Andrea Louie

Andrea Louie is Executive Director & COO of the Serica Initiative, which amplifies the impact of AAPIs through storytelling, empowering, and convening. Most recently, Andrea was in public service, as Assistant Commissioner, Program Services, at the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and as Secretary in the Commissioner’s office at the Nassau County Department of Health. Prior to her work in government, she served as Executive Director of the Asian American Arts Alliance, leading arts advocacy and cultural equity for New York City’s diverse, pan-Asian, multidisciplinary cultural community. She is the author of a novel, Moon Cakes (Ballantine Books) and coeditor of an anthology, Topography of War: Asian American Essays (The Asian American Writers’ Workshop). She was appointed by the governor to serve on the New York State Council on the Arts and the NYS Commission on National and Community Service. Andrea serves on the board of Bellevue Literary Press, and previously a board member for SMU DataArts, Poets & Writers, and New Yorkers for Culture & Arts.