4th Fund Raising Congress Speakers

4th Fund Raising Congress Speakers
1. Atty. Antonio Oposa, Jr.
President
Law of Nature Foundation
Antonio A. Oposa, Jr. is one of Asia’s leading
voices in the global arena of Environmental Law.
He founded the School of the SEAs (Sea and
Earth
Advocates)
in
Bantayan
Island,
Philippines. The School is completely powered
by renewable energy, completely recycles water
and solid wastes, and is an experiential learning
center for sustainable living.
Atty. Oposa is the legal adviser and international environmental
negotiator of the Federated States of Micronesia to the Montreal Protocol
and to the climate change negotiations. He is an Environmental Law
consultant to development agencies such as the Asian Development
Bank and the World Bank. For his work, he received The Outstanding
Young Man of the Philippines (TOYM) award, and the highest United
Nations award in the field of the Environment -- the UNEP Global Roll of
Honor. He is the first and only Asian to receive the International
Environmental Law Award from the Washington DC-based Center for
International Environmental Law (CIEL). “For his path-breaking and
passionate crusade to engage Filipinos in acts of enlightened citizenship
that maximize the power of the Law to protect and nurture the
environment, for themselves, their children, and generations yet
unborn,” he received the 2009 Ramon Magsaysay Award.
2. Ms. Vanessa Tobin
Country Representative
United Nations Children’s Fund
Ms. Vanessa Tobin is responsible and leads all the
activities and functions of UNICEF to promote and
protect the rights of children and women in the
Philippines which include planning and implementation
of the Country Programme for Children; advocacy and
resource mobilization; and, emergency response.
Ms. Tobin joined UNICEF in 1981 as Assistant Project
Officer in Kathmandu, Nepal and then worked for
other ACCORD, a UK-based NGO in Sudan and then
with the British Government in Lesotho. She rejoined UNICEF in 1988 as
Project Officer for Water and Health in Peshawar, Pakistan; then was
reassigned to New York as Senior Project Officer for Water, Environment
and Sanitation (WES).
She was transferred to Cairo as Senior
Programme Officer (Deputy Representative) with one-year study break
thereafter, for her second Master’s degree. In July 1999 she was
reassigned to New York Headquarters as Senior Adviser for Health, until
her promotion to Chief of WES in February 2001. Since July 2006 and
prior to her assignment in the Philippines, Ms. Tobin has served as
Deputy Director of the Programme Division in UNICEF New York
Headquarters.
3. Mr. Enrico Joaquin
Publics and Ministry Director
World Vision
Boris Joaquin heads the donor (public and
corporate) engagement of World Vision in the
Philippines, serving the poor children and their
communities for their well being through sustainable
development. Since he joined the foundation in 2005,
fundraising has consistently shown improvement in
performance.
Boris led partnership development with corporate entities locally and
across the Asia Pacific region. His team's work is to maintain and sustain
relationships in all levels of the partnership with the goal of increasing
value and giving -- thus helping more! His leadership generates high
trust results in lower costs of operation.
An active public speaker, teacher and writer, Boris Joaquin is one of the
few accredited facilitators for "The Servant Leader Workshop" He has
been facilitating this seminar for various companies, foundations, and
NGOs for the past three years.
4. Mr. David Liban, Jr.
Acquisition Manager
World Vision
David “dabs” Liban Jr. has been working with
World Vision for the past 24 years now. During his 11
years of field work, Dabs gained community
knowledge that certainly helps him now in raising
funds for poor communities.
As part of the Communications Team of World Vision
from 1996 to 2001, Dabs has helped marketing teams and other World
Vision offices in other countries raise funds for the Philippines by
packaging photo and story materials during disaster relief situations. In
2002, Dabs joined the fund-raising team of World Vision Philippines. He
spearheaded the first WV Mall Booth campaign with SM in 2003.
As the Senior Marketing Manager, Dabs is now involved in acquiring and
maintaining major corporate donors and cultivating WV’s celebrity
sponsors. Dabs is recently tasked to initiate WV’s Filipino Diaspora
engagement.
5. Dr. Jaime Galvez-Tan
Executive Director
National Institutes of Health – Philippines
Dr. Jaime Z. Galvez Tan is a Professor of the
University of the Philippines College of Medicine; and
the President of Health Futures Foundation, Inc. He
was Vice Chancellor for Research of the University of
the Philippines Manila and Executive Director of the
National Institutes of Health Philippines 2002-2005.
