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Board of
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Founders
of BMFI are a mix of individuals with a common concern for the
development of Mindanao through agrarian reform, sustainable
development and democratic participation in governance.
In 2010,
the BOT has reorganized its composition – elected a new
Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, Board Secretary, Board
Treasurer while limiting its Board members back to 7 (with the
new ED).
Since BMFI
was registered in May 8, 1996, Ibing was the Chairperson of
the BOT of the Foundation. After 15 years, Ibing has requested
to step down and the BOT elected Kaloy as new Chairperson
while Ibing as the new Vice-Chairperson, replacing the late
Rey Magno Teves. The BOT also elected again Azon and Ayi as
the Board Secretary and Board Treasurer respectively.
The BOT
has also appointed Paul Richard Paraguya to lead the
Foundation as the new Executive Director. |
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Charlito
“Kaloy” Z. Manlupig
Chairperson
BMFI’s founder and
President, also a Mindanao development advocate and
peace-builder, a former churchworker, former Mindanao Area
Manager of the Presidential Management Staff of the Office of
the President, former Regional Director of the Department of
Agrarian Reform, former Mindanao Coordinator of PhilDHRRA,
co-founder of MINCODE and presently the Secretary-General of
the Mindanao Congress of Development NGOs (MINCON) and Deputy
Secretary-General of Kusog Mindanaw. He is presently the
mediator and Head of the Independent Secretariat in the GRP
– RPM-M Peace Process. He is a graduate of the ten-week
Working With Conflict Course at the RTC in Birmingham, UK.
Kaloy was the first Executive Director of BMFI from 1996 to
2004. Kaloy leads the Balay Mindanaw Group as its President
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Sylvia
"Ibing" Okinlay-Paraguya
Vice Chairperson
Former Chair of BMFI’s Board of Trustees. Presently the
new Executive Director of NATTCO, country’s largest
cooperative network, a member of an indigenous tribal
community (Higaonon) of Bukidnon, a holder of a Master’s
degree (MBA) from the Asian Institute of Management (AIM), an
agrarian reform advocate, former Chief Operating Officer of
MASS-SPECC, Mindanao’s biggest federation of cooperatives,
former Chairperson of the Mindanao Coalition of Development
NGO networks (MINCODE); and past member of the Philippine
Peace Panel negotiating with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front
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Ma.
Corazon "Azon" Gaite-Llanderal
Board Secretary
A Mindanaoan developmental lawyer with solid background in
international humanitarian laws, agrarian reform, governance,
justice and human rights. At present, Judge of Regional Trial
Court Branch 40, formerly Assistant Regional State Prosecutor
with the Department of Justice in Region X. |
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Ariel
"Ayi" Hernandez
Board Treasurer
A young Mindanaoan professional who has been into
development work since graduating from college, Master’s
degree holder in Development Management from the Asian
Institute of Management. At present, the Executive Director of
Katilingbanong Pamahandi sa Mindanao (KPMFI) and Bangko sa
Balay Foundation Inc. (BBFI). He was the former Executive
Director of BMFI (2005 to 2010), former Party List
Representative of the Anak Mindanaw Party List in the 14th
Congress of the Philippine House of Representatives. He was chosen as the 2011 Fellow of the Eisenhower Fellowship Multi-nation Program. Ayi is the Senior Director of BMFI for Program Development. |
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Victor
Gerardo "Gerry" Bulatao
Board Member
A respected NGO personality with a solid background in agrarian reform having been deeply involved in the peasants’ struggle for agrarian reform through the Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) in the 1970s, and a graduate of the Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Governance. This former Department of Agrarian Reform Undersecretary and former Executive Director of the Kaisahan Tungo sa Kaunlaran sa Kanayunan at Repormang Pansakahan is presently the Managing Director of the Empowering Civic Participation in Governance (ECPG) and the lead convenor of
LGCNet. |
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Teodorico
"Teody" Pena
Board Member
A former DAR official and a national expert on agrarian reform, former team leader of KAISAHAN’s Negros Occidental Area-Specific Development Assistance (ASDA) Team and presently the Executive Director of QUIDAN-KAISAHAN. He is presently pursuing another graduate course in Swansea, United
Kingdom. |
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Reginald
“Reggie” Villasanta and Luzviminda “Luz”
Dona-Villasanta
Board
Members
Husband and Wife –
Reggie and Luz – were among the friends of Kaloy who
provided support in the foundation’s conceptualization stage
in 1994/1995 before it was finally registered as an NGO in
1996. Before BMFI was conceived, the four of them, Kaloy, Luz,
Reggie and another friend, Kotoy, set up the Balay Mindanaw
Formation House for Development Workers. Luz was the General
Manager. |
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Jose
Noel “Butch” Olano
Board Member
Butch is presently the
Executive Director of PARFUND or the Philippine Agrarian
Reform Fund. He also Chairs the Resource Center for
Empowerment and Development (RCED). He was an Undersecretary
of the DAR Central during the time of President Fidel V.
Ramos. |
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Charmaine Mae
"Xx" Dagapioso-Baconga
Board Member
The first community
organizer or SIADO of BMFI, now holds master’s degree in
Applied Conflict Transformation Studies (ACTS). She is the
Executive Director of the Resource Center for Empowerment and
Development (RCED). She also heads the Operation Peace Course
Program of BMFI. |
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Staff |
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BMFI has restructured its operations in 2008. The community
organizers, who are working in the areas of Claveria, Balingasag,
Lagonglong, Sugbongcogon, Kinoguitan and Gingoog City in Misamis
Oriental, were reassigned to the newly established NGO, KPMFI
(Katilingbanong Pamahandi sa Mindanaw Foundation Inc.) which will
continue to pursue what has BMFI started with and among the
communities in Misamis Oriental. But in 2010, BMFI started to
engaged violent-conflict areas, particularly in Aleosan (North
Cotabato) and Lianga-Cagwait (Surigao) and will continue in Sitio
Sio-an, Barangay Malinao (Gingoog City).
Community-based
organizers are already assigned in these areas but BMFI maintaines a
lean and mean staff. BMFI tries to keep its number small for more
groups and organizations to thrive.
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President |
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Charlito Z. Manlupig |
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Executive Director |
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Paul Richard A.
Paraguya |
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Community-based Coordinators
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Leornardo
Bautista (Surigao)
Rochelle Mordeno (North Cotabato)
Rosario Baldevia (Aleosan)
Sabrina Garcia-Balais (Misamis Oriental) |
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Peace
Education Coordinator |
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Charmaine
Dagapioso-Baconga |
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Peace
Research Coordinators |
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Belle
Garcia-Hernandez
Sabrina Garcia-Balais |
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Peace
Process Coordinator |
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Eileen
Ipulan-Bautista |
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Budget
Tracking for Transparency and Accountable Governance Project
Team |
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Eileen
Ipulan
Charmaine Dagapioso-Baconga
Rochelle Mordeno |
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Constitutional
Change Project Officer |
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Wenceslao
Lozada Chee Kee Jr. (Northern Mindanao) |
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Admin
and Finance Team |
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Antonio
Nobleza
Donna Banaynal
Farrah Berdoquillo
Emma Paga |
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