Dr. Carmen Dichoso is a fellow of the Philippine College of Optometrists and the International Association of Contact Lens Educators. She chairs the Healthy Athletes Program of the Special Olympics Philippines and is Clinical Director of the Special Olympics Opening Eyes Program.

Dr. Dichoso is also part of the Global Curriculum on "Visual Assessment of the Intellectually Disabled," a project of the Special Olympics International and the Lions Club International Foundation. She is a candidate for the fellowship of the American Academy of Optometry, and a recipient of the International Association of Contact Lens Educator Fellowship.

Maria Cecilia Alcantara is President and board member of the League of Corporate Foundations, the leading corporate social responsibility advocate in the Philippines. She has been President and Executive Director of Coca-Cola Foundation Philippines since 1994. Ms. Alcantara is also a board member of the Association of Foundations, the Philippine Council for NGO Certification, and Operation Smile Philippines. She also sits in the Management Committee of the Corporate Network for Disaster Response and the Philippine Advisory Committee of Resource Alliance.

Edgardo Amistad is Chairperson of the League of Corporate Foundations, and President of UCPB-CIIF Finance & Development Corporation and UCPB-CIIF Foundation, Incorporated. He serves as Chairman of the Coconut Committee of the Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Foods, and sits in the board of the Philippine Disaster Recovery Foundation. He is also a member of the National Cooperative Movement, where he participates in various projects and programs related to agrarian reform.

Mr. Amistad holds a degree in Commerce from the University of Santo Tomas, and a Master's degree in Business Administration from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. He also completed a program for development managers at the Asian Institute of Management, and is an active member of its alumni association.

Lawrence Ang is a Technical Consultant at the Climate Change Commission, acting as an adviser and focal point on issues related to reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD+), and renewable energy policies.

He contributed in the formulation of the National Strategy Framework on Climate Change that will steer the country towards climate change adaptation and carbon reduction. He put up Canberra City's first university community garden and worked for the Australian Capital Territory's National Resource Management Council, and Faerber Hall, a US-based energy consultancy.

In 2008, he received the MR Jacobs Prize in Siviculture, and is passionate about sparking Philippine innovations in renewable energy, watershed restoration, and engineering social change.

Lisa Antonio is the Executive Director of the Philippine Business for the Environment, serving in concurrent capacity as Program Director for its Corporate Greenhouse Gas Accounting and Reduction assistance programs, Greening the Supply Chain Program, and the EU-assisted Green Islands of Sustainability Project with Philippine SMEs. She is also a representative to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.

Ms. Antonio has over 16 years of environmental project management, training, and environmental education experience. She was former Director of the Resource Center for Environment and Sustainable Development at the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP). She also taught at the DAP - Graduate Program on Public Management and the Ateneo de Manila University - School of Management.

Aileen Apolo-de Jesus is the Country Consultant for the Philippines of Google Inc. A long-time marketing practitioner, Ms. Apolo-de Jesus has been involved in marketing and business development of technology products for more than 11 years. She is experienced in developing and implementing marketing, communications, and strategic business plans and campaigns that produce results and increase sales and profits.

Skilled in product and brand development, training, sales management, business development, market research, and profiling, she served as Production and Marketing Manager for One Hundred Services Inc. and later joined the Directories Philippines Corporation. Prior to joining Google in 2006, she did consultancy work for Dream Satellite TV, ABC 5, and DMCI Homes.

Dr. Arsenio Balisacan is a professor at the School of Economics of the University of the Philippines. He served as the Chief Executive Director of the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) from 2003 to 2009. He is currently President of the Asia-Pacific Policy Center, and chairs the Task Force on Climate Change of the National Academy of Science and Technology.

He also served as Undersecretary for Policy and Planning at the Department of Agriculture, and founded the Asia-Pacific Agricultural Policy Forum. Dr. Balisacan is the founding and current editor of the Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development, and president-elect of the Asian Society of Agricultural Economics.

Teresita Baltazar is an advocate of good citizenship values, serving as Coordinator of the Good Citizenship Movement, a social group promoting core Filipino values as contribution to the nation-building. She received several awards including the Assumption Centennial Award, the Chino Roces Award, and the Benigno S. Aquino, Jr. Award for Nationalism from the Commission on Higher Education and the Federation of Catholic Schools' Alumni Association.