He served as Regional Adviser in Health and Nutrition
for East Asia and the Pacific Region of UNICEF in
Bangkok in 1996.
He served the Philippine
Department of Health as Secretary in 1995 and as Undersecretary and
Chief of Staff from 1992-94.
Dr. Galvez Tan is co-writer of 7 books and his life history has been
incorporated in two books: Revolution from the Heart by Niall O’Brien,
1987 & Beyond the Hospital: A Concept of Community Based Medical
Practice by Grace De La Costa-Ymzon, 1994.
His foremost distinctions are: One of the Outstanding Bedans of the
Century 1901-2001 San Beda College; 1998 Community Service Award,
U.P. Alumni Association; and 1974 Excellence in Leadership Award, U.P.
College of Medicine.
6. Ms. Veronica Villavicencio
Executive Director
Peace & Equity Foundation
As the Executive Director of the Peace Equity Access
for Community Empowerment Foundation, Inc.,
Veronica Villavicencio manages and supervises the
Foundation’s grant administration and loans for
poverty reduction and social and community
development projects. She also develops, implements
and evaluates strategic programs together with
networking and forming partnerships for the
Foundation.
Prior to being the Lead Convenor (Secretary) in 2004, Ve was the Deputy
Director (Undersecretary) of the National Anti-Poverty Commission from
2001 to 2004. She was a consultant for the SEAMEO Center for
Research and Graduate Studies in Agriculture (SEARCA), UNESCO
Gender and the Culture of Peace Project in Jakarta, Biodiversity
Conservation Program of the University of the Philippines, and National
Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW). She was also the
Grants Development Director of the Foundation for the Philippine
Environment (FPE), a Program Director for the Philippine Business for
Social Progress (PBSP) and a Program Coordinator of the APPROTECH
ASIA: The Asian Alliance of Appropriate Technology Practitioners.
7. Mr. Manny Blas
Manager
The Mind Museum
Manny Blas is currently Vice-President of Ayala
Land Inc., and is assigned as Managing Director of
Bonifacio Foundation Inc.
Manny's current
project is to build the first world class science
museum in the country, to be called The Mind
Museum, and will be located in Bonifacio Global City.
It is a P 1 billion project and he is now in the
middle of a major fundraising campaign to fund the
construction of the museum. He is also the Head of Marketing and
Community Relations of Fort Bonifacio Development Corporation.
Manny's background is in Marketing and General Management with his
corporate career culminating in his assignment as Regional President of
Sara Lee for Southeast Asia. After 23 years, he retired from corporate
life in 2000 to complete a Masteral Degree in Theology and to devote
his, and his wife's, time in full time church ministry work, particularly in
working with the youth, and in teaching theology in De La Salle
University in Dasmariñas. In 2007, he decided to go back to corporate
life, but with the intent of continuing his passion for education. Thus,
Manny considers his present project to build The Mind Museum as the
best of both worlds in the corporate and educational fields.
8. Mark Ruiz
Managing Director
Hapinoy
After graduating from the Ateneo de Manila with a degree in
BS Management Engineering, Mark Ruiz spent 7 years in Unilever
Philippines, rising through varying positions within Customer
Development. He eventually left as part of senior management in order
to chase his dream of making a difference, as a social business
entrepreneur. That dream, succinctly put, is simply to create valuable
Filipino jobs.
As such, for the past 4 years since resigning, Mark has pursued
his passions of innovation, entrepreneurship, social development, and
education.
He is currently energized by companies he has cofounded, currently serving as Managing Director of MicroVentures /
Hapinoy, a microenterprise development social business enterprise;
Founding Partner and Board Member of Rags2Riches, a social business
enterprise helping a Payatas-based community create fashion-designer
items from recycled rags; Founding Partner of the WhyNot?Forum, an
innovation website on InspiringFilipino Ingenuity. Mark is also the Chief
Marketing Inoventor of InoventDesign, a research, design, and
development firm, as well as Part-time faculty in the Ateneo de Manila,
teaching a class entitled Business Innovation Management.
