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Abad, Florencio |
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| Master in
Public Administration, Harvard University,
USA |
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Abad, Henedina |
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She obtained
her Master in Public Administration
from the Kennedy School of Government,
Harvard University and her Master in
Applied Sociology and Anthropology
from
the Ateneo de Manila University. She
graduated cum laude with an AB Economics
degree from Maryknoll College. She
is the current Representative of the
Lone District of Batanes until the
opening of the next Congress in June
2007.
She has developed, implemented and coordinated
projects on governance particularly
in public sector reform, rural development,
decentralization, local development,
change management and leadership development,
among others. She is on the board of
various government bodies and presidential
committees. She has written various
papers on governance. |
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Acosta, Nereus |
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| He obtained
his Ph.D. in Political Science from
the University of Hawaii, East-West
Center as a scholar. He obtained his
MA in International Relations and Political
Studies from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
He is the Representative of the 1st
District of Bukidnon. He was the principal
author of the Clean Air Act of 1999.
He is the national chairperson of the
Kabataang Liberal ng Pilipinas. He taught
in Xavier University, the University
of the Philippines and the Bukidnon
State College. He co-authored the book,
The Philippine Political Culture (View
from Inside the Halls of Power). He
was project director of the Bukidnon
Integrated Network of Home Industries,
Inc., an NGO involved in Grameen banking. |
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Aldaba, Fernando |
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| He obtained
his Ph.D. in Economics and his MA in
Economics from the University of the
Philippines. He is the Asia Research
and Advocacy Officer of the Catholic
Institute for International Relations
and a Senior Research Fellow of the
Center for Social Policy and Public
Affairs of the Ateneo de Manila University.
He is an Associate Professor and Chairperson
of the Economics department of the same
university. He was formerly the secretary-general
of a coalition of labor federations
(1986-87), the Lakas Manggagawa Labor
Center, and a coalition of development
NGO networks (1990-93), CODE-NGO. He
was a director of the Center for Community
Services (1988-90) and the Center for
Social Policy and Public Affairs (1993-2000).
Besides teaching, he is the research
adviser of the Ateneo School of Government. |
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Ancog, Amelia |
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| She obtained
her Ph.D. in Public Administration from
the University of the Philippines. She
is the vice president of the National
Research Council of the Philippines.
She was an undersecretary at the Department
of Science and Technology from 1993-1998
and was the assistant secretary from
1987-1993. She was a vice president
of the Development Bank of the Philippines
from 1982-1984. She has published papers
and implemented projects on science
and technology, gender, technology and
law. She teaches at the Ateneo School
of Government and at the National Defense
College of the Philippines. |
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Ang, Alvin P. |
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| Finished
his BA in Economics at the University
of Santo Tomas and went to the National
University of Singapore and completed
his Masters Degree in Public Policy.
He recently graduated from Osaka University
with a PhD in Applied Economics. He
has 15 years of professional experience
in both public and private sectors
spanning Development Planning, Policy
Forumulation and Analysis, Investment
Research and Economic Forecasting,
Academic, Consultancy and Teaching. |
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Palma-Angeles, Antonette |
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| She obtained
her Ph.D. in Philosophy from the Catholic
University of Louvain, Belgium and her
MA in Philosophy from the Ateneo de
Manila University. She is the academic
vice president of Ateneo de Manila University
and an associate professor. She teaches
Ethics in the Ateneo schools, in private
corporations and in government agencies.
She has published and delivered various
papers on philosophy, on ethics, on
education and on anti-corruption strategies.
She is on the board of various associations. |
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Barbo, Lutgardo |
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| He obtained
his Bachelor of Laws from the University
of Sto. Tomas and his Master in Business
Administration (units) at De La Salle
University. He was Governor of Eastern
Samar from 1988-98. He was the Senate
Secretary and Clerk of Court for the
Impeachment Court. He is presently the
chief counsel at the Office of Sen.
Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. and was his chief
of staff from 2000-2002. He was awarded
the Lingkod Bayan Presidential Award
by the Civil Service Commission in 1997.
He co-authored the book, The Philippine
Political Culture (View from Inside
the Halls of Power). |
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Barretto, Benjamin |
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| He obtained
his Master
in Management from the Asian Institute
of Management and his BS Management
Engineering degree from the Ateneo de
Manila University. He is the administrator
of the School of Government. He has
15 years’ experience in the private
sector and teaches at the Ateneo Schools.