An active member of various organizations involved in the anti-dictatorship struggle in the 1980s, Ms. Baltazar was also engaged in social development work as executive director of the Ala-Ala Foundation and Konsyensyang Bayan Pilipino, a network of civil society groups for good governance. In 2001, she headed the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission, a position she held until June 30, 2010.

Maria Nenette Barrios is the Philippine representative to the International Standardization Organization Working Group on ISO26000 and Coordinator of ISO26000 Education Network. As representative, Ms. Barrios participates in the drafting of the international standard on social responsibility. In her role as coordinator, she leads the designing of ISO26000 training and education curricula and teaching materials.

Ms. Barrios is also Project Leader of the Sustainable Social Responsibility and Environmental Ethics Network, and Chair of the Philippine National Working Group on Social Responsibility, the national mirror committee of the ISO26000 Working Group. In the latter role, she advises six stakeholder groups, namely, government, business, NGOs, labor, consumers, and academe, in their activities in social responsibility.

Milette Belen is the Vice President of Pfizer Philippines Foundation and the Corporate Social Responsibility Manager of Pfizer, Inc. These two organizations believe and advocate for comprehensive health programs for underserved communities and the development of the value of community service among employees. Currently, Ms. Belen is also the Vice Chairman of the Health Committee of the League of Corporate Foundations.

Ms. Belen has been with Pfizer for the past 10 years starting as a Market Research Manager, but her personal passion in volunteering pushed her to move to corporate social responsibility. Prior to Pfizer, she was a Senior Research Executive at the Philippine Survey and Research Center (PSRC).

Atty. Maria Ronely Bisquera-Sheen is the Executive Director of Tanggol Kalikasan, a public interest environmental law office. She was part of the team that served as legal resource person for the Department of Energy in the development of the Implementing Rules and Regulations for the Renewable Energy Act of the Philippines.

She also directed a project that conducted consultations with local government officials for the formulation of the Implementing Rules and Regulations for the Clean Water Act. She has facilitated several trainings, including workshops during the first National Environmental Law Enforcement Summit in July 2006. Prior to her role in Tanggol Kalikasan, Ms. Bisquera-Sheen was Court Attorney of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.

Camille Buenaventura is a social development practitioner extensively involved in the promotion of corporate social responsibility, with working experience in the field of program/project development, monitoring and evaluation, consultancy work on corporate-community relations, and as resource person on community relations trainings. Currently the Executive Director of San Miguel Foundation, she plans and develops strategies for the social development program of the entire San Miguel group. She is the Trustee-Treasurer of the League of Corporate Foundations, co-chair of the LCF Enterprise Development Committee, a member of the speakers' pool of the LCF CSR Institute, and a trustee of Petron Foundation.

Roger Carlson was a USAID career officer since 1963 and served different posts in North Africa, Southeast Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa. He was a Director in Somalia, Washington, Swaziland, and Mozambique. He retired from USAID in 1996 and engaged in management consulting within the NGO community, active in overseas development. He launched a trade magazine in South Africa focused on transport policy and economics, and has undertaken numerous short- and medium-term senior assignments with USAID in Afghanistan, Yemen, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Vietnam, and Timor-Leste before coming to the Philippines as Acting Deputy Mission Director for USAID.

Augusto Carpio III worked in the banking industry for 19 years and was exposed to different banking disciplines. In 2000, he shifted gears and started a career in foundation work and managed to involve the Aboitiz Group of Companies to engage in their respective corporate social responsibility programs, along with over 60 other companies.

Presently, he is the Executive Vice President and Managing Trustee of the Aboitiz Foundation, and a board member of the Philippine Council for NGO Certification, the Association of Foundations, and the Science and Technology Education Center in Cebu. Mr. Carpio also sat in the board of the League of Corporate Foundations, and is an ex-officio member of the board of Cebu's Coalition for Better Education.

Maria Amor Curaming is Associate Director for Academic Services of Meralco Management & Leadership Development Center (MMLDC) Foundation Inc. Among her passions in life are education, environment and health. She tries to live by MMLDC's philosophy, "We practice what we teach and advocate."

