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Jeiz Robles
Member of the Board of Trustees at PFIPOne of PFIP's Trustees of the Board, ranked within the Top 20 by Involve's Global LGBTQ+ Future Leaders from 2021 to 2023, Jeiz is a proud Asian, cisgender, bisexual, neurodivergent woman who champions societal inclusion. She does this by actively influencing LGBTQ+ inclusion strategies, policies and programs through work with Employee Resource Groups, Business Leaders and Civil Society Organizations.
Cofounder and Lead Convenor for The National Inclusion Council of the Philippines, Co-Chair of the Philippine Business Disability Network and a Regional Diversity & Inclusion Leader, Jeiz's passion revolves around surfacing voices that are unheard to make an impact to various communities.
Gemma Alcantara
Chief Executive Officer and Trainer & Facilitator of Hyper Island at The Hakuhodo/BCI GroupGemma is a Hyper Island MA graduate who takes to heart the value of transformational leadership in facilitating growth in organizations. As such, she has made it her mission to facilitate Hyper Island learning activities, visioning and growth sessions, as team building, retrospective, strategic planning and upskilling workshops that are practically applied to achieving company goals.
By equipping her team and empowering clients with the values of Human Centered Design, Future Thinking, Experimental Mindset Lean and Agile
Processes and Business Transformation and Innovation, she accelerates the evolution of leadership and change in business, helping them navigate current challenges and preparedness for the future. These practices have enabled her teams to rise above challenges of the pandemic; and sustain scaled business performance.
By profession, Gemma is Chief Executive Officer of the Hakuhodo*/BCI Group, a 27-year old, 130-man group across 4 teams in the Philippines. She led the 2018 acquisition process, managing the change and maximizing growth that are still evolving from it. As such, she drives continuous learning and human-centric creativity that is both relevant and future-ready among advertiser categories such as: Automotive, Banking and Finance, Food and Beverage, Tobacco, Electronics, Technology, Telecommunications, and various FMCGs. She is concurrently Chief Innovation Officer of Hakuhodo International Philippines. In 2023, Gemma was awarded among the first Orange Boomerangs for Digital Transformation Leadership.
Gibby Gorres
Chief Storyteller and Founder of Gugma PRGIBBY is a communications strategist with learned expertise in political communications, public relations, and advocacy campaigns. He is the Chief Storyteller and Founder of Gugma PR, a public relations group that helps advocates, movements, and changemakers build impact through empathic communications.
Gibby served as Director for Communications, and previously as Social Media Director, in the Philippine Senate, during which he led creative campaigns for the passage of landmark laws such as the Philippine Mental Health Law, the 105-Day Expanded Maternity Leave Law, and the Safe Streets and Public Spaces or ‘Bawal Bastos’ Law.
Gibby also serves as a senior consultant for The Asia Foundation and communications agency Organic Intelligence.
Marv Echipare
Director, People Development of Optum Global Solutions (Philippines) Inc.- Open Space Mechanics
- Open Space Mechanics
- FutureCollab: Open Space Ventures into the Fabulous Future
Marv Echipare is a proud advocate of making workplaces more inclusive. He is an Organization Development and People leader with over 20 years of experience working with Fortune 10 companies like Google and United Health Group. He was a part-time faculty of the Dept of Psychology and John Gokongwei School of Management at Ateneo De Manila University, where he also took his master’s degree in industrial-Organizational Psychology, and currently taking his PhD in Leadership studies. He was listed in Involve’s Global LGBTQ+ Future Leaders two years in a row in 2021 and 2022. He is currently the Director of People Development in Optum Philippines, Colombia, and Puerto Rico, and the Executive Sponsor of their Pride ERG.
Jay Ian Fegalan
Senior Learning Consultant at Capital One Philippines Support Services