He was the executive administrator for
the MBM program of the Asian Institute
of Management. He has written research
papers on financial and market studies. |
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Boncodin, Emilia |
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| Master in
Public Administration, Harvard University,
USA |
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Candelaria, Sedfrey |
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| He obtained
his Master of Laws, Public International
Law, from the University of British
Columbia. He is a graduate of the Ateneo
de Manila University School of Law.
He is presently the Associate Dean for
Student Affairs of the Ateneo Law School
and head of the Research and Linkages
Office of the Philippine Judicial Academy.
He has also assumed directorship of
the Adhikain Para sa Karapatang Pambata
of the Ateneo Human Rights Center (Child
Rights Unit). Besides teaching at ASG
and the law school, he also teaches
at the Ateneo Graduate School of Business. |
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Castel, Cynthia |
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| Master in
Public Administration, University of
the Philippines |
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Co, Edna Estifania A. |
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| She holds
a PhD in Public Administration from
the University of the Philippines where
she also earned her MA in Public Administration.
She finished a Bachelor of Arts in
Literature (Magna Cum Laude) at the
Sacred Heart Colelge in D.C. She has
had consultancy work with various government
and donor agencies as the Senate of
the Philippines, AusAid, Christian
Aid London, Oxfam America and Ford
Foundation. Her current interests are
on democractization, citizenship, citizens ‘role
in governance, civic service, youth
Service, policy and policy reforms,
quality service and innovations in
service delivery.
Dr. Co is also currently an Associate
Professor at the UP-National College
of Public Administration and Governance
(NCPAG), a faculty affiliate of the
College of Community Development
and Public Affairs at the UP-Los
Banos and is the Project Leader of
the Philippine Democracy Assessment
for International IDEA (Stockholm,
Sweden).
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Cuenco, Jose Agustin C. |
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| He has extensive
experience in managing institutional
communications, public relations and
advocacy programs. He holds an MA in
Public Management from the School of
Government of the Ateneo de Manila
University and is currently pursuing
his doctorate in Public Administration
at the National College of Public Administration
and Governance at the University of
the Philippines.
He is currently the Associate Director
of the School of Government’s
Academic Program; a Training Consultant
for the National Youth Commission
and the Private Enterprise for Accelerating
Resource Linkages 2, a project of
the Canadian International Development
Agency.
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De Leon, Corazon Alma |
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| Doctoral
in Public Administration (candidate),
University of the Philippines |
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Francisco, Emma Cariño |
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| Atty. Francisco
obtained her college and law degrees
from the University of the Philippines.
She is the founding Chairperson of
the IP-PRO (Intellectual Property Professors
and Researchers Organization of the
Philippines). Apart from law practice
and IP consultancy, she gives lectures
in various national for a including
the Institute of Judicial Administration
attended by judges and other members
of the judiciary, and, the Mandatory
Continuing Legal Education required
by the Supreme Court of the Philippines
for lawyers who wish to remain in good
standing.
Mrs. Francisco was Director of the
Bureau of Patents, Trademarks and
Technology Transfer for 2 years before
becoming Director General of the
Intellectual Property Office. She
as actively involved in the finalization
of the Intellectual Property Code
which took effect on Jan. 1, 1998
and ensured the country’s compliance
with its obligation under the WTO-TRIPS
Agreement.
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Hidalgo, Fe A. |
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| Dr. Hidalgo
was a former Undersecretary of the
Department of Education and was even
OIC Secretary of DepEd from 2005-2006.
She was also the Executive Director
of the National Educators Academy of
the Philippines. She obtained her PhD
in Philosophy from the Macquarie University
in Sydney, Australia where she also
earned her MA in Education. She finished
BS Elementary Education from the Philippine
Norman College.
She was part of various education
projects as Deputy Project Director
for the Country Program for the Children
V, The Early Childhood Care and Development
Project, The Project on Basic Education
(PROBE), Hastening the Impact of
PROBE, the Basic Education Assistance
for Mindanao. Dr. Hidalgo was involved
as Asst. Deputy Project Director
for the Third Elementary Education
Project (TEEP) and Secondary Education
Development Improvement Plan (SEDIP).
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Gonzalez, Dennis T. |
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| He obtained
his Ph.D. in Theology (summa cum laude)
from the Catholic University of Louvain,
Belgium. He obtained his Licentiate
in Sacred Theology (summa cum laude)
from the same university. He graduated
magna cum laude with a BSE major in
Philosophy degree from Mater Dei College,
Antipolo.