Agnes de Jesus joined the renewable energy firm Energy Development Corporation (EDC) as a botanist 30 years ago and is now the company's tireless Senior Vice President for Environment and External Relations. Environmental management, community development, conflict resolution, and policy formulation are some of the areas that she specializes in. She has written more than 20 papers on environment and the social aspects of development projects and is a noted resource person on these matters in local and international conferences.

Ms. de Jesus is a scientist by profession, having obtained both her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Botany from the University of the Philippines in Diliman. She is also a noted speaker in international conferences and a member of various government technical working groups on environmental concerns.

Felipe De Leon, Jr. is an art studies professor at the University of the Philippines, teaching humanities, aesthetics, music theory, Philippine art, culture and tourism. He is also a professional lecturer in language and social transformation, semiotics, mythology and institutional dynamics, and accompanying people's movements at the Asian Social Institute.

He is presently Chairman of the Committee on Intangible Heritage of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), and is Vice President of the International Music Council of UNESCO. He was a former Commissioner of UNESCO Philippines and headed the NCCA Subcommission for the Arts and the NCCA National Committee for Music. Mr. De Leon has several published works, and is the main author of the ASEAN Declaration for Cultural Heritage.

Dr. Cynthia del Mundo is a clinician, lecturer and researcher in pediatric optometry, binocular vision and orthoptics. She was trained in the United Kingdom and Japan, and holds clinic in Del Mundo Pediatric and Adult Eye Clinics. She became a Diplomate in Orthoptics, Binocular Vision and Pediatric Optometry in 2006. In 2009, she was honored by the Board of Optometry of the Professional Regulation Commission for her outstanding contribution to the field of Optometry.

Dr. del Mundo is Chairperson of the board of trustees of the Philippine College of Optometrists, and founding president of the Philippine Pediatric Optometry and Orthoptics Society.

Mario Deriquito is Senior Director of the Ayala Foundation, the social development arm of the Ayala group of companies. He is responsible for overseeing the foundation's major education and leadership 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.

Mr. Deriquito serves as Chair of the Education Committee of the League of Corporate Foundations. He is currently board member and Chair of the Capacity-Building Committee of the Association of Foundations. He is also a board member and the treasurer of the Philippine Council for NGO Certification.

Leticia Deyto started working in Meralco as a benefits administration staff more than 20 years ago. In 2001, she became the corporate social responsibility (CSR) specialist of the CSR Office of Meralco and project coordinator for the Meralco Dependents Livelihood Multipurpose Cooperative.

As CSR specialist, Ms. Deyto heads the planning, enhancement, and administration of CSR projects. She develops and manages CSR information, and provides secretariat services for corporate foundations and associate groups. Ms. Deyto is currently the Chair of the Enterprise Development Committee of the League of Corporate Foundations.

Andrew Egan worked as a lawyer before joining the Australian Agency for the International Development (AusAID). In 2006, he worked at the Human Rights Watch and the UN Millennium Project headed by Jeffrey Sachs.

Mr. Egan has represented the AusAID in the Philippines since 2009, overseeing a broad portfolio of the aid programs, including those in economic governance, infrastructure, human resource and organizational development, sub-national governance, and community development. Prior to arriving in the Philippines, Mr. Egan worked as Director of the Office of Development Effectiveness of AusAID, assessing the quality and measuring the effectiveness of the Australian aid program in the Asia-Pacific region.

Marilou Erni worked as Public Relations Manager and Head of Training and Organization Development of the Petron Companies before serving as the Executive Director and Trustee of Petron Foundation. She also serves as President of the Bataan Coastal Care Foundation, and spearheads an integrated coastal management program for Bataan, a project that constitutes a significant component of the Manila Bay Environmental Management Project led by the United Nations Development Programme.

Ms. Erni also represents the business sector of the Asia-Pacific region in the Stakeholder Council of the Global Reporting Initiative, and is a fellow of the Synergos Institute, a New York-based non-profit organization working with local partners globally to fight poverty.

Hon. Sherwin Gatchalian was the country's youngest City Mayor when he was first elected in 2004 at 31 years old. Now on his third term, Mayor Gatchalian is responsible for spearheading large-scale landmark infrastructure projects in Valenzuela. Under his term, the City of Valenzuela also rose to become a model of cleanliness. Within six months from assuming office, Mayor Gatchalian was able to address the garbage problem by putting in place efficient and effective garbage collection and disposal strategies, and instilling the value of discipline among his constituents.

