Lina B Laigo

	Complete Name:	Lina B. Laigo
	Nickname:	"Lina"
	Highest / Last Position Held:	Former Secretary
	Department / Institution:	Department of Social Welfare and Development

Government Positions Occupied
Agency	Year	Highest Position Occupied
Department of Social Welfare and Development	1972-1998	Secretary (1995-1998)
Council for the Welfare of Children	2002-2007	Executive Director

Current Work and Position
Name of Institution		Position
Family Life Institute of the Philippines Philippine Women's University - Taft, Manila		President
Center for Children Studies In Asia and the Pacific PWU-Taft, Manila		President (and Founder)
Gerry Roxas Foundation Youth Leadership Program		Managing Director

Area of Expertise
My advocacy and expertise is on family and children and young people. My experience the last 5 years had been focused on these two sectors, and I continue to work with young people today. My work is done in partnership with NGOs working with families and children
Poverty Reduction programs - planning and operations
Research and monitoring

Former Senior Government Officials