Executive Team

Samantha Ackary

Co-Director

Sam currently serves as the Co-Director of EA Philippines. She graduated in 2023 from Ateneo de Manila University with a degree in BS Health Sciences and a minor in Sociology. After graduating from university, Sam began working in the health and development space. She currently works at the Ateneo School of Government as a Research and Project Assistant for their Tobacco Control and Governance Program under the Ateneo Policy Center division.

Zian Bonoan

Co-Director

Zian currently serves as the Co-Director of EA Philippines. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Ateneo de Manila University. Besides being active in the Effective Altruism space, Zian also works as a part-time market researcher in GoDoc, a software company specializing in developing applications for medical practitioners. 

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Kate Lupango

Co-Founder and Board Member

Kate is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Animal Empathy Philippines. Founded in 2021, AEP aims to bring farmed animal issues in the Philippines to the forefront and harness collective action to effectively help farmed animals. Kate is also a co-founder and former community builder of EA Philippines.

Raymund "Red" Bermejo

Board Member

Red is the Executive Director of Anti-Entropy, which provides operations support to high-impact organizations as well as tools and resources for ops staff. He has garnered 9 years of experience implementing software projects, working with various clients across the world, from startups to Fortune 500 organizations. He also has 7 years of building and managing a full-fledged consulting firm offering end-to-end IT services with annual revenue of ~$3M USD with ~150 staff.

Rochelle “Roc” Bata

Board Member

Roc runs Dory Foundation, a US grantmaking foundation supporting impactful non-profit work. She is also the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Phlourish Mental Health Initiative Inc., a local EA-aligned nonprofit that aims to scale evidence-based and cost-effective mental health solutions in the Philippines. Roc has over 8 years of nonprofit experience, including serving as COO and Operations Manager for climate change organizations based in the UK and the Philippines, respectively.

We also have many students working in our student chapters and a couple of volunteers working with us on various projects. If you want to get in touch with us, you can email us at team@effectivealtruism.ph or message us on our Facebook page.

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