Atty. Yves-Randolph Gonzalez is the creator of "PCOSmachine," the Twitter account that rose to fame during the 2010 national elections, and which currently has over 14,000 followers. As "PCOSmachine," Atty. Gonzalez provided comic relief to Filipinos as the nation went through its first automated elections. Atty. Gonzalez is a lawyer by profession, having passed the 2009 bar examinations and placing 6th. At present, he works as Vice President for Software Design at Giro AppSolutions, Inc., and continues to post humorous but socially relevant tweets as "PCOSmachine".

Maria Gonzalez-Goolsby joined UnionBank in 1993 as Senior Vice President for Human Resource. As the current head of the bank's Corporate Philanthropy and Social Responsibility initiatives, she spearheads The UnionBank Learning System, a project that reaches out to over 1.25 million primary public school students and teachers to teach developmental reading skills integrated with values education, geared towards good citizenship. Ms. Gonzalez-Goolsby is also part of several socio-civic organizations, including the Women for Women Foundation, where she is a trustee and a former president.

Dr. Milwida Guevara is the CEO of Synergeia Foundation and has held many positions in government. She has received national awards for being a public servant par excellence and for serving government with great distinction, including the Second Gawad Haydee Yorac Award for Public Service in March 2008.

She served as Undersecretary in the Department of Finance responsible for revenue generation and tax reforms, and was part of the economic team of former President Fidel Ramos. Dr. Guevara teaches public finance in the School of Government at Ateneo de Manila University. She has published several books and studies on public finance and international taxation.

Prof. Colin Hubo is one of two stakeholder council members of the Amsterdam-based Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) from the Philippines and Southeast Asia. He is also Vice Chairman of the Center for Social Responsibility of the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P), and adviser on the GRI sustainability reports of TeaM Energy, Energy Development Corporation, Toronto Mining Ventures Philippines, and Petron Corporation. In addition, Mr. Hubo is lead country consultant of the IFC-World Bank Technical Assistance on Corporate Social Responsibility in the Philippine Mining Sector.

Laurie Javier first joined PHINMA, Inc. as Secretary to the Chairman and CEO. As head of the PHINMA Foundation, she was responsible for setting up the PHINMA National Scholarships, the foundation's flagship program aimed at molding scholars into future leaders. Ms. Javier also helped establish PHINMA, Inc.'s employee volunteerism group. Members of the group stage activities that promote education, environmental protection, and energy conservation. When she is not busy working on her corporate social responsibility initiatives, she serves her community as parent adviser to members of parish youth organizations.

Pacita Juan founded Figaro Foundation in 1999 and served as President of the League of Corporate Foundations in 2007. She has had almost 10 years of involvement in corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects. She recently set up a social enterprise called "ECHOstore Sustainable Lifestyle". She presently sits in the Board of the Peace and Equity Foundation, a non-government organization that focuses on poverty alleviation. She is a sought-after speaker on entrepreneurship, women empowerment, leadership and CSR. On her free time, she travels around the country in search of communities who need help with market access.

Jennifer Laxamana leads Manila Doctors Hospital's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs and initiatives, in coordination with its medical departments, other institutions and partners. Her department's initiatives include out-patient and in-patient services, medical and surgical missions, a community health program and a school health program.

Ms. Laxamana also concurrently heads the CSR Committee on Special Projects, which is in charge of planning CSR projects and providing volunteer opportunities for Manila Doctors Hospital's internal stakeholders. Ms. Laxamana previously served as Program Coordinator of Charity First Foundation and as District Development Officer at Caritas Manila.

Dr. Anthony Leachon is a well-respected member of the medical profession. He practices medicine as an internist and cardiologist at Manila Doctors Hospital. At the same time, he is also Director for Medical and Regulatory Affairs at Pfizer and Member of the Board of Regents of the Philippine College of Physicians. Dr. Leachon was awarded Most Outstanding Professional in the field of medicine by the Professional Regulation Commission, and Outstanding Filipino Physician by the Department of Health. He was also the principal author of the Health Education Reform Order (Executive Order No. 0595) and was accorded the Presidential Citation for helping the government with its preventive health education advocacy.

