With more than 30 years of experience in gender and development Dr. Dayo has expertise in the provision of technical assistance and capacity building in the areas of education, research, public service and development. She obtained her professional training from regional and international institutions with special interests on women, gender and development. She published her works in national and international journals in the fields of climate change, water governance. cultural studies incl. indigenous knowledge and practices, food security and food sovereignty, among others. She served as technical evaluator of government research institutions related to gender-focused research/studies. Served also as consultant of people-oriented entities with women’s right-focused projects. MARIA HELEN F. DAYO is an anthropologist and a GAD Expert. She has degrees in Agricultural Economics from UP Los Baños, a Masters degree in Development Studies at the Institute of Social Studies at The Hague, The Netherlands and a PhD in Anthropology from the University of the Philippines Diliman. For her PhD dissertation, she worked on gender and cultural understanding of environmental economics under a PCARRD-DOST scholarship. Dr. Dayo was trained in Rural Research and Rural Policy at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex, Brighton, England.  
 

Imee currently serves as a researcher for the Philippine Institute for Development Studies in-house projects for the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM II). Under the supervision of Dr. Michael Ralph M. Abrigo, Imee works in a team that seeks to answer the identified research questions under the priority areas in basic education, namely measurement of learning outcomes, curriculum and instruction, school infrastructure, and learning resources. Prior to her post in PIDS, Imee served as an Education Program Specialist at the Education Research Division of the Bureau of Education Assessment in Department of Education Central Office, where she supported the implementation of test administration activities of international large-scale assessments such as the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and Southeast Asia Primary Learning Metrics (SEA-PLM). Also a licensed professional teacher, Imee takes interest in education research to expand her understanding of the issues involving the Filipino learners, and hopes to contribute to the formulation of education policy recommendations by producing data-based research.

Engr. Marizza B. Grande is the Assistant National Statistician of the Civil Registration Service of the Philippine Statistics Authority. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering at the University of Northern Philippines in 1998. She also holds a Masters degree in Applied Statistics at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines and a Masters in Demography at the University of the Philippines – Population Institute Diliman, Quezon City (UPPI) in 2015.

She was the Division Chief of the Civil Register Management Division before being assigned as the Assistant National Statistician of the Civil Registration Service. She is a member of various Technical Working Groups (TWGs) and Committees on Crafting Policy Issuances of the Civil Registrar General in the PSA namely: Task Force Committee on Fraud and Investigation on Civil Registration, TWG for the PhilSys Pilot Use Cases for the Civil Registration Service (CRS), TWG to Cater the Needs of the Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) Family Members that were Affected by Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic, TWG to Review the Amended Administrative Order No. 1, Series Of 2007, TWG and Project Management Team for the Registration of Births and Copy Issuance of Civil Registry Documents for the MILF and MNLF Combatants including Registration of the PhilSys ID, TWG to Review the Manual for the Processing of Annotated Civil Registry Documents, TWG to Review Administrative Orders, Operation Manuals and Manual of Instructions involving Civil Status of Individuals, and TWG on the Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Decade 2015-2024.

She is a member of the Regional Steering Group for CRVS. She is also the National CRVS Focal Point of the CRVS Decade 2015-2024. She is the current Project Director of the Civil Registry System-Information Technology Project Phase II and the PhilSys Birth Registration Assistance Project and an alternate member of the Expert Group on Refugee, IDP and Statelessness Statistics (EGRISS) Steering Committee. 
 

Jing Jalisan is a down-to-earth individual who has found happiness in both his personal and professional life. Married and the proud father of three children, he cherishes family values above all. Jing is an Electronics Engineer, Programmer, and Website Developer. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering at the University of the Visayas in 1994, graduating Magna Cum Laude. Later, in 2016, he pursued a Master's in Development Management at the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP). Jing's career path has been diverse. From 1994 to 1999, he shared his knowledge as a college instructor in the College of Engineering at the University of the Visayas. In 1999, he ventured into the public sector, joining the government service. He has made significant contributions to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) as a programmer and website developer. His innovative work includes creating websites and mobile applications that enhance PSA's data dissemination strategies. Currently, Jing Jalisan holds the position of Division Chief in the Registers and Database Management Division of the Philippine Statistics Authority.

