Education

Seven academic degrees: A.B. summa cum laude, Ph.B. cum laude, B.S.E. summa cum laude, M.A. summa cum laude, Ph.L. cum laude, S.T.B. summa cum laude, Ph.D. (Oriental Philosophy) magna cum laude

Three postdoctoral scholarships: U.A.O. (University Administration and Operations) University of Wisconsin, M.D.P. (Management Development Program) Asian Institute of Management, I.E.M. (Institute of Educational Management) Harvard Business School

Ph.D. in Pedagogy (honoris causa), Philippine Normal University; Ph.D. in Humane Letters (honoris causa), Leyte University, Ph.D. in Humanities (honoris causa), De La Salle University, UST TOTAL (The Outarnding Thomasian Alumnus) Award for Education

Carreer Responsibilities

Current Employer

East-West Center
Honolulu , Hawaii

Position held

Senior Education Fellow

Description of Duties:

Developed and now coordinates new program and thrust in EWC for education administrators and policy makers, "International Forum for Education 2020," aimed at fostering new paradigms for the future.

Current Employer

College of Education
University of Hawaii

Position held:

Adjunct Faculty

Description of Duties:

Part-time senior professorial lecturer, teaching courses in international development education and policy to honors sections of M.A. and Ph.D students in their education degree programs.

From

1999 - 2000

Employer

Office of the President, Republic of the Philippines

Position held

Chairman, Presidential Commission on Education Reform

Description of Duties

Responsible for chairing a multi-sectoral commission, managing a research secretariat to review policies and operations of education-related Ministries/Agencies of the Philippine Government, an d drawing up a set of policy recommendations for executive and legislative action.

From

1995 - 2000

Employer

UNESCO Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Position held

Director

Description of Duties

Responsible for coordinating the efforts of UNESCO's Bangkok office in the areas of education, culture, communications, and social science throughout the forty-one countries of the Asia and Pacific region, as well as serving as the official representative of the Organization and its Director-General to Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Japan, and the Republic of Korea in particular.

From

1990 - 1995

Employer

UNESCO Headquarters, Paris , France

Position held

Principal Director of the Basic Education Division

Description of Duties

Responsible for managing the largest division of UNESCO and for the coordination of programs and inter-agency efforts in the Education for All initiatives following from the World Conference on Education for All in Jomtien, Thailand.

Prior to

1990

Organization

Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS), Philippines

Position held

Deputy Minister and Undersecretary

Description of Duties

Responsible for tertiary education, international loans and grants, Malacañang liaison thru the Cabinet Assistance System (CAS), textbook production, and cultural agencies (National Library, National Museum, Institute of Philippine Languages, National Historical Institute and Records Management and Archives Office).

Organization

Educational Development Projects Implementing Task Force (EDPITAF)

Position held

Executive Director

Description of Duties

Responsible for negotiations of external assistance thru grants or loans from bilateral agencies such as CIDA, JICA, and AIDAB, and multilateral agencies such as EEC, ADB and World Bank; responsible for implementation and monitoring of these projects.

Organization

Philippine Board of Higher Education

Position held

Chairman

Description of Duties

Responsible for national policy formulation for private higher education and state colleges and universities and for coordinating the nine technical panels in nine specific professional discipline clusters.

Organization

Presidential Commission on Culture and Arts (PCCA)

Position held

Commissioner, Executive Director and Vice Chairman

Description of Duties

Responsible for national policy and programs of support for agencies and activities dealing with cultural heritage, cultural dissemination, and the arts and for preparation and negotiation of bilateral cultural agreements ( China , France , Germany , Bangladesh , India ).

Organization

Presidential Commission on Government Reorganization

Position held

Deputy Minister, Chief of Staff

Description of Duties

Responsible for restructuring the twenty-nine ministries and national offices of the Philippine government, coordinating in particular the Executive Orders reorganizing the Department of Education, Culture and Sports, the Department of Foreign Affairs, and the Office of the President.

Organization

Ministry of Trade , Philippines

Position held

Senior Ministerial Adviser, Acting Deputy Minister

Description of Duties

Responsible for refinement and implementation of international trade policy; took direct supervision over international trade bureaus and offices, including those of commercial attaches in 72 cities throughout the world; served as liaison with other government agencies and ministries including attendance at Cabinet meetings; served as head of several Philippine trade negotiating teams to bilateral and multilateral meetings to European Community, Asia, South America, Africa, Pacific Basin and Australia; supervised overall evaluation and reorganization of Ministry.