9. Ms. Pauline Bellarmino
Resource Mobilization/Partnership Manager
CARD MRI
Ms. Jean Pauline A. Belarmino is the Resource
Mobilization/Partnership Manager of the CARD
Mutually Reinforcing Institutions. She is responsible
for the efficient supervision of the different programs
of the Resource Mobilization/Partnership Office of the
CARD MRI such as the DAR-CARD Inc. Partnership
Program: cooperatives technical assistance program,
CARD MRI Wholesale Fund Program, CARD-SRPC Microfinance Project
(Pangasinan), Educational Loan Program in Masbate and Occidental
Mindoro, and resource mobilization agenda, among others. She is also
in-charge of the consistent compliance on all reports and documentation
requirements related to CARD MRI partnerships.
She has been part of various consultancies and technical assistance
assignments of the CARD MRI groups in Vietnam, Indonesia and other
local partners in the Philippines since 2005 to date for the conduct of
market
demand
researches,
international
microfinance
and
microinsurance surveys, technical assistance packages and reports, and
feasibility studies. As of July 2010, CARD MRI is serving 1,160,543
clients nationwide with total loan portfolio of Php4.0B and still growing.
10. Ms. Cristy Fuentes
Deputy Country Manager
DKT Philippines
A social marketing practitioner for more than 15 years,
Cristy Fuentes is the Deputy Country Director of
DKT Philippines, Inc., a duly registered local NGO that
has been undertaking the Philippine Social Marketing
Program since 1990. She is also the Corporate
Secretary and Board Member of DKT who upholds DKT’s motto of
“Making a Difference Today”.
Ms. Fuentes is a recipient of various awards like the Cultural and Study
Exchange Scholarship from the Rotary International, Certificate of
Excellence from DKT International, Inc. Washington D.C. USA, Certificate
of Recognition (Letter of Commendation) from the Academy for
Educational Development – AIDSCOM, Washington D.C. USA. She is an
advocate of DKT’s social “enterprise approach” which provides a
sustainable program of product delivery. This “enterprise approach”
operates with a focus on efficiency and productivity – and is eager and
prepared to undertake innovative, important, and oftentimes difficult
tasks to improve human welfare.
11. Ms. Cynthia Reantaso-Bernabe
Founder
Wishworks Event Management
Cynthia Reantaso-Bernabe holds the distinction of
being the first international graduate of the awardwinning Event Leadership Executive Program of
Temple University’s School of Tourism and Hospitality
Management in Philadelphia, USA. With over 20 years
of experience in managing events, Cynthia is presently
the Program Director for a post bachelor Diploma
Program in Professional Event Management at the De
La Salle – College of Saint Benilde, School of Professional and Continuing
Education (SPaCE). She is concurrently a member of the Faculty and a
Lecturer for Event Management and Marketing Courses in BS and MA
degree programs.
Already a highly trained and experienced event manager in the field of
social and corporate events, Cynthia continues to broaden her Event
Management practice in the academe. She organizes seminars and
workhops and acts as a Facilitator. Among the topics she teaches are
Introduction to Professional Events, Special Events and Risk
Management, Principles and Best Practices in Event Management, Say It
with Balloons, Event Management and Personality Enhancement,
Thematic Event Planning and Systematic Event Management.
12. Mr. Dickie Soriano
President
BCD Pinpoint
J. Richard “Dickie” Soriano is the founder and
president of BCD Pinpoint Direct Marketing Inc, the
largest and most-internationally awarded CRM agency
in the Philippines. He also served as chairman of
OgilvyOne Worldwide Manila, and was a member of
the board of Ogilvy & Mather Philippines. During his
stint as the managing director of OgilvyOne, Dickie
started up the operations of OgilvyInteractive in the Philippines, one of
the first in the country to do so.
As an entrepreneur, Dickie started his direct marketing agency in 1988.
By 1996, BCD Pinpoint had grown so big that Ogilvy & Mather, a global
advertising agency, made an offer to buy into his company. He joined
Ogilvy to manage their direct marketing division and the business grew
by 700%. This led Ogilvy to name him Chairman. He returned to BCD
Pinpoint full time in 2004.
As a writer, Dickie has won several international awards, including the
country’s first ever Cannes Lion, the country’s first ever Gold Echo given
by the US Direct Marketing Association, and the country’s first ever Gold
Caples award given in New York. His writing work for UNICEF continues
to raise millions of pesos to help Filipino children, a cause he deeply
believes in.
13. Ms. Kara Alikpala
Founding President
I Can Serve
Kara Magsanoc-Alikpala is the founding president of
the ICANSERVE Foundation, an organization dedicated to
high impact information campaigns on breast cancer.
She is a breast cancer survivor and cancer patient
advocate.
