Patricia Santo Tomas

Patricia Aragon Santo Tomas is the Chairman of the Board of Development Bank of the Philippines since 2006.

She has been a Secretary of Labor and Employment and Chairwoman of the Philippine Civil Service Commission for several years.

Education

Patricia Aragon Santo Tomas graduated from Kamuning Elementary School and Quirino High School, both in Metro Manila, Philippines. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Far Eastern University, her Master of Science from the University of the Philippines, Los Baños, and her Master of Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University. [Cabinet profile, Office of the President, Republic of the Philippines, 2006.]

Early work

Patricia Aragon Santo Tomas first worked in the government as a clerk at the Philippine Senate from 1964 to 1966. She gradually rose from the ranks and was transferred from one agency to another until her appointment as Chief of the Manpower Development and Utilization Division in the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) until 1977. [Cabinet profile, Office of the President, Republic of the Philippines, 2006.]

Leadership experience

Patricia Aragon Santo Tomas held other positions as policymaker until her appointment as Administrator of the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA) from May 1982 to September 1987. She was appointed Assistant Secretary at the Department of Education, and was shortly re-appointed at the DOLE. [Cabinet profile, Office of the President, Republic of the Philippines, 2006.]

In March 1988, she was appointed Chairman of the Civil Service Commission (CSC) until March 1995. The CSC is the official personnel department of the government of the Republic of the Philippines. [Cabinet profile, Office of the President, Republic of the Philippines, 2006.]

In 2001, Santo Tomas led an Executive Search Committee tasked to find qualified professionals to man key positions in the cabinet and attached agencies of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Soon, she was appointed by President Arroyo as Secretary of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). [Cabinet profile, Office of the President, Republic of the Philippines, 2006.]

Santo Tomas was elected as Chairperson of the Governing Body of the International Labor Organization based in Geneva, Switzerland. [Cabinet profile, Office of the President, Republic of the Philippines, 2006.]

In 2006, Santo Tomas was appointed by President Arroyo as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Development Bank of the Philippines, a state-owned financial institution with a nationwide branch office network. [Cabinet profile, Office of the President, Republic of the Philippines, 2006.]

Awards

Santo Tomas has received numerous professional awards for government service and public leadership. She was a Ten Outstanding Women in the Nation's Service Awardee for Public Administration; an Outstanding Graduate of the Career Executive Service Development Program Phase 2; an Edward S. Mason Fellow at John F. Kennedy School of Government; a Harvard University Fellow; a Grantee of the United States International Visitor Program, and the United States International Communication Agency. [Cabinet profile, Office of the President, Republic of the Philippines, 2006.]

Academe

Santo Tomas is a Professorial Lecturer at the University of the Philippines, Los Baños and a Consultant at the Communication Technology for Rural Education. [Cabinet profile, Office of the President, Republic of the Philippines, 2006.]

External links

* [http://www.devbankphil.com.ph Development Bank of the Philippines]
* [http://www.dole.gov.ph Department of Labor and Employment, Republic of the Philippines]
* [http://www.ilo.org International Labor Organization]

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