Organization

National Economic and Development Authority

Position held

Co-Chairman, Coordinating Committee on Medium Term Philippine Development Plan

Description of Duties

Responsible for section in plan on development administration and plan implementation.

Organization

Development Academy of the Philippines

Position held

Senior Consultant

Description of Duties

Responsible for guiding the design of in-service training programs for the superintendents, supervisors, and principals of public elementary schools throughout the country; served as advisor for several other development projects.

Organization

Entertainment Philippines

Position held

Consultant

Description of Duties

Responsible for establishing mechanisms to enable new quasi-government entity to export Philippine films to selected markets overseas and to attract international co-productions to shoot in the Philippines, thereby generating dollar revenues; responsible for negotiations with French, Italian and US production companies and for marketing at the Cannes, Milan, and Los Angeles Film Festivals.

Organization

Bancom Development Corporation, Manila

Position held

Vice President; Managing Director, Bancom Institute for Development Technology

Description of Duties

Responsible for the involvement of a private business conglomerate in countryside development, with the objective of wedding the efficiency of a big business with the altruism of social development, within a non-profit corporate structure. Evolved comprehensive frameworks including compact farming, self sustaining healthcare, educational and community packages, and secondary sources of income formulas; also worked with executive management on organizational development and corporate planning for the Manila-based investment bank and subsidiaries.

Organization

De La Salle University, Manila

Position held

Associate Professor;
Director, International Planning Office;
Dean, Graduate School of Business;
Dean, Graduate School of Education

Description of Duties

Responsible for establishing planning office; crystallizing institutional mission statement; formulating university ten-year plan; revitalizing graduate school and tripled its output of graduates, making it the largest integrated year-round graduate school in the Philippines at the time; founded the Educational Management Center.

Organization

International Institute for Educational Planning, Paris

Position held

Board of Advisors

Description of Duties

Provide direction on overall policy and specific research designs for multi-country studies on higher education administration and finance.

Organization

University of California at Los Angeles

Position held

Professional Lecturer

Description of Duties

Taught doctoral level courses in comparative educational and university management systems in Asia.

Organization

UNCTAD and UNIDO

Position held

Philippine Representative, Panel of Experts on Trade and Industrial Collaboration, Vienna

Description of Duties

Prepared Group '77 positions on trade protectionism and technology transfer; prepared documentation for the Cancun Summit.

Organization

East West Center , Honolulu

Position held

Senior Fellow, Resource System Institute, Professional Associate, Environment and Policy Institute Technology and Development Institute

Description of Duties

Co-authored textbooks and reference books on natural systems management and the management of development projects, coordinated or participated in several international conferences and workshops; documented as detailed case studies or training materials several actual development projects in various country settings.

Organization

Pacific Forum, Honolulu

Position held

Member, Research Council

Description of Duties

Responsible for analyzing senior policy decisions on political and economic interrelationships among Pacific rim governments.

Organization

EXXON Foundation, New York

Position held

Member, International Steering Committee on Cooperative Training of Managers for Development Projects.

Description of Duties

Developed and designed training packages for use in corporate, government and NGO settings worldwide.

Organization

University of Wisconsin

Position held

Acting Administrative Assistant, Office of the Chancellor

Description of Duties

Worked with the Chancellor and his planning staff on WICHE Cost Estimation Model initial implementation, on faculty-administrator dialogues, and on designing evaluative review mechanisms for graduate programs.

Organization

Association of World Trade Centers , New York

Position held

Member, Developing Countries Committee

Description of Duties

Elected during international Congress in Moscow for the establishment of new key World Trade Centers.

Organization

Ministry of Education of Korea

Position held

Principal Resource Person, Pilot School Project

Description of Duties

Worked on training and installing planning officers and management information systems in fourteen Korean colleges and universities.

Organization

Association of Christian Universities and Colleges in Asia (ACUCA)

Position held

Executive Director

Description of Duties

Coordinated sixteen institutions and cooperative programs throughout the region

Organization

Center for Educational Management Consultants in Asia (CEMCA)

Position held

Founding Chairman

Description of Duties

Servicing consultants in seven Asian countries through newsletters, workshops, and exchanges of research and consultancy materials.

