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Board of
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founders are a mix of individuals with a common concern for
the development of Mindanao through agrarian reform,
sustainable development and democratic participation in
governance. The Board of Trustees has expanded to include
three representatives from the staff of Balay Mindanaw. The
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Sylvia
"Ibing" Okinlay-Paraguya
Chairperson
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), a leading agrarian reform advocate and presently the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director of MASS-SPECC, Mindanao’s biggest federation of cooperatives, and Chairperson of the Mindanao Coalition of Development NGO networks (MINCODE); and member of the Philippine Peace Panel negotiating with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). |
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Rey Magno
Teves
Vice Chairperson
A noted Mindanao peace and development advocate, a Director of the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP), a former member of the Philippine Congress, the Chairperson of the Mindanao Congress of Development NGOs (MINCON) and former Chair of the Mindanao Coalition of Development NGO Networks (MINCODE), the Secretary-General of Kusog Mindanaw, the convenor of Mindanao Peace Advocates Conference, Executive Director of TACDRUP, and is involved with many other development and peace
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Corazon "Azon" Gaite-Llanderal
Board Secretary
A Mindanaoan developmental lawyer with solid background in international humanitarian laws, agrarian reform and governance. She is presently the Assistant Regional State Prosecutor with the Department of Justice in Region X. |
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Ariel
"Ayi" Hernandez
Treasurer
A young Mindanaoan professional who has been into development work since graduating from college. He has a Master’s degree in Development Management from the Asian Institute of Management (AIM). He is presently the Executive Director of BMFI. |
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Victor
Gerardo "Gerry" Bulatao
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
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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Luzviminda
"Luz" Doña-Villasanta
Member
Formerly with DAR and former General Manager of the Balay Mindanaw Formation House for Development
Workers. |
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Silverio
"Dodong" Cardona
Member
A veteran and seasoned development worker who has spent the past 30 years working with the poorest communities in Mindanao; the Executive Director of Balay Dabaw Sur, Inc.
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Arlene
"Kaka" J. Bag-ao
A young alternative Mindanaoan lawyer who has was among the first to join BMFI. She is the Executive Director of BALAOD-Mindanaw, a leading alternative legal NGO in
Mindanao.
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Charmaine Mae Dagapioso-Baconga
The first community organizer or SIADO of BMFI, she is the Executive Director of the Resource Center for Empowerment and Development
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Charlito
"Kaloy" Manlupig
Member
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., and a co-founder and leader of the Balay Mindanaw Group of NGOs. 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. |
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Staff |
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The core staff of BMFI is composed of Mindanaoans. Some of them have been very much involved in development work even before joining BMFI.
To date, BMFI has a total of 18 staff members who are based in Cagayan de Oro City. BMFI tries to keep it number small for more groups and organizations to thrive. In 2008, BMFI restructured its operations. Its community organizers, who are working in the areas of Claveria, Balingasag, Lagonglong, Sugbongcogon, Kinoguitan and Gingoog City in Misamis Oriental, were reassigned to KPMFI (Katilingbanong Pamahandi sa Mindanaw Foundation Inc.) that will continue to pursue what has BMFI started with and among the communities in Misamis Oriental.
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President |
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Charlito Z. Manlupig |
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Executive Director |
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Ariel
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Networking, Coalition Building and Advocacy Unit
(NCBA) Team: |
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Paul Richard A. Paraguya (on leave)
Stanley B. Uriarte (on leave)
Eileen C. Ipulan |
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International Center for Peace in Mindanao
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Charmaine Dagapioso-Baconga
Leonardo H. Bautista
Belle Garcia-Hernandez
Sabrina P. Garcia-Balais
Rochelle Y. Mordeno
Marcelo Penaso
Renato Jabillo
Remilyn Duat
Donna Banaynal |
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Administration
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Antonio M. Nobleza
Emma L. Paga
Donna C. Banaynal
Kathelyn Sarabosquiz
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