meet
our team

VAFF EXECUTIVE

Susan Hanson

Festival Director

Regina Leung

Industry Program Director / Producer

Lynne Lee

MAMM Director / Producer

Audrey Wong

Executive Director - Elimin8hate

Jolie Chan

PROGRAMMING TEAM COMMITTEE

William Lau

Programming Director (Short)

Sidartha Murjani

Programming Director (Feature)

Colin Hong

Print Traffic Manager

Anthony Lee

Programming

Arisa Nagayama

Programmer

David Avelino

Programmer

Natalie Murao

Programmer

Hiromu Yamawaki

Programmer

Jimmy Lo

Programmer

Kathy Lam

Programmer

Kathy Leung

Programmer

Kevin Feng

Programmer

Rjay Sta.Teresa

Programmer

Sijing Yang

Programmer

Shan Yam

Programmer

Tarun Keram

Programmer

Trevor Lim

Programmer

Debbie Lin

Programmer

Rosie Hsueh

Programmer

OPERATIONS TEAM COMMITTEE

Louis Poulain

Event Operations Director

Vincent Gan

Box Office Director

Keyur Soyantar

Co-Volunteer Manager

Linda Shaji

Co-Volunteer Manager

Anqi Ye

Event Coordinator

Khanh Nguyen

Event Coordinator

Henry Fieglar

Event Coordinator

MARKETING TEAM COMMITTEE

Irene Chan

Marketing Director

Lana Yip

WebSite Director

Althea Alabat

Marketing Manager

Natasya Grisella

Event Marketing Coordinator

Roisin Abbott

Social Media Manager

Clara Zhao

Social Media Specialist

Angela Leung

Content Editor & Copywriter

Gurleen Bajwa

Content and Copywriter

Nada Alsaka

Content and Copywriter

Alisha Weng

Graphic Designer

Vika Zheng

Graphic Designer

Angela Cheung

Graphic Designer

Kristy Zhou

Graphic Designer

Rachel Kim

Graphic Designer

William Hu

Web Design / Admin

Karen Leung

Web Design / Admin

Dylan St. Aubon

Senior Video Editor Lead

SPONSORSHIP TEAM COMMITTEE

Cristina Low

Co-Sponsorship Director

Amy VENHUIZEN

Co-Sponsorship Director

Ben Yim

Business Development Manager

Gerald Williams

Business Development Manager

VAFF INDUSTRY TEAM COMMITTEE

Amy Tsai

Production Manager

Cindy AuYeung

Creative Producer

Aarav Kataria

Tech Production Support

MAMM TEAM COMMITTEE

Joshua Lam

MAMM Lead Creative Producer

Moheb Jindran

MAMM Co-Creatie Producer

Panta Mosleh

MAMM Co-Creatie Producer

Vivian Cheung

MAMM admin

Helen Liu

MAMM admin

Elimin8Hate Team

Amy Wu

Senior Designer

Brian Pang

Community Partnerships Lead

Daniel Ma

Public Relations Lead

Eleanor Wong

Community Partnerships

Gladys Tsang

Communications Lead

Hanbin Park

Digital Marketing

Josy Li

Web Designer

Linda Mim

Donor Engagement Lead

Michael Sargent

Grants Lead

Michelle Cheong

Field Advocacy

Nicholas Yu

Program Strategy Lead

Sijia Cheng

Digital Marketing Lead

Stanley Chia

Field Advocacy Lead

Tiffany Lee

Field Advocacy

Susan Hanson

Festival Director

Susan was a Business Education high school teacher for almost 10 years before becoming a Freelance Interpreter in 2004 for Korean/English.  Then, in 2005, she decided to pursue her passion for acting which included Stage, Commercial, and TV&Film.  Susan’s stage debut was in 2018 as “Umma” in the award winning stage performance of “Kim’s Convenience” at Chemainus Theater.  Susan has appeared on TV shows such as, “The Man in The High Castles”,  “Woke”, “Flash”, and most notably, a recurring role in “A Million Little Things” as Joo Hee Kim, a character that required Susan to be in the make-up chair for 4 hours to create.  Susan continues to pursue her passion for acting.