CCP BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2014 Emily Altomonte–Abrera Chairman Emily Abrera took up Mass Communications at Maryknoll College, and Journalism at the University of the Philippines. She began her creative career as a copywriter at J. Romero & Associates, joined McCann-Erickson Philippines as Creative Group Head in 1978, and became Executive Creative Director in 1981. In January 1992, Abrera was named President/Chief Executive Officer of McCann-Erickson Philippines, acknowledged as the leading advertising agency in the Philippines since 1987. An active lecturer/speaker in industry forums and the academe, Abrera has occupied key positions in local 4A’s, its Creative Guild, TVRC, and the Adboard. She was the 1995 Agora Awardee for Marketing Management. In January 1999, she assumed the Chairmanship of McCann-Erickson Philippines. Under her leadership, McCann rose to prominence for its creative product, its social awareness programs, and its business success. She is among the few creative talents who have held top agency position, as highlighted in August 2002 at the Ad Summit by the Association of Accredited Advertising Agencies-Philippines where she was honored as one of the “25 Mavericks in Philippine Advertising.” She retired in 2004, but stayed on as consultant at McCann. From 2008-2010, Abrera played an additional role as non-executive Chair and senior adviser of McCann World Group in the Asia-Pacific region, in the area of people development and diversity. Abrera is currently chairman of CCI-Asia, the content-production company behind Living Asia Channel. She is President of (FOCI) Foundation for Communication Initiatives, and she chairs the boards of the Cultural Center of the Philippines and Children’s Hour Philippines. She is a trustee of: Philippine Board on Books for Young People, the Bonifacio Art Foundation, MuseoPambata, and the Philippine Eagle Foundation, among others. She serves as independent board member at Splash Corp., Pioneer Insurance, and Teleperformance Worldwide. Abrera has served for two terms as trustee and Chair of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation, is a founding member of the Women’s Business Council and currently a member of the Edsa People Power Commission. ~~~~~~ Raul M. Sunico, Ph.D President Raul M. Sunico graduated from the University of the Philippines with the degrees of Bachelor of Music (cum laude), Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, and Master of Statistics. A scholarship from former First Lady Imelda Romualdez-Marcos through the Young Artists Foundation of the Philippines enabled him to finish his Master of Music degree from the Juilliard School in New York and a Doctor of Philosophy degree, major in piano Performance from the New York University. In 2005, he was also conferred a Doctor of Humanities degree (honoris causa) by the Far Eastern University. Sunico won the silver medal in the Viotti International Piano Competition in Vercelli, Italy, was a finalist in the Busoni International Piano Competition in Bolzano, Italy and received the Henry Cowell Prize in the University of Maryland International Piano Competition in the United States. He has also served on the juries of the Bergen Philharmonic Competition in New Jersey, Isidor Bajic Memorial Piano Competition in Novi Sad, Serbia; Piyabhand Sanitwongse Piano Competition in Bangkok, Thailand; the Manila Symphony Competition, the Jeffrey Ching Piano Competition and the Piano Teachers Guild of the Philippines Competition in Manila. A TOYM (The Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines) Awardee for Music in 1986, Sunico was likewise conferred a 1996 PAMANA Presidential Award for Overseas Filipinos, and received the 1995 Ceres Alabado Award for Children’s Books, 1998 UP Professional Award, 1998 Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan Award, given by the City of Manila, 1999 KATHA Award for Best Solo Instrumental Recording, given by the Philippine Recording Industry, 2003 Diamond Jubilee Award by the U.P. Chapter of the Phi Kappa Phi International Honor Society, 2005 Aliw Award as Best Male Classical Instrumentalist, 2006 Awit Award for Best Instrumental Recording, 2008 UST Dangal Outstanding Artist Award, 2012 Outstanding Bulakeño Award, and the 2013 SM Global Pinoy Award. Sunico has given solo recitals in the United States, Canada, Mexico, India, Australia, Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Kosovo, Japan, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Poland, Spain, Netherlands, United Arab Emirates, Sweden, England, and the Philippines. He was the soloist of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Transylvania Philharmonic Orchestra (Romania), Szczecin Philharmonic Orchestra (Poland), Towson Community Orchestra (Maryland, USA), Taipei Symphony Orchestra, Taiwan Normal University Wind Orchestra, Tokyo