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  Board of Trustees  

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.

 
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 since its conception.


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 (MILF).

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.

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.

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.

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.

 
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.


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.


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.

 
  Staff  

 
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.

 
President : Charlito Z. Manlupig
 
Executive Director : Paul Richard A. Paraguya
Community-based Coordinators :

 

Leornardo Bautista (Surigao)
Rochelle Mordeno (North Cotabato)
Rosario Baldevia (Aleosan)
Sabrina Garcia-Balais (Misamis Oriental)
 
Peace Education Coordinator : Charmaine Dagapioso-Baconga
Peace Research Coordinators : Belle Garcia-Hernandez
Sabrina Garcia-Balais
Peace Process Coordinator : Eileen Ipulan-Bautista
Budget Tracking for Transparency and Accountable Governance Project Team : Eileen Ipulan
Charmaine Dagapioso-Baconga
Rochelle Mordeno
Constitutional Change Project Officer : Wenceslao Lozada Chee Kee Jr. (Northern Mindanao)
Admin and Finance Team : Antonio Nobleza
Donna Banaynal
Farrah Berdoquillo
Emma Paga
 

Helping Build Empowered and Sustainable Communities in Mindanao. Helping Build Peace.