Kara is a broadcast journalist and documentarian. She is
the managing director for AsianEye Productions and
producer for ARD German Television and contributing
producer to CNN (Cable News Network).
14. Mr. Von Hernandez
Executive Director
Greenpeace Southeast Asia
Von Hernandez is the Executive Director of
Greenpeace Southeast Asia where he directly oversees
the renowned environmental group’s programs and
operations in the Southeast Asian region. Before
assuming the top position in Greenpeace Southeast
Asia.
He served as Campaigns Director for the
organization supervising the group’s campaigns on
Climate and Energy, Forests, Sustainable Agriculture
and Toxics pollution in Thailand, Indonesia and the
Philippines.
In 2003, Von was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize for his work
which led to the first ever national ban on waste incineration. In 2004,
Asia Inc. magazine named Hernandez as one of Asia’s young movers and
shakers and in 2007, he was named as one of Time Magazine’s Heroes
for the Environment. He was also ranked by Reader’s Digest Philippines
as one of the most trusted Filipinos in a trust poll conducted by the
magazine for its March 2010 issue.
Since Hernandez took over the reins of Greenpeace Southeast Asia, the
organization's number of individual supporters grew from 23,276 in 2007
to 52,918 as of May 2010. To maintain its independence, Greenpeace
does not accept donations from governments or corporations but relies
on contributions from individual supporters and foundation grants.
15. Mr. Jonathan Madrid
Country Manager
Yahoo!
As the Philippines’ Country Manager for Yahoo!
Southeast Asia, Jack Madrid is responsible for the
management and P&L of Yahoo!’s operations in the
Philippines and reports back to the head of Yahoo!
Asia Pacific. He has been able to establish the
presence of Yahoo! in the Philippines as a leading
portal and digital news provider as well as in its communication products
such as e-mail, messenger and social media. He has also increased
Yahoo!’s audience reach and engagement.
Prior to joining Yahoo!, Jack was the Process Director of Dell Philippines,
the Managing Director of MTV Philippines, Managing Director of Ayala
Corporation and Vice President of Citibank (Hong Kong), where he began
as an Account Manager for local & multinational corporate relationships.
Jack earned his Bachelor of Science in Economics degree at The Wharton
School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
16. Mr. Roy Platon
Managing Director
MyAyala.Com
Mr. Roy Platon started his career with the Ayala
Group in year 2000, as part of the Group’s holding
company and venture capital investment firm for
Internet and technology endeavors. He has since
spent about 10 years in the industry, incubating
many hi-tech businesses, including wireless
applications and value-added services, IT project
management and solutions, and digital media. He has spent a good
portion of his career in B2C e-commerce and online shopping.
Roy is now the Managing Director of www.myAyala.com, one of the most
popular e-commerce websites in the Philippines.
17. Mr. Miguel Perez
President
Ayannah Mobile
Mikko Perez is Chief Executive Officer of Ayannah.
Mikko has over 20 years experience operating,
investing in, and advising successful ventures.
Prior to leading Ayannah, he was Director of Finance &
Business Development at Chikka and helped steer
Chikka to profitability. He also spearheaded Chikka’s
expansion into China, Japan and the US. Mikko was an
investment manager at Next Century Partners where he managed
private equity on behalf of Soros Fund Management, LLC and several
institutional investors. He was also an investment banker at Hambrecht
& Quist, LLC in San Francisco where he advised technology, media and
telecom ventures. Mikko has a BSc in Management (with Honors) and a
BA in Development Studies (with Honors & Award for Excellence) from
the Ateneo de Manila University and a MBA from the Harvard Business
School.
18. Mr. Edwin Calanog
Director of Operations
Akubo CRM
Edwin Calanog was one of the first customers of
Akubo. He brings a wealth of experience in operations
management to help with Akubo's growth and
ensuring that customer satisfaction and product
quality remains high.
Edwin's past roles include leading Lakeside
Technologies International as Senior Operations
Manager for its software development operations in
the Philippines. Previously, he worked with Microsoft
Business Solutions in Pasig City, Philippines as Program Manager
assigned to Project Accounting solutions. He also worked for TMA
Resources, a Virginia-based company as Quality Assurance Analyst and
Technical Writer for software solutions customized for associations, labor
unions, and non-profit organizations.
Edwin holds an M.B.A. from Fordham University and a B.A. in
International Relations (Magna Cum Laude) from the University of
Minnesota-Twin Cities.
