Artisana Island Crafts/ Handmade Gallery.
SPECIALIZATION: Marketing, Organization, Production
WORK HISTORY and AFFILIATIONS:
- 1988-2007 – Marketing Director, Anaware Ventures Inc. In 1998, Anaware Ventures Inc. was awarded the National Golden Shell Award by the Department of Trade and Industry for Marketing Excellence
- 1990-Present – Established The Handmade Gallery
- 1992-1994 – Charter Secretary, Women in Travel, Bacolod City
- 1992-1994 – founding member, Zonta Club of Bacolod II
- 2007-Present – Managing Director, Artisana Island Crafts
- 2006-2007 - Vice President for Marketing, Association of Negros Producers
- 2007-2010 – President, Association of Negros Producers
- 2010-2011 - Vice-Chairman, Provincial MSMED Council, Negros Occidental
- 2009-2011 - Member, Executive Committee, CITEM Fame, DTI
- 2010-2011 - Member, Philippine Home Furnishing Confederation, formerly THE BSO Alliance
- 2007- 2012- Member, Provincial Development Council, Provincial Government of Negros Occidental
- 2012-Present- Chairman, Negros Occidental Provincial MSMED Council
- 2010-2015- Private Sector Representative of the Province of Negros Occidental, Regional Development Council, NEDA Region 6
- 2010-2014- Member, Local Investment Board, Bacolod City
- 2012-Present- Director, PHILEXPORT Negros , Region 6B.
- 2012-2018- Chairman, Provincial SMED Council, Negros Occidental
- 2016-Present- PUM Netherlands Representative, Region 6
- 2019-Present- Chairman, Provincial SMED Council, Negros Occidental
- 2020-2022- Vice Chairman, Provincial Council of Women, Negros Occidental
- 2018-2021- Board of Trustee, Association of Negros Producers, VP for Advocacy
Other Affiliations:
- Vice-President- Calmado Agri Industrial Inc. – an agricultural and industrial business
- Director – ACJS Farms Agri Ventures– chicken broiler producer
- Director - Ferincor,Inc. – an agricultural and industrial business
- Secretary - Save Hinigaran Environmental Resources and River Foundation- an environmental NGO
- Member - Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce
- Member- NEDA Regional Development Council, Economic Development Committee, Region 6
- 2014- Philippine Representative to JICA Learning Mission, Japan
- 2014- Philippine Representative to Proged Learning Mission of GIZ to Berlin,
- 2009 - Philippine Private Sector Representative to the Textile Dying &
- Finishing Conference sponsored by KOICA (Korean International Cooperation Agency), Korea
- 2009- Chief Judge, Provincial DTI Best OTOP Product Search, DTI
- 2010- Judge, Visayan Islands Invention Contest and Exhibits, DOST, Iloilo City
- 2000- Scholastican Achiever of the Second Millenium Awardee St. Scholastica Alumnae Foundation
- 2018- Certified Mentor, KMME, Phil Center for Entrepreneurship
EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION
Grade School : St. Scholastica’s Academy, Bacolod City 1970-1978
High School: St. Scholastica’s Academy, Bacolod City 1978-1981
South Salem High School, Oregon USA 1980-1981
Rotary Club International Exchange Student
College: University of the Philippines in the Visayas 1981-1983
B.S. Business Management
University of the Philippines, Diliman, Q.C. 1983-1986
B.S. Tourism