Maurice Ligot is the Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director of Ang.Hortaleza Foundation (formerly Splash Foundation), and a member of the Board of Directors of Splash Corporation, World Partners Group, and HBC, Inc. She was Trustee and Treasurer of the League of Corporate Foundations from 2003 to 2007, and is now Chairperson of the LCF Health Committee.

Ms. Ligot is also a Trustee of the Ninoy and Cory Aquino Center for Leadership, and Secretary of the Pastoral Council of the Our Lady of Pentecost Parish in Quezon City, where she is active in several programs as Head of the Social Services Ministry and Hospice Care Program.

Professor Raphael Lotilla is the Regional Programme Director of the GEF/UNDP/UNOPS Partnerships for Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA) and Regional Programme and the Executive Director of the PEMSEA Resource Facility. He was Secretary of the Department of Energy from 2005 to 2007, where he steered the government's energy independence and power sector reform agenda and spearheaded the passage of the Biofuels law and the legislature's consideration of the Renewable Energy Bill.

Prof. Lotilla was Undersecretary of the National Economic Development Authority from 1996 to 2003. He also served as Coordinator of the Philippine Council for Sustainable Development, and was part of the multistakeholder formulation of Philippine Agenda 21.

Rosauro Luntayao is the Executive Director of the Roxas Foundation, and the concurrent Corporate Social Responsibility Manager of Roxas Holdings, Inc. He earned Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Social Work and Psychology, respectively, from Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (University of the City of Manila). He also obtained a Certificate in Corporate Community Relations at Wallace Caroll School of Management in Boston College.

Mr. Luntayao is a Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft e.V. Fellow and a recipient of The Asia Foundation Fellowship - United States Asian Environmental Program.

Dr. Neil Aldrin Mallari represents the Philippines in Fauna and Flora International, an organization dedicated to the conservation of threatened species and ecosystems worldwide. Dr. Mallari has served in the Haribon Foundation, the ASEAN Regional Center for Biodiversity and Conservation International-Philippines and is an active member of the Wildlife Conservation Society of the Philippines, Wild Bird Club of the Philippines, Society for Conservation of Biology, and World Pheasants Association. He also authored and co-authored more than 20 technical papers on environmental topics, and co-authored the book, Key Conservation Sites of the Philippines. He holds a PhD from Manchester Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom.

Dr. Dennis Mapa is a multi-awarded researcher. In 2008, he was awarded Outstanding Young Scientist by the National Academy of Science and Technology for his contribution in Financial Econometrics and Empirical Economic Growth analysis. He has published several papers in academic journals and book chapters. He has presented papers in national and international conferences. He sits in the Board of the Philippine Statistical Association, where he chairs the Annual Conference Committee and Training Committee. He is a member of the Philippine Economic Society, the International Statistical Institute, the East Asian Economic Association, and the Human Development Network.

Rei Medrano is currently the manager of the Corporate Social Responsibility and Policy Advocacy Department of Energy Development Corporation (EDC). He joined EDC's Environmental Management Group in 1984, and is called the "Father of Integrated Social Forestry" in EDC. He has been recognized for his work in the widely-acclaimed EDC program in the forests of Negros Oriental when the company had just commissioned its geothermal steamfield in Southern Negros.

Mr. Medrano is also behind some of the groundbreaking bioengineering technologies being used extensively in EDC's geothermal and environmental operations today, among them the "cogon-matting" technology and the vertical discharge diffuser. Prior to his current position, he was Supervisor for Watershed Technical Services and Environmental Superintendent of EDC's Northern Negros Geothermal Project.

Butch Meily joined the Philippine Long Distance Telephone in 2000 as Vice President and Special Assistant to the Chairman and CEO. In January 2008, he became the President of PLDT Smart Foundation, launching different programs in microfinance, a website and a permanent endowment. He was named Executive Director of the Philippine Disaster Recovery Foundation (PDRF), the private sector's response to the calamities and disasters that struck the country that year. Through PDRF, he works closely with the Philippine government, NGOs and international aid organizations in the rehabilitation of damaged areas and prevention of future floods. Prior to joining PLDT, Mr. Meily was the Vice President of Communications for TLC Beatrice International, a New York-based multinational food company.