He has taught philosophy and theology
at the Maryhill School of Theology
(MST), at the East Asian Pastoral
Institute and, at the Institute of
Formation and Religious Studies, among
others. He was an Assistant Dean at
MST. He was editor of the series,
Mga Kataga sa Teolohiya and of the
theological journal, MST Review
His public sector experience includes
his present position as chairperson
of the National Book Development Board.
He was a consultant of the Curriculum
Reform Committee of the Department
of Education in 2001-2002. |
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Villadolid-Gonzalez, Hilda |
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| She obtained
her Master in Public Policy at the National
University of Singapore as a Singapore
Government (Temasek) scholar. She graduated
cum laude with a BA Journalism degree
from the University of the Philippines.
She has 11 years’ experience in the
executive and legislative branches of
government. She was chief of staff and
director III of the Office of the Secretary,
Department of Education (2001- 2002),
where she was involved in policy formulation
and implementation. |
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Guevara, Milwida |
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| She is currently
the President and Chief Executive Officer
of Synergeia Foundation. She has served
as a Fiscal Expert and Fiscal Advisor
to various international development
organizations, among which include the
International Monetary Fund, Wold Bank
and other UN organizations. She held
the position of Undersecretary (Deputy
Minister) Department of Finance (DOF)
from 1994 until January 2000. She obtained
her Master of Arts in Economics at the
University of Asia and the Pacific (Ford
Foundation scholar) and a Master of
Arts in Fiscal Studies, University of
Bath, UK (British Council Scholar).
She graduated Summa cum Laude, Ph.D.
in Public Finance, Lyceum of the Philippines.
She has been cited by the Philippine
Inquirer, a major Philippine Newspaper
as "One of the Filipinos who did
us Proud in 1999" together with
Former Pres. Fidel V. Ramos, for her
efforts in the legislation of the Comprehensive
Tax Reform Program. |
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Karaos, Anna Marie |
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| She obtained
her Ph.D. in Sociology at the New School
for Social Research in New York City
and her M.Phil, Economics and Politics
of Development in Cambridge University.
She graduated summa cum laude with a
BS Management Engineering degree from
the Ateneo de Manila University. She
is presently the executive director
of the Institute on Church and Social
Issues of the Ateneo. She is on the
board of various non-government organizations.
She has published and delivered research
and conference papers on urban studies,
the sociology and politics of urban
poverty, low-income housing, social
movements particularly urban social
movements and the political economy
of developing countries. |
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Lozada, Gilbert G. |
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| Mr. Lozada
finished his BA in Political Science
from the University of the Philippines
where he also earned his MA in Public
Administration. Aside from the Ateneo
School of Government, he also teaches
at the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila-Graduate
School of Management. He is also currently
the Treasurer and Consultant of the
Public Governance and Development Initiatives.
His fields of expertise are public
administration, political science,
transportation planning and housing.
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Magadia, Jose C. J. |
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Ph.D. in Political
Sciece, Columbia University, USA
MP in Political Science, Columbia University,
USA
MA in Political Science, Columbia University,
USA
MA in Theology, Ateneo de Manila University |
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Gregorio-Medel, Angelita |
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| She obtained
her Ph.D. in Development Sociology from
the University of Bielefeld Germany
as a Konrad Adenauer Stiftung scholar.
She obtained her MS in Psychology from
the Ateneo de Manila University. She
is a consultant for participatory project
management of the Arbeiterwohlfahrt
Bundesverband, Germany and for research
direction and conceptualization of the
Ateneo Center for Social Policy and
Public Affairs. She has designed and
provided consulting services on human
resource development with emphasis on
empowerment-oriented thinking and approaches,
organization development and transformation,
monitoring and evaluation and strategic
planning. She is on the board of various
non-government organizations and associations.
She is the faculty coordinator for the
School of Government’s Leadership
Program for Public Servants and was
instrumental in the formulation of its
Leadership Framework. |
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Medina, Carlos |
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| He obtained
his Master in Public Administration
from the Kennedy School of Government,
Harvard University and his Master of
Laws from the University of London,
School of Economics and Political Science.
He is presently the executive director
of the Ateneo Human Rights Center where
he litigates cases for indigent victims
of human rights violations, organizes
legal aid centers and trains students.
He is the secretary of the human rights
committee of the Law Association for
Asia and the Pacific and is the secretary-general
of the Working Group for an ASEAN Human
Rights Mechanism. He teaches at the
School of Government and the Ateneo
Law School. |
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Mendoza, Rufo |
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Ph.D. in Community
Development, University of the Philippines
MM in Development Management, University
of the Philippines |
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Minda, Enrico C. |
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| Mr. Mina
is currently a part-time Professorial
Lecturer at the Ateneo Graduate School
of Business MBA Program where he teaches
Economics for Manager, Business Policy
and Corporate Planning among others.
