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Jose Sixto"Dingdong" Dantes III

Jose Sixto ‘Dingdong’ Gonzales Dantes III is the Founder and Chairman of YPF.

Aside from being one of the most promising actors of today’s generation (he was awarded the Best Drama Actor Award in the 24th PMPC Star Awards for TV last November 13, 2010), Dingdong Dantes was recently recognized by People Asia Magazine “for his selfless advocacy to promote the welfare of the youth through his YesPinoy Foundation”.

Dong (as he prefers to be called) is the official Youth Ambassador for the Arts of the National Commission for Culture and Arts and remains the consistent model youth leader of the Department of Education and Sports (Dep Ed) that gave him the Youth Leadership Achievement Award (YLAW) late last year.

Through the YPF, Dong has been noted for his philanthropic work, providing full college scholarships to the children of fallen soldiers of the Philippine Marines where he is a reservist with the rank of Master Sergeant under the 3rd Technical Service Battalion PN M. At the height of Typhoon Ondoy, the actor, together with a team from the Philippine Marines and YPF volunteers carried out relief operations in devastated communities located in Rizal. He took part in National Bookstore’s Project Aklat that donated school supplies to the typhoon victims.

An early riser in life where he started working at the age of 9 as a commercial child model, Dong’s professional success is an affirmation of his determination and good mould, courtesy of  a closely-knit and respectable family.

Joseph Aguilar

Joe is the new Executive Director of YPF. He is an experienced practitioner of Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) after working in key positions at K-2 Interactive, Wishcraft Creative Events, University of Asia and Pacific Foundation. He is a founding director of Arts and Culture Asia, Inc. and is currently the lead marketing consultant for a World Bank IFC Group – initiated campaign through k2 Interactive, Inc. A lover of the performing arts, Joe has been instrumental in conceptualizing various play and events. Joe graduated from the University of Asia and Pacific and the Ateneo High School.

Rommel Lumagui

Rommel Lumagui is the Secretary of YPF Board. Rommel believes that he can contribute to the world of business through a role that integrates his skills in business, law and accounting. True to his belief, he has proven his business acumen in running All Greek Trading, the leading distributor of Greek wines and oils in the country,   and RDLJ Foods, an enterprise involved in restaurant management. After graduating in UP Diliman’s College of Business Administration and passing the CPA licensure exam, Rommel is still pursuing a Master of Business Administration and Juris Doctor Dual Degree Program at De La Salle University Graduate School of Business. His dream of integrating disciplines of business, accountancy and law into his person will finally come true once he hopefully passes the Bar  in the near future."

Atty. Emmanuel Caparas

Atty. Emmanuel Caparas is the founder and creator of the first ever and most recognizable Philippine law library of its kind, Lex Libris. He is the Chief of the Management Information Systems Office of the Supreme Court.

Elmer Argano

Elmer Argano is the former Executive Director of YPF. He is a veteran PR and lobby consultant, communication specialist, advocate and organizer. During the last elections, he served as the Regional Desk Officer of the Aquino-Roxas campaign and Secretary General of Ayos Na. Elmer founded and continues to manage Links and Motions, a marketing communications company, whose major clients include Macro Asia, DAR, PLPCD and political leaders from across the country.

Wilma Galvante

Wilma Galvante is  GMA Network's senior vice president for entertainment and producer of many TV shows. As the chief of the GMA Network's entertainment block, she experimented with dramas, light-hearted shows and hired good writers. She revived the love team tandem popularized in the 1970s, resurrected local comics titles and introduced fantasy series on prime time such as Mulawin. Through her initiative, the network brought the rights to a number of local comics titles such as Darna and Captain Barbel.

Michelle Lim- Gankee

Michelle Lim Gankee is the Marketing Director of Sterling Paper Products. Managing a business like Sterling runs in the blood of Michelle since she is the daughter of Sterling Paper Products Chairman Henry Lim and niece of Sterling Global President Gerry Lim. As Marketing Director, she spearheads innovative brand building and marketing of quality products that Sterling is noted for.  

Michelle graduated at DLSU with a degree on Business Administration major in computer applications. She immediately put to use his expertise by implementing the SAP system to computerize the company’s supply chain when she first worked there as planning and control analyst.

Over the past two years, she has strongly supported YPF programs, particularly programs which benefit children and marginalized youths. It is but timely that she has become a part of the YPF family.