Jose Mari Mercado has over 20 years of sales, marketing, and consulting experience in the finance, insurance and telecommunications industries both in the Philippines and the ASEAN and South Asia regions. He began working for Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines as a systems analyst, and later joined IBM Philippines, where he held different managerial positions, including Enterprise Server Group Executive. Mr. Mercado then moved to Convergys Corporation as the Director for Client Business Development in 1994 and helped generate 18,000 jobs in the call center industry. He is currently Business Development Director for Convergys, where he manages external relations for the company, including government, academe, and trade organizations.

Mark Tom Mulingbayan joined the Manila Water Company in 2006 as head of its Wastewater Treatment Operations, and currently heads the Environmental Planning and Sustainability Department. He also served as the Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Officer of the local government of Nasugbu, Batangas, while heading the Environmental Committee of its tourism council.

Mr. Mulingbayan was a faculty of the University of the Philippines College of Engineering before joining the private sector. He is a regular speaker and trainer on topics related to environment and sanitation, and is one of a handful of constructed treatment wetlands practitioners in the country.

Doris Nuval has spent all of her professional life in public service 20 years with the government and more than a decade of development work with the non-profit sector. She is a television producer by profession and believes in using the mass media to educate and empower Filipinos for nation-building.

She is the Resource Mobilization Director of the Knowledge Channel, the only curriculum-based TV channel in the Philippines which serves the public educational system. Ms. Nuval holds a Master's degree in Public Administration.

Vanessa Anne Orendain is the Managing Editorial Director of TeamAsia, responsible for managing the public relations, editorial, and Web 2.0 department. In this capacity, she oversees PR client service delivery, personally handling high-level retainer accounts. Aside from PR and editorial, Ms. Orendain handles social networking and online advertising campaigns on Facebook, Twitter, and Google AdWords. She has also conducted trainings on digital marketing and public relations. Prior to TeamAsia, Ms. Orendain was an editor at HSBC Global Publishing Services, as well as an analyst and editor at IDC.

Dario J. Pagcaliwagan is a Project Director of the Lopez Group Foundation, Inc. (LGFI) where he earlier served as its Executive Director. He is involved with fund-raising, implementing a strategic philanthropy project of the Lopez family at Guimaras province, and developing of a performance management system and reporting in LGFI. He is an active member of the League of Corporate Foundations' environment committee serving once as Co-Chairman. Mr. Pagcaliwagan was formerly the Executive Director of the First Philippine Conservation and the County Director of Conservation International-Philippines.

He has taken positions such as investment officer and private sector development manager with finance and aid institutions in the Philippines and abroad. He is a graduate of the Ateneo de Manila University and the Asian Institute of Management.

Mercedes Parreno is Provincial Director of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Rizal. She joined DTI as Trade & Industry Development Specialist in 1998, and became Chief Trade & Industry Development Specialist in 1997. She has been designated Acting Provincial Director several times, which included a three-year assignment from July 2004 to July 2007. Prior to DTI, she was affiliated with Farm Systems Development Corporation as a Program Officer and Research Assistant.

She was honored by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Rizal in 1998 and 2002, and awarded the DTI Service Excellence Award in 2004 for supporting entrepreneurship through trade fairs. Ms. Parreno was appointed Career Executive Service Officer V in February 2010.

Grace Pedragosa is currently Manager of the Center for Corporate Citizenship of the Philippine Business for Social Progress. She has more than 10 years' experience in the field of corporate social responsibility (CSR). She has managed the development, implementation, and promotion of various CSR programs such as Volunteer Management Systems for Companies, Greening the Supply Chain, Young Muslim Professionals for Business and Peace, Strategic Corporate-Community Partnership (SCOPE) Program projects aligned with the UN Millennium Development Goals (MGDs), and Zero Basura Olympics for Business, among others.

She led the development and implementation of the Benchmarking Corporate Citizenship program and the documentation of best practice cases on CSR. Ms. Pedragosa is a certified WiWAG (Business Week Simulation Game program) Volunteer Instructor.

Freddie Puno was appointed President of TeaM Energy in 2007. TeaM Energy is a joint venture between Tokyo Electric Power Company and Marubeni Corporation. Prior to TeaM Energy, Mr. Puno was President and Chief Executive of San Roque Power Corporation. He also became President of the National Power Corporation and Vice President for Finance of the Philippine National Oil Company and its subsidiaries. He chaired ACI Philippines, Inc. from 1987 to 1988.

