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Chairman of the Board
 Patricia
A. Sto. Tomas is a proven leader in the areas of public administration,
human resource development and management, organizational development
and development communications, built on more than two decades
of solid work in the bureaucracy and the academe.
Prior to her appointment to the DBP, Ms. Sto. Tomas was secretary
of the Department of Labor and Employment from February 2001 to
June 2006. During her stint as Labor chief, she reoriented the
department towards achieving its core mandates of employment facilitation,
enhancement and promotion of industrial peace, worker's welfare
and protection, and commitment to service delivery.
From 1988 to 1995, she chaired the Civil Service Commission
where she initiated reforms to improve the quality of public service,
public accountability and discipline. She also pursued a public
advocacy for equality in opportunities for female employees, as
well as merit and fitness principles in employee entry and selection
for government posts.
Ms. Sto. Tomas was the first head of the Philippine Overseas
Employment Administration when it was established in 1982. In
that capacity she led the formulation of policies and standards
to govern the employment of Filipinos abroad, and helped establish
innovative and protective mechanisms that became a model for other
countries sending workers overseas.
She also served as chair of the Technical Education and Skills
Development Authority, National Wages and Productivity Commission,
Overseas Workers' Welfare Administration, Employees Compensation
Commission, Occupational Safety and Health Center, and the National
Maritime Polytechnic.
Ms. Sto. Tomas was also a member of the board of the National
Economic and Development Authority, Social Security System, National
Housing Authority, National Home Mortgage Mutual Fund, Land Bank
of the Philippines, Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, Philippine
Economic Zone Authority, and National Agriculture and Fishery
Council.
Ms. Sto. Tomas has earned numerous citations for her distinguished
career in the public sector. She was named Outstanding Woman in
Government Service by the National Council of Women of the Philippines
in 2002, and was a Ten Outstanding Women in the Nation's Service
(TOWNS) awardee for public administration in 1982. She has honorary
degrees from the Cagayan Valley State University, Western Mindanao
University, Ateneo de Davao University, and Far Eastern University.
Ms. Sto. Tomas has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Far Eastern
University. She took her Master of Science at the University of
the Philippines at Los Baños, and her Master in Public
Administration at Harvard University.
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