He is also Vice President and Consulting
Director of Kaizen Management Systems,
Inc. where he facilitated Total Management
training implementation in many private
firms as Meralco, St. Luke’s
Medical Center, Philips Semiconductors
Philippines, Inc. etc.
He earned his MBA at the Ateneo
and is currently a DBA Candidate
and Entrance Scholar at De La Salle
University.
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Ong, Yolanda |
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| Master in
Public Administration, Harvard University,
USA |
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Ponce, Eliseo |
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| He obtained
his doctorate in agricultural extension
(research and statistics) from Ohio
State University and his MA in Teaching
Chemistry from the University of the
Philippines. He is a visiting research
fellow at the Philippine Institute for
Development Studies. He is a professor
of agricultural research and extension
management at Leyte State University
since 1986. From July 1998 to Feb. 2003,
he was seconded to the Department of
Agriculture as a Director of the Bureau
of Agriculture Research. He was a technical
expert of the Congressional Commission
on Agricultural Modernization where
he helped craft pertinent provisions
of the Agriculture & Fisheries Modernization
Act including its Implementing Rules
& Regulations (IRR) in the areas
of human resource development, agriculture
research and development, and extension.
He was a technical expert of the Food
and Agriculture Organization of the
UN with assignments in the South Pacific
Islands, Vietnam, Indonesia, Jordan,
Bangladesh, Syria and Papua New Guinea.
He has conducted agriculture research
and development projects on sustainable/upland
agriculture and small farmer development.
He has published and presented scientific
papers on agriculture and rural development. |
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Ragragio, Juan Mayo |
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| He obtained
his MA in Economics from the University
of the Philippines School of Economics.
He graduated cum laude with an AB Economics
degree from Ateneo de Naga. He has
at least 20 years’ experience in the
design and management of technical
assistance programs to strengthen local
governance and support decentralization
efforts, project development, alternative
finance, participatory planning and
program development, institutional
and policy development. He has published
studies on these fields. He was the
lead consultant for development investment
of the Governance and Local Democracy
(GOLD) Project for (USAID). He was
a governance consultant for the Asian
Development Bank and for the New Zealand
Embassy. He provided consulting services
on local governments for various foreign
funding agencies and national and local
government bodies. |
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Soriano, Ma. Cecilia G. |
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| Dr. Soriano
was the first female valedictorian
of the Ateneo de Manila University
where she finished BS Management Engineering
(Magna Cum Laude). She earned her PhD
in Economics at the University of California
at Berkeley. She was a former Undersecretary
of Finance where she oversaw the operations
of the International Finance, Corporate
Affairs and Policy Development and
Management Services Groups and the
Bureau of Local Government Finance
and National Credit Council.
She is currently a member of the
Board of Trustees of the Ateneo de
Manila University, a convenor of
the Ateneo Research Network for Development
(ARND) and a Senior Fellow at the
Center for Social Policy of the Ateneo
School of Government. Her consultancy
work involves her expertise in Institutional
Finance, Local Government Finance
and Fiscal Management Her current
work includes the development of
a Water Supplier Sector Roadmap for
the Philippine Government; the analysis
of the continuing decentralization
and devolution of services to LGUs
through the League of Cities; and
the review of existing policies and
facilities for financing devolved
activities in the Philippines and
relevant international experiences.
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Supangco, Joselito |
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| He obtained
his Master of Science in Transportation
from Northwestern University, Illinois
and his B.A. in Economics from the Ateneo
de Manila University. He has had extensive
experience in the conduct of project
feasibility studies for various types
of projects, especially in transportation
and tourism planning, monitoring and
evaluation and project design. He has
had international experience in the
implementation of technical assistance
projects related to the preparation
of project studies in Vanuatu and Belize.
In his almost 11 years of consulting
experience, he has been involved in
a significant number of projects teams,
either as a specialist or team leader.
Among these were as monitoring and
evaluation specialist for the Secondary
Education Development and Improvement
Project; as team leader of the Post-Evaluation
Data Collection Survey on JBIC Financed
Projects; as consultant for the Update
of the Market Forecasts for the proposed
Bauan Port International Container
Terminal and the Subic Freeport; as
project financial analyst / economist
for The Establishment of a National
Common Database and a Comprehensive
Geo-Spatial Information Network in
the Philippines; and as Transport
Economist at Asia Halcrow Inc. for
the Philippine National Roads Bridge
Replacement Project (Department for
International Development (UK). |
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