Mr. Puno served as Assistant Treasurer of the Philippines from 1985 to 1986 and Ministry of Energy Representative from 1978 to 1979. He currently sits in the boards of Semirara Mining Corp., Republic Glass Holdings Corp., Pampanga Sugar Development Corp., San Fernando Light & Power Company, and Lima Utilities.

Bill Reese was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the International Youth Foundation in 2005, having joined IYF in May 1998 as its Chief Operating Officer. He was President and CEO of Partners of the Americas for 12 years. Previously, he served with the Peace Corps for 10 years, first as a volunteer in Salvador, Brazil, then as Drector of Brazil operations, and in Washington as Deputy Director of the Latin America and Caribbean region.

Mr. Reese has served on USAID's Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid since 1991. He currently serves on the boards of Women Thrive Worldwide, the Basic Education Coalition, and Episcopal Relief and Development, among others.

Bernadette Reyes manages Philam Foundation's employee-volunteering program, KaAkabay, and its Arts & Culture projects. She also coordinates scholarship programs in Basilan through the Aid for Basilan Children Fund. Ms. Reyes is also a professional teacher and a graphic designer.

She has done production design work for various independently-produced Filipino films, namely Ambulancia (2007); Shorts (2008), Handumanan (2008), and Kinulayang Kiti (2009). She was among the women artists featured in "Unearthing: Womynist Bones and Sexuality," an exhibit of paintings, sketches and installations held last March 2010 in celebration of the International Women's Month. Ms. Reyes was also part of the Jesuit Volunteers Philippines volunteer program and the Rotary Group Study Exchange Program.

Cid Reyes is an artist-critic with a substantial body of works in both fields. As an artist, he has held 17 solo exhibitions. A prolific writer, he produced numerous reviews and essays, notably for his long-running art column, Gallery-Hopping. Mr. Reyes is the author of a book of interviews, "Conversations on Philippine Art," published by the Cultural Center of the Philippines. He has written coffee table books on three National Artists, namely Arturo Luz, J. Elizalde Navarro, and Bencab (co-authored with Krip Yuson). He also co-authored "Herencia: The BPI Art Collection" and "Tanaw: The Central Bank Art Collection." Mr. Reyes is also a veteran advertising executive, and was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Creative Guild.

Dulce Marie Saret is the National MDG Campaign and Advocacy Specialist of the United Nations Millennium Campaign, leading the Philippine Campaign's work with civil society organizations, youth, academe, business sector, local authorities, parliamentarians, and media toward achievement of Millennium Development Goals.

Prior to joining UN in 2008, Ms. Saret was a corporate communications manager of a commercial bank. She has edited books, spearheaded marketing campaigns, and managed events and corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects for several institutions. She co-founded and edited Mind, an education magazine, and has been recognized for her work as a journalist and investigative reporter on agriculture and environment issues.

Aniceto Sobrepeña has spent more than 22 years in public service, and acquired the highest rank in the Career Executive Officers Corps. In 1995, he was elected Executive Director of the Metrobank Foundation, and later as Executive Vice President of the foundation, concurrently serving as the Executive Vice President of Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. Under his leadership, the Foundation and became one of the country's most dynamic corporate philanthropic organizations.

In 1999, he became President of the League of Corporate Foundations and initiated the annual celebration of a Corporate Social Responsibility Week. He also chaired the LCF Education Committee from 1996 to 1999.

Hon. Corazon "Dinky" Soliman, the new chief of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), is a dedicated and highly motivated social development professional.

She served as DSWD Secretary from 2001 to 2005, and was former Chairperson of the Caucus of Development NGOs (CODE-NGO). She has done consulting work on implementation of development and empowerment programs, as well as policy advice for poverty reduction work especially on the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. She also led projects and programs for the International Center on Innovation Transformation and Excellence in Governance (INCITEGov) on the area of social protection, social accountability, and empowerment of people. She is a graduate of the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

Danilo Songco has worked in various capacities in the government and development sectors for 25 years. Between 1993 and 2002, he served as National Coordinator of the Caucus of Development NGO Networks (CODE-NGO), the largest association of non-profit organizations in the Philippines with over 2,500 members. In 2001, Mr. Songco joined the board of directors of the Development Bank of the Philippines.