19. Mr. Toti Ramos
DM Consultant
MLA
Toti Ramos has been in the international direct mail and
marketing industry for more than 11 years.
He
specializes on advising how companies can mail
effectively, from list and database selections, printing,
production and postal distribution. He services clients in
Asia, Australia, North America and Europe.
Prior to establishing Marketing Solutions Ltd., Toti was
the General Manager for DM Projects of MLA, a leading international direct
mail company in Asia. He worked with a number of fundraisers while with
MLA, including Unicef, SOS Children’s Village and the Association of Mouth
and Foot Painting Artists.
20. Mr. Andrian Lee
General Manager – Philippines and Emerging Markets
AsiaPay Payment Technology Corporation
Andrian Lee, General Manager, Philippines & Emerging
Markets, for AsiaPay, joined the AsiaPay management
team in 2006.
Since then, Andrian has overseen
commercial service of Philippine payment service PesoPay
in online credit cards with leading acquirer BDO and
online ATM and mobile payment space with BancNet &
GCash. He has spearheaded ecommerce activation of
various key partnerships in the region.
Since 2001, Andrian has been championing Philippine ecommerce, included
starting up the New Media business for online gaming leader Level Up, as
well as pioneering online ventures Trevoca and FiestaMundo. He
spearheaded the eBiz is eAsy campaign to accelerate the adoption of
everything "e". Andrian is an active speaker in ecommerce & Internet
conferences and since 2009, coaches the eCommerista LaunchPad
workshops. He is a B.A. Communications graduate of the Ateneo de Manila
University.
21. Mr. Anthony Emmanuel de Dios
Assistant Vice President
BDO Unibank
Anthony Emmanuel de Dios is the Assistant Vice
President of the Investment Research & Strategy
Department, Asset Management Division, Trust
Investments Group of BDO Unibank.
As Vice
President of the division, he monitors and prepares
regular analyses, forecasts and special studies on
macroeconomic indicators, financial market (equities, bonds, forex)
trends and developments. In particular, he analyzes and presents
readings and forecasts on bond yields and corresponding yield curve
movements and portfolio strategies.
Mr. de Dios graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business
Administration and received his Masters in Business Administration in
1997 from the University of the Philippines.
22. Ms. Maria Magdalena Vasquez-Surtida
AVP for Marketing
Head, Credit Cards
UnionBank
Mags Vazquez-Surtida is currently the Assistant vice
president and marketing head UnionBank credit cards.
She heads the product management team and customer
lifecycle management. She is currently one of the
mentors of the Bank's Management Trainees. Mags
graduated from De La Salle University with majors in
Communication arts and Marketing Management. She
took up her masters in Business Administration in
Ateneo Graduate School of Business and graduated with gold honors.
She has also completed the UnionBank Executive Leadership Program at
the Asian Institute of Management.
23. Ms. Evangeline Mayuga
Executive Director
Children’s Hour Philippines, Inc.
Gee Mayuga has been the Executive Director of
Children’s Hour since 2002. As Executive Director,
she oversees resource deployment and spearheads
fundraising efforts, rallying individuals and companies
to give their one-hour share in nation-building and
investing for a more sustainable world. Since its
inception in 1999, Children’s Hour has raised more
than Php 180 M, funded more than 250 projects with 263 partner
organizations that benefited 419, 125 marginalized Filipino children, thus
proving that one can make the world a better place, through the power
of one hour.
In 1999, Gee started as a volunteer for Center for Excellence in Public
School Education (CENTEX), a division of Ayala Foundation Inc. Prior to
joining Children’s Hour, she was an Ayala Executive from 1986 until her
retirement in 2001. She began her career with the Ayala Group as
Personnel Director of Hotel Intercontinental. Her last assignment with
Ayala was as General Manager of FCS Insurance Agency & Consultants,
Inc., a subsidiary of Ayala Life Insurance Inc. and FGU Insurance. Gee is
also an experienced corporate accounts and human resources
practitioner, having served in those capabilities in different companies
such as Philippine National Oil Company and Smith Bell & Co. Inc. among
others.
24. Ms. Annabelle Plantilla
Director for Organizational Sustainability Group
Haribon Foundation
Ms. Anabelle Plantilla is Director for Organizational
Sustainability of the Haribon Foundation for the
Conservation of Natural Resources.
She was its
former Executive Director from 2001-2008. Ms.
