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2007 National Selection CommitteeNEREUS ACOSTA, Professor of Public Policy at the AteneoSchool of Government, Xavier University and the Ateneo deManila Political Science Department, served as Congressmanof the 1st District of Bukidnon. Dr. Acosta was named thefirst Filipino World Fellow of Yale University in 2004 inrecognition of his advocacies on education and theenvironment, primarily as principal author of the landmark1999 Clean Air Act, the 2004 Clean Water Act and the2001 Solid Waste Management Act.RAFAEL COSCOLLUELA is currently the Administrator of theSugar Regulatory Administration. He was the PresidentialAdviser for Western Visayas. He served as Governor ofNegros Occidental for three consecutive terms, during whichhe garnered two Galing Pook Awards. He also serves asChairman of ESKAN, a Negros-based NGO engaged ineducation reform, trustee of Synergeia Foundation as wellas Chairperson of the Galing Pook Foundation.EDERLINDA FERNANDEZ is Professor at the WesternMindanao State University and a nationally recognizedexpert in gender and governance. She organized the WMSUWomen’s Research and Resource Center and assisted thelocal government of Zamboanga City in establishing the LocalCouncil of Women. She was editor-in-chief of The Torch ofthe Philippine Normal College and the National Secretaryof the College Editor’s Guild, Philippines (CEGP).JAIME GALVEZ TAN is currently the President of HealthFutures Foundation and was a former Secretary of Health.He held senior positions at the UNICEF and has been aConsultant for the WHO, UNDP, UNFPA, The World Bank,ADB, and the USAID. He was also Vice Chancellor forResearch at the UP Manila and Executive Director of theNational Institutes of Health. He is a Bill Gates Fellow 2000in Leadership and Management at the Johns HopkinsBloomberg School of Public Health, Maryland, USA.JOSE RENE GAYO is the Executive Director of PAREFSouthridge School in Alabang and the Founding Dean ofthe University of Asia and the Pacific School of Management.He serves in the board of trustees of a number of socialdevelopment organizations and is listed as one of the 2000Outstanding Scholars of the 20th Century in the InternationalBiographical Centre of Cambridge, England.MILWIDA GUEVARA is CEO of Synergeia Foundation andFellow of the Public Finance Institute of the Philippines. Shewas Undersecretary of Finance in-charge of domesticresource mobilization. She served as Co-Chairman of thePresidential Task Force on Tax and Tariff Reforms whichformulated the Comprehensive Tax Reform Program of theRamos Government. She has been cited by numerousorganizations for her integrity, commitment to public service,strong advocacy against tax evasion and her efforts incontinuous attainment of a healthy fiscal sector.28 • Galing Pook 2007
CIELITO HABITO is currently a Professor of Economicsat the Ateneo de Manila University, where he is alsoDirector of the Ateneo Center for Economic Researchand Development. He is also a regular columnist ofthe Philippine Daily Inquirer. As former Secretary ofSocioeconomic Planning and Director-General ofNEDA, Dr. Habito was the youngest member of theCabinet of President Fidel V. Ramos.BEN MALAYANG III is currently the President ofSilliman University and was a former Undersecretaryof the DENR. He is a Senior Fellow of the DevelopmentAcademy of the Philippines and Fellow of the StrategicStudies Group of the National Defense College of thePhilippines. Dr. Malayang was also Full Professor andDean of the School of Environmental Science andManagement of the UP in Los Baños.LEONARDO MONTEMAYOR is currently the NationalPresident of the Federation of Free Farmers and BoardChairman of the FFF Cooperative, Inc. Mr. Montemayor, aformer Secretary of Agriculture, co-authored major lawsand has written extensively on issues about the empowermentof coconut and grains farmers, agrarian reform, cooperativesand other important political issues.TINA MONZON-PALMA is the Program Director of BantayBata 163. An iconic member of Philippine BroadcastJournalism history, she had the strength, courage and dignityto broadcast to a nation under Martial Law. Today, she is ananchor on ABS-CBN’s nightly news channel “The WorldTonight” on ANC and host of the weekly issue-orientedinteractive talk show “Talkback with Tina Monzon-Palma” onANC and A.M. radio station DZMM.AUSTERE PANADERO is presently the Undersecretary ofDILG for Local Government. He is principally responsiblefor developing and implementing policies, programs andprojects addressing the capability-building requirement oflocal government units. Mr. Panadero also served as SeniorVice-President for Operations of the Development Academyof the Philippines, a government controlled corporationproviding technical assistance in organizational and humanresource development.Regional Selection CommitteeLuzon• Helen Dayo• Leonardo Quitos, Jr.• Luz Lopez-Rodriguez• Amelia Supetran• Ofelia TemploVisayas and Mindanao• Nichol Elman• Ishak Mastura• Edwin Nacionales• Imelda Pagtolun-an• Marion VillanuevaROSALINDA PAREDES is currently the Partnership Adviserfor Philippine-Australia Local Governance DevelopmentProgram. She was involved in capacity building of localgovernments on public service excellence for health service,development planning, human resources development andinstitution building. She presently co-chairs PROCESS-BOHOL, Inc., a non-government organization dedicated toempowering women and fisherfolk in coastal communities.EMMA PORIO is Professor of Sociology and past chairmanof the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at theAteneo de Manila University. She chairs the Technical Panelfor Sociology and Anthropology in the Commission on HigherEducation of the Philippines as well as member of theExecutive Council of the International Sociological Associationand the Board of Directors of the Global DevelopmentNetwork. Dr. Porio has done extensive research on children,women, poverty, development, and governance.MARIVEL SACENDONCILLO is the Executive Director of theLocal Government Academy. She is also the President of theLocal Government Training and Research Institutes - PhilippineNetwork. Ms. Sacendoncillo’s expertise are in the areas ofcapacity building, development management, conflictmanagement and post-conflict recovery.VERONICA VILLAVICENCIO is Executive Director of thePeace and Equity Foundation, Inc. and was the Lead Convenor(Secretary) of the National Anti-Poverty Commission. Shealso served as Program Director of the Philippine Businessfor Social Progress, Grants Program Director of theFoundation for the Philippine Environment and ProgramCoordinator for APPROTECH ASIA.Galing Pook 2007 • 29
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