“Where there is no guidance the people fall, but in abundance of counselors there is victory.”

experience in social and economic development work in various sectors: farmers, children, micro enterprise development, poverty housing, and disability inclusion. Herc is skilled in project management; organizational development; strategic planning.

the Future Leader’s Program in preparation for a managerial job. His community involvement includes singing with the St. Mary’s Singers choir, being reader and Eucharistic Minister at St. Patrick Church, and conducting Bible Study every Sunday.
 
Red finished Theological Studies at the Catholic Institute of Sydney (2009–2012), and holds a Certificate in Pastoral Formation from the Institute for Mission in New South Wales, a Certificate III in Business and a Certificate II in Information Technology both from Kent Institute of Business and Technology (Sydney, NSW, 2007 and 2006). He also holds a Masters degree in Educational Management from the University of San Carlos in Cebu City.
 
He took up Legal Profession Studies at the University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJ-R) in Cebu City, and Theology Studies at St. Alphonsus’ Theologate in Davao City. Red finished AB in Philosophy at the University of San Carlos in Cebu City.

development, planning, appraisal, monitoring as well as institutional, environmental and social impact assessments of public and private projects.
 
He holds a diploma in Transportation Planning and a diploma in Urban and Regional Planning from the School of Urban and Regional Planning of the University of the Philippines-Diliman. He is currently doing freelance consultancy work.

He joined the organization as a Project Officer in 1997. His 27 years’ experience in the organization afforded him extensive expertise in the field of microfinance covering the areas of lending methodologies, product development, financial and operations management.
Mr. Apaitan is an active member of the Microfinance Data Sharing Inc. (MiDas, Inc.) Technical Working Group where he served as Chairman from 2016 until 2020. He has participated in various national and international conferences on leadership and microfinance in the Philippines and in some countries in Asia.
 
He was a recipient of the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Scholarship Program at the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India in year 2017.
 
Mr. Apaitan has served as one of the board of trustees of the Microfinance Council of the Philippines (From 2020–2022), a network of 62 microfinance institutions advocating inclusive, innovative, and client-responsive solutions to poverty in the Philippines.
 
Currently, he is also a board member of Pinoy Ako Insurance Services (PAIS), Inc., a micro insurance agency that provides comprehensive, affordable and viable life and non-life micro insurance services among microfinance institutions in the country.

He is also the Monitoring and Education officer of MAGI (Managing Alternative Groups, Inc.), and currently being considered to be professor for Social Concerns at SATMI (St. Alphonsus Theological & Mission Institute).
 
He is a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Organizational Development (OD) and Planning. Master of Theology and also Master of Pastoral Theology.

of the Liguorians Association of the Redemptorist Province of Cebu in 2016 and still acts as Coordinator among the Ligoys todate. For 13 years (1992 to 2005), he worked as a Medical and Trade Representative of Pharex Health Corp. He taught Philosphy at Andres Soriano College-Mangagoy in 1983–84. He was hired as a Materials Expediter and Assistant Purchaser for PICOP-Bislig in 1982–84. He earned his AB Philosophy degree at the University of San Carlos and his BS Theology at Maryhill School of Theology. Toto belongs to SAS Class 1972.

He is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons of the Philippines and was past president of the Mabuhay Shriners, Cavite Chapter, an appendant body of the Free and Accepted Masons. Ed Espina studied law here and abroad having taken his Masters in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at the International Institute of Human Rights, University of Strasbourg, France.

International), Formosa Garment, AFFIRE, and DSWD.

community support work, advocating for rights of persons with disabilities, while taking on counseling and disability studies in Australia. He sings at choir and performs couple and individual counseling as a ministry.