Plantilla’s previous professional involvement has been
with government as a Director in the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources and as Division Chief of the Ecology
Center of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority and with the private
sector as a senior environmental specialist for Woodward-Clyde, a
consulting firm.
Ms. Plantilla has a bachelors degree in Environmental Planning from
Maryknoll College and a masters degree in Urban and Regional Planning
from the University of the Philippines. She is a licensed environmental
planner and has a weekly column at The Manila Times. She is currently
a trustee of Project Seahorse Foundation for Marine Conservation based
in Cebu and of the International Visitors Program-Philippines Alumni
Foundation.
25. Mr. Mario Derequito
Director – Center for Social Development
Ayala Foundation
Mario A. Deriquito is Senior Director of the Ayala
Foundation, Inc. He is responsible for overseeing the
major
education
and
leadership
foundation’s
development programs and for setting up and
managing the newly created Resource Development
Department.
He also oversees the Philippine
operations of Ayala Foundation USA, a US-based foundation that works
with Filipino-Americans who want to give back to their home country.
He sits on the Board and is Treasurer and chairman of the CapacityBuilding Committee of the Association of Foundations, a network of 140
non-government organizations operating in the Philippines. He has been
on the board of the Philippine Council for NGO Certification (PCNC) since
2007 and has been its Treasurer the past two years. He also serves as
Chair of the Education Committee of the League of Corporate
Foundations (LCF), a network of 75 corporate foundations, where he was
also Executive Director from 1999 to 2000 and trustee and treasurer
from 1994 – 1999. He was also Executive Director of Mondragon
Foundation, Inc. from 1991-1999.
26. Mr. Hector Guballa
Asst. Vice President
Office of the University Development and Alumni Relations
Ateneo de Manila University
Hector Guballa is the Assistant Vice President of the
Office of the University Development and Alumni
Relations (OUDAR) of the Ateneo de Manila University.
He is primarily responsible for the major fundraising
efforts of the University in the areas of scholarship,
professional chairs and infrastructure projects. He
also handles donor and alumni relations.
Hector has vast experience in marketing and sales. Among the posts he
held were Chief Marketing Officer of the Tan Hiep Phat (THP) Group in
Vietnam, Vice President & General Manager at the San Miguel
Corporation (Cosmos Bottling Corporation and PhilBev Partners, Inc.),
Business Manager (Water & Juices, La Tondena Distillers, Inc.),
Marketing & Sales Director of the Metro Bottled Water Corporation, and
Assistant Vice President for Marketing & Sales at the Ayala Land, Inc.
27. Hon. Lorenzo Tañada
Representative
4th District – Quezon
Hon. Lorenzo R. Tañada III is currently
serving his last term as Representative after
being unopposed in the May 2010 elections. He
is currently the Deputy Speaker of the House of
Representatives and Spokesperson of the Liberal
Party. He is the author of several laws which
include the laws on Renewable Energy, AntiDeath Penalty, Anti-Torture and International
Humanitarian Law among others. A law graduate of the Manuel L.
Quezon University, Erin was a staunch activist during his student days,
and continues to be a defender of human rights following in the
footsteps of his grandfather, the great nationalist Lorenzo Tañada, and
his father, former senator and Congressman Wigberto Tañada. He is a
member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines and the Free Legal
Assistance Group.
28. Hon. Florencio Bernabe
Mayor
Parañaque City
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Bam A. Aquino is a Board Member of Venture for Fund
Raising. He co-founded and is currently the President of
Microventures, Inc., a social business enterprise that services
microfinancing organizations and their clients, as well as runs
the Hapinoy Program. Bam is also the Founding Board
Member of Rags2Riches, Inc., another social business
enterprise. Previous to this, he was Chairman of the National
Youth Commission (NYC), the main youth policy-making arm of the Philippine
government. He also hosted Breakfast and Yspeak, two youth-oriented TV
shows, and is currently the president of TAYO (Ten Accomplished Youth
Organizations) Awards Foundation, an award-giving body for youth groups.
Ria R. Tanjuatco-Trillo is a newscaster and host for Studio
23, a subsidiary of one of the Philippines' largest television
networks. She appears nightly on the KBP Golden Dove
Award-winning program News Central and will be soon
anchoring Shop Talk, a program that aims to promote local
SMEs from all different industries. A seasoned TV host and
writer, Ria's career in media includes stints with the country's
various basketball leagues and sports programs. She also
currently writes for the Philippine Star’s motoring section. Ria is a Board Member
of Venture for Fund Raising.