Sinfonia, Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra, Ho Chi Minh Symphony Orchestra, Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, and other major Philippine orchestras. Sunico has recorded around fifty compact discs, including his piano transcriptions of Filipino folk songs and kundimans, concertos by Grieg, Saint-Saens, Ravel, and Lucino Sacramento; solo classical pieces; popular American songs set to piano; chamber and duo piano music, and original compositions. He had written piano arrangements of Philippine songs in Himig and “Mga Awit ng Himagsikan‖, and is currently the music author of the textbook series ―Musika at Sining‖ for grades 3 to 6 used in public schools. He holds the singular distinction of being the only pianist in the world to perform the four piano concertos of Sergei Rachmaninoff in a single evening. Sunico is concurrently the President of the Cultural Center of the Philippines and Dean of the University of Santo Tomas Conservatory of Music. ~~~~~ Florangel Rosario-Braid, Ph.D Florangel Rosario-Braid, former President and now President Emeritus, trustee and senior adviser of the Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication (AIJC). A member of the 1986 Constitutional Commission, she authored provisions on communication, education, cooperatives, science and technology, NGOs, and human rights. She was chairman of the Philippine Social Science Council, senior researcher at the East West Communication Institute, professor at the University of Hawaii, professorial lecturer at the University of the Philippines, De la Salle University, Miriam College, Silliman University, among others; Chairperson of the Communication Committee of the UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines, board member of CAP College, vice-chairperson of NOW Corporation (a mobile technology company), trustee of the Cultural Center of the Philippines and several other development, educational and professional organizations. A Council member of two UNESCO organizations based in Paris – the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) and Information for All Programme (IFAP), Dr. Braid is a member of the International Advisory Council member of the Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research, and serves as consultant for several NGOs involved with social credit, livelihood, peace, and distance education. She was also a UNESCO Adviser to Sri Lanka on population communication, as well as consultant to World Bank, FAO, UNICEF, USAID, and the Philippine government, and a project leader of a UNESCO-sponsored research project on Muslim and Christian commonalities. She was consultant/team leader to over a dozen development projects which include the Supreme Court-European Union Access to Justice for the Poor Project; SC-World Bank Change Management Program for the Judiciary; Supreme Court of the Philippines– World Bank Project on Strengthening the Communication System of the Judiciary; Communication Support to Manage Change Project of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR); Communication, Information and Education (IEC) strategies for resource management, environment and sustainable development; Adult and literacy education, Peace education, Media, information and communication technology policy formulation; among others. Dr. Braid has published over a dozen books on communication, information technology, and continuing education, cooperatives and sustainable development and several journals on public broadcasting. She was also the first President and one of the Founding Directors of the Philippine Daily Inquirer. She is also a columnist of the Manila Bulletin since 1997. Dr. Braid completed her bachelor’s degree from the University of the Philippines and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Syracuse University, New York. Among her awards include: U.P. Alumni Outstanding Professional Award in Mass Communication, Service Award, U.P. College of Education, Women of Distinction Award for Communication, The 2007 Outstanding Filipino (TOFIL) Awards for Literature and Journalism, the 2008 Hildegard Awards for Women in Media and Communication, the 2008 AMIC Asian Communication Outstanding Research Award, the 2009 Most Outstanding Quezon City Citizen Award, the Balitok-ASNA Outstanding Pangasinan Citizen Award and the Philippines Communication Society award for outstanding achievement in the field. ~~~~ Carolyn E. Espiritu Carolyn Espiritu is a responsive, intuitive and analytical strategic communications professional with a strong credible background in journalism and globally-grounded public relations practice. She is a special media trainer and public relations consultant in the public sector. As a media consultant, Espiritu served as a special media trainer to President Benigno Aquino III and his Cabinet officials. She was also the Executive Vice-President of the Communications Experts Organization,