| News |
May 2006
UPLIFT Welcomes First Filipino ED Uplift Phils Inc. has a
new Executive Director in the person of Ms. Araceli C. Manalili. Ms. Manalili
brings with her over six (6) years of experience as Executive Director of Talete
King Panyulung Kapampangan, Inc. (Bridge to Pampangas’s Progress), an
organization in Apalit, Pampanga that is into microfinance, community, entrepreneurship,
livelihood and business development and other socio-economic activities. She
also worked for 18 years with the Department of Trade and Industry in Angeles,
Pampanga as Chief, Trade and Industry Development Specialist.
Ms. Manalili who has a Master of Arts in Economics degree from the University
of Santos Tomas is a native of Pampanga.
She is married with three children.
Her appointment is in line with UPLIFT's direction to accelerate
the transfer of responsibility to Filipino Managers and Trustees.
The very first Filipino appointment in UPLIFT's Executive Committee was that
of Ms. Helen Rose Reyes, Finance and Administration Director.
Ms. Cecile Guilbault, former Managing Director
of the UPLift Bulazon Program, is now the Managing Director of the Resource
Network. Ms. Guilbault will also handle the operations of Enfance, an NGO based
in Manila that provides social services to urban poor. Ms. Guilbault replaces
Gregory Doucet who was RN Director for three and a half years.
Ms. Hilda Aytin, Area Manager of Bulazon will take over the operations of the
Bulazon Program.