In 2007, he became President and CEO of the PinoyME Foundation. He was the Philippine fellow of the Eisenhower Fellowship in 1999 and was conferred with the Ninoy Aquino Fellow for social service in 2002 by former President Corazon Aquino and the Embassy of the United States of America.

Fritz Tentativa is the HR Systems Support Lead for Pfizer Inc. He holds a degree in Accountancy from the University of the Philippines and a duly licensed CPA. He blogs at fritzified.com, his personal website.

United States Ambassador Harry Thomas, Jr. is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service and served most recently as Director General of the Foreign Service. He became director for Human Resources of the U.S. State Department after working as a Special Assistant to the Secretary and Executive secretary of the same unit.

He served as U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh from 2003 to 2005, and worked at the White House as the Director for South Asia at the National Security Council from 2001 to 2002. Ambassador Thomas started his Foreign Service career in 1984. He speaks Spanish, Hindi and Bangla, and is learning Filipino.

Ma. Gisela Tiongson is the Executive Director of Jollibee Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of the Jollibee Foods Corporation. Prior to joining the Foundation in 2007, she was connected with the AIM-TeaM Energy Center for Bridging Societal Divides, managing collaborative leadership programs. She also served as a mentor on training programs on Cross Sectoral Partnership organized by the University of Cambridge Programme for Industry and the International Business Leaders Forum (UK).

Ms. Tiongson was formerly Regional Director for Southeast Asia of The Synergos Institute and Director for Corporate Citizenship at the Philippine Business for Social Progress. She graduated from Ateneo de Manila University in 1986 and holds a Master's degree in International Policy and Practice from the George Washington University.

Maria Teresa Tumbali has been engaged in the promotion and development of micro, small, and medium enterprises in the Philippines for over 20 years, including livelihood promotion in squatter colonies, areas affected by natural disasters, and entrepreneurship among women and rebel returnees. She is currently the Head of the Enterprise Development Department, concurrent Company Treasurer of the UCPB-CIIF Finance and Development Corporation (COCOFINANCE), and Assistant Treasurer of the UCPB-CIIF Foundation (COCOFOUNDATION).

She was the immediate past Chairperson of the Enterprise Development Committee of the League of Corporate Foundations and is a member of the Advisory Committee of the CSR Institute of the LCF. She lectures on CSR in low-conflict areas, financial management, and business development.

Dr. Filemon Uriarte, Jr. has over 40 years of experience in the academe, private sector, ASEAN, and the United Nations. He served as Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology and has held various senior level positions at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. He also served as an expert, resource person, and consultant for ESCAP, UNEP, WHO and UNESCO.

Dr. Uriarte headed the country's delegation to numerous ASEAN intergovernmental meetings and was a senior official at the ASEAN Secretariat. He is an Academician of the National Academy of Science and Technology, a lifetime appointment awarded to a maximum of 60 outstanding scientists and professionals.

JC Valenzuela is the Managing Director of TANGERINE, the below-the-line partner of EON that specializes in creative development, digital communications, events, and activation. Mr. Valenzuela leads the team passionately in conceptualizing and developing strategic digital communications campaigns that optimize various digital mixes that are creative, cost-effective, yet equally-beautiful, for the company's incumbent accounts, as well as new business possibilities.

Erna Witoelar is a board member of the Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium in Manila, the Indonesia Biodiversity Foundation (KEHATI), the Indonesian Sustainable Development Foundation, and the Earth Charter International in Costa Rica.

A former United Nations Special Ambassador for Millennium Development Goals in the Asia Pacific from 2003 to 2007, Ms. Witoelar served as Indonesian Minister of Human Settlements and Regional Development from 1999 to 2001. She was also a former Commissioner of the Commission for Legal Empowerment of the Poor, and President of the Indonesian Consumer Foundation (YLKI) and Consumers International.

Ms. Witoelar founded the Indonesian Environmental Forum, and became its first Executive Director. She holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from Bandung Institute of Technology and did post-graduate work in Human Ecology at the University of Indonesia in Jakarta.