Other Activities and Interests:

• Dean of the College, University of De La Salle , Bacolod
• Chairman and Acting President, Maryknoll College
• Board Chairman or Member, over twenty public and private universities and colleges
• Chairman, faculty member, University of the Philippines-Philippine Normal University consortium on educational management
• Vice-President, Philippine Association for Graduate Education
• Member, Philippine Case Clearing House, Asian Institute of Management
• President, Education Commission, 25 th UNESCO General Conference
• Lecturer, Speaker, Oxford University, University of London, Manchester University, Michigan University, UCLA, Stanford University, Waseda University, Shanghai University, Chulalongkorn University, etc.
• Keynote Speaker or Plenary Presenter, various congresses, conferences, workshops for: Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines, Jomtien International Conference on Education for All, Paris World Conference on Higher Education (Deputy Rapporteur), Senegal Word Education Forum (spokesperson), Durban Ministerial Conference for African Ministers of Education, Delhi Summit of Heads of State of Nine Most Populous Countries on Basic Education (conference organizer), Salamanca International Conference on Education for those with Special Needs, etc.
• International Consultant, or team mission member, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, Asia Foundation, IDRC, Ford Foundation, Henry Luce Foundation
• Consultant, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company, Ayala Filipinas Foundation, etc.
• Chairman of the Board, Institute for Cultural Affairs
• Chairman of the Board, Development Dimensions ( Asia ) Inc.
• President, International Lasallian Associates
• Member, Cabinet Assistance System, Office of the President, Republic of the Philippines
• Co-Proprietor, Mod Manila, textile/tailoring shops in Manila and Cebu
• Board Member, Cultural Center of the Philippines , Tanghalang Pilipino, Philippine Children's Television Foundation ( Batibot/Sesame Street ), Philippine Information and Development Foundation, etc.
• Charter member, Kapisanan ng mga Artista ng Pelikulang Pilipino
• Interim Day Manager, PTV Channel 4, post-EDSA transition period
• Theater actor, Repertory Philippines, Manila Theater Guild, PETA, Fourth Wall Productions, Manila Theater Guild, Ballet Philippines Dulaang UP, International School, Summer Repertory Theater (California)
• Film producer, director, or actor, over a dozen Hollywood and Philippine feature length productions
• Television director, featured guest, actor, various shows in Manila , New York , Hawaii , Bangkok , Melbourne , etc.
• Author, With Hearts Aflame , a historical novel
• Photographer (published), portraits and landscapes
• Miniature and model builder, historical monuments and ships
• Sports: basketball player, certified SCUBA diver, track and field athlete
• Languages: Fluent: English, French, Spanish, Pilipino; introductory studies: Thai, German, Greek, Latin; basic understanding: Italian, Portugese, Ilonggo.
• Travels: All major continents, 85 countries and territories (covering 90% of world's population), 30 of 50 United States, all 16 regions of the Philippines; state visits or met heads of states of: Cuba, China, Japan, India, Chile, Ecuador, Thailand, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Vatican, Laos, etc.
• Writings: list of books, publications, reports, conference statements and proceedings crafted, articles, etc. in English, Spanish, French, Arabic, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, etc. available upon request.

Awards

• Awardee, TOYM (The Outstanding Young Men) of the Philippines
• Cited, Outstanding Leaders of the Philippines
• DLSAA Distinguished Lasallian Award
• Bestowed honorary citizenship for contribution to town development, Licab, Nueva Ejica
• Named Outstanding Son of Balayan Batangas
• Nominated, Outstanding Alumnus of the Asian Institute of Management
• Nominated, Best Director for a Television Episode, Catholic Mass Media Awards
• Four time Gold Medalist, High Jump, various athletic meets
• Most Valuable Player, Makati Inter-village Basketball Tournament (also co-captain of champion team)
• Member, representing France and UNESCO, United Nations All-Star Basketball team, Italy
• Best Debater and Captain, De La Salle University; Best Debater and Captain, University of Santo Tomas
• Other school activities: associate editor, school newspaper, associate editor, school yearbook, student scoutmaster, Sodality prefect, student council, oratorical contest winner,