Dr. Karl Jandoc is Associate Professor and Department Chair at the University of the Philippines School of Economics (UPSE). His fields include theoretical and applied microeconomics, resource, development, environmental and energy economics. He has published in both theoretical and applied economics in international peer-reviewed journals such as Energy, International Journal of Game Theory, Review of Economic Design, Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse and others. He was a consultant in projects funded by various Philippine government agencies, USAID, Asian Development Bank, and the World Bank.

Ronald Jansen leads the work on data innovation and statistical capacity management since 2018. In this position, he supports the work of the UN Committee of Experts on Big Data and Data Science for Official Statistics, including support for the Regional Hubs for Big Data and the UN Global Platform. He joined the United Nations in June 1990 and worked for many years in the area of international trade statistics. He has a PhD in mathematical modelling of human information processing.

She is a Registered Nutritionist-Dietitian and a Senior Science Research Specialist at the Nutritional Assessment and Monitoring Division (NAMD) of the Department of Science and Technology – Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI). She is one of the team coordinators of the National Nutrition Survey (NNS) and currently the component leader for the Household Food Security Component. She has published research articles on household food security and intra-household food allocation in relation to nutritional status of Filipinos. Prior to joining the NNS team, she was involved in nutrition promotion and education projects of the DOST-FNRI. She graduated with Bachelor of Science in Community Nutrition and Master in Development Economics degrees, both from the University of the Philippines Diliman. 

Sol M. Lazo is a graduate of Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences (Major in Economics – Minor in Psychology). She is currently working as a Statistical Specialist at the Philippine Statistics Authority – Income and Employment Statistics Division. She is one of the lead technical staff on the conduct of the Labor Force Survey wherein she acts as a lecturer, and assist on the preparation of survey instruments and provision of key employment indicators. She is also one of the lead technical staff working on the improvement of the labor and employment statistics of the country, particularly the exploratory activity on the adoption of the new concept of work, and other international conference on the labor statistics resolutions.

Ms. Lois Anne Leal presently holds the position of Senior Science Research Specialist at the Philippine Space Agency, where she plays a pivotal role in spearheading research and development initiatives in the domains of data science and artificial intelligence. Her academic accomplishments include the successful completion of an MSc program in Computer Vision, Robotics, and Machine Learning from the University of Surrey in the UK, as well as a BS in Computer Science from the University of the Philippines, Diliman. In addition to her professional endeavors, Ms. Leal has generously devoted her time and expertise to various organizations in the past. She has volunteered with esteemed groups such as the Google Developers Group Cloud Manila and actively participated in AI4Good projects, demonstrating her commitment to community engagement and the advancement of technology for the greater good.

Currently, he is the Remote Sensing Specialist II of the Agriculture and Fisheries Census Division (AFCD) of the Philippine Statistics Authority. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Geology from Adamson University. He is also a member of the Geological Society of the Philippines. 

Before his appointment as the National Statistician and Civil Registrar General, Dr. Dennis S. Mapa served as Dean and Professor in Statistics of the School of Statistics at the University of the Philippines (UP). He also held notable positions in various organizations and projects such as UP Statistical Center Research Foundation, Inc. (UPSCRFI), Governing Board of the Philippine Statistical Research and Training Institute (PSRTI), Philippine Statistical Association, Inc. (PSAI), and the Gas Policy Development Project (GPDP). 
A multi-awarded researcher, Dr. Mapa continuously conducts researches in the areas of poverty analysis, household savings, fertility, population dynamics, measuring market risk, and forecasting methods for volatility which has won many awards. Aside from being a researcher, he has also written chapters for nationally- and internationally-published books and monographs in the areas of population, poverty and hunger, youth unemployment, and energy. 

Dr. Mapa has a Bachelor of Science degree in Statistics, two Master’s degrees—in Economics and in Statistics, and has a Doctorate in Economics, all from UP Diliman. His research interests are in the areas of Econometric and Financial Time Series Analysis, Empirical Economic Growth, Poverty Analysis and Impact Evaluation.