her BA from Vassar College and MA & M.Phil, Columbia University. She has eight years of professional experience in publishing, exhibit development, graphic design, and international refugee services.  Her responsibilities include overseeing the work of the program, archive & education staff. Hired in 1998 she plans and implements exhibit, publication and technology projects and helps establish and maintain collaborative partnerships with other museums and cultural institutions. She is currently a panelist for the NYS Council on the Arts. She speaks Cantonese and Mandarin.

Yue Ma, Collections Manager
Yue began her appointment as MOCA’s Collections Manager in September 2006. Yue oversees the daily operations of MOCA’s archives and collections and oversees collection-related activities around the Museum’s capital expansion project. Educated globally, Yue first received her B.Sc. and MBA from China’s Jilin University and Xiamen University, respectively.  In 2006, she became part of only the first graduating class of a new, joint program at Ryerson University in Canada and George Eastman House in the United States. Through the program, she received a MA in Photographic Preservation and Collections Management. Prior to MOCA, Yue has interned at the City of Toronto Archives and served for nine years as an Assistant Research Archivist at the Shenzhen City Archives.  Yue is fluent in Mandarin.

Daria Ng, Assistant Curator of Education
Daria started as an Educator and Docent with MOCA in May 2003.  She was also a summer intern at MOCA in 2003.  After receiving her BA from New York University's Steinhardt School of Education, she joined MOCA staff in November 2007.  Prior to graduate school, she had experience working in a number of New York City public schools as an English teacher.  She is currently working towards an MA at Columbia University's Teacher College.  At the Museum, Daria works closely with the Director of Education.  Her responsibilities include training new museum educators, working with NYC public school teachers and developing educational materials and curriculum.  She is fluent in Cantonese and Spanish.

Doreen Wang, Exhibitions Associate
Doreen graduated from Brown University in 2006 with an AB in Ethnic Studies where she focused on the Chinese diaspora. During her undergraduate career, she traveled to Peru to research the Chinese and Afro-Peruvian communities; served as an archivist for Brown's Third World Center and taught poetry and creative writing to elementary school children in the Providence area.  At MOCA, Doreen has interned and worked with the Education Department and she currently assists the Vice-President of Exhibits, Programs and Collections with developing exhibition content and materials. She is fluent in Mandarin and Spanish.

Ting-Chi Wang, Curatorial Assistant
Ting-Chi obtained her BA in English in 2004 from National Central University, Taiwan, and an MA in Museum Studies in 2007 from New York University.  She first worked with MOCA in 2007 as an exhibition content manager based at Matter Architecture Practice, a Brooklyn architecture firm.  She then took off and departed for Beijing where she extended her career into art journalism and publishing.  In Spring 2008, she rejoined the Museum as a curatorial assistant.  Her duties include exhibition materials management, research, exhibition content development, and implementation.  Prior to her first appointment with MOCA, Ting-Chi has interned and worked in different sectors at various organizations, including the Registrar Office of New York Public Library, Asian Art Program of Guggenheim Museum, and Asian Art Department of Brooklyn Museum.  She is fluent in Mandarin and has intermediate level of Spanish.

Jenny Wong, Development Manager
Jenny Wong joined the MOCA staff in March 2008.  Her responsibilities include implementing action plans for MOCA’s capital campaign, overseeing individual major gifts, and planning cultivation events.  Prior to her current position, she was the Development Associate of Major Gifts at The Rockefeller University.  A native New Yorker, Jenny received her B.A. in International Relations from Wellesley College. She is fluent in Cantonese.