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Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
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Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo currently serves as Undersecretary for Public Affairs and Foreign Relations in the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). She is also the Department’s spokesperson and focal person for presidential and cabinet directives. Prior to this, she was Assistant Secretary of the Department under the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
As Undersecretary, she is in charge of DICT’s strategic communications and media, international relations, and legislative affairs. She supervises the Department’s Information and Strategic Communications Division (ISCD), International Cooperation Division (ICD), Legislative Liaison Division (LLD), Unified Project Management Office (UPMO), and the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) unit.
She is also spearheading the Department’s efforts relative to Build Better More, in coordination with other government agencies, to support the President’s vision of a truly digital Philippines. Likewise, she acts as DICT’s data privacy officer, facilitates the resolution of Freedom of Information requests, and supervises the Consumer Complaint Center.
During the Duterte Administration, Lamentillo was the chairperson of the Build, Build, Build Committee of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the concurrent chairperson of the Infrastructure Cluster Communications Committee. She also worked with both the United Nations Development Program and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in their Haiyan Emergency Response and Rehabilitation Program.
She graduated cum laude at the University of the Philippines Los Banos in 2012 with a degree of Development Communications, where she garnered the highest General Weighted Average for Development Journalism Majors and received the Faculty Medal for Academic Excellence. She completed her Executive Education in Economic Development at Harvard Kennedy School in 2018 and her Juris Doctor program at the UP College of Law in 2020. At present, she is actively engaged in the pursuit of an Executive MsC in Cities at the London School of Economics.
In 2023, she became an officer of the Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary (PCGA) with the rank of Auxiliary Commodore (one-star rank).
She has been awarded Natatanging Iskolar Para sa Bayan and Oblation Statute for the Virtues of Industry and Magnanimity. In 2019, the Harvard Kennedy School Alumni Association bestowed upon her the Veritas Medal. She was named by BluPrint as one of 50 ASEAN movers and shakers, by Lifestyle Asia as one of 18 Game Changers, and by People Asia as one of 2019’s Women of Style and Substance. She maintains a column in the Op-Ed section of Manila Bulletin and Esquire Magazine.
She authored a book titled "Night Owl: A Nationbuilder's Manual," which was published by Manila Bulletin. This book has been translated into four languages, namely Tagalog, Bisaya, Hiligaynon, and Ilokano.
MILESTONES
Completed Projects
29,264
Kilometers of Road
11,340
Flood Control Projects
150,149
Classrooms
451
Commercial and Social or Tourism Projects
497.33
Kilometers of Cycling Lanes
222
Evacuation Centers
653
COVID-19 Facilities
1
Subway Project
5,950
Bridges
89
TIKAS Project
214
Airport Projects
5
New Rail Routes
AWARDS
OUTSTANDING ADOPTED LAKAN AWARD
Philippine National Academy Alumni Association
PNPA Gymnasium, Camp General Mariano N Castañeda, Silang Cavite, March 8, 2024
RISING STAR
Wedu
October 2023
YOUNG INSPIRING FILIPINO
Lazada
MOA Concert Grounds, July 2, 2023
HEROES’ NOTABLE FEMALE GOVERNMENT LEADER OF THE YEAR
Asia’s Modern Hero Awards 2023
Grand Ballroom, February 17, 2023
PEOPLE TO WATCH 2023
Rising Tigers
Manila Hotel, February 10, 2023
VERITAS MEDAL
Harvard Kennedy School Alumni Association - Philippines
New World Hotel, November 30, 2019
WOMEN OF STYLE AND SUBSTANCE 2019
Stargate People Asia
City of Dreams, September 7, 2019
UNDER 38
BluPrint
April 2019
2019 GAME CHANGER
Lifestyle Asia
February 2019
ASEAN MOVER AND SHAKER
BluPrint
October 2018
NATATANGING ISKOLAR PARA SA BAYAN
University of the Philippines Los Baños Student Union
December 2014
TEN OUTSTANDING STUDENTS OF THE PHILIPPINES
Awardee
Bahay ni Rizal, May 2012
BAYER YOUNG ENVIRONMENTAL ENVOY AWARDEE
Bayer & United Nations Environmental Program
Dusit Thani Hotel, August 18, 2011
OBLATION STATUE AWARDEE FOR THE VIRTUES OF INDUSTRY AND MAGNANIMITY
Office of Student Affairs, UPLB
Student Union, July 18, 2011
EDUCATION HISTORY
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN CITIES
London School of Economics
Expected Date of Graduation: May 2025
JURIS DOCTOR
University of the Philippines Diliman
EXECUTIVE CERTIFICATE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Harvard Kennedy School
BS IN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATION
University of the Philippines Los Baños
• Cum Laude
• Faculty Medal for Academic Excellence
• Highest General Weighted Average for Development • Journalist Majors
TRAININGS
LEADERS IN DEVELOPMENT
Harvard Kennedy School
INFRASTRUCTURE IN A MARKET ECONOMY
Harvard Kennedy School
EMERGING LEADERS
Harvard Kennedy School
CAREER SUMMARY
UNDERSECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN RELATIONS
Department of Information and Communications Technology
November 2022 - Present
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN RELATIONS
Department of Information and Communications Technology
September 2022 - November 2022
CAMPAIGN MANAGER
Mark Villar for Senator
October 2021 - May 2022
CHAIRPERSON
Build Build Build Communications Committee
December 2016 - October 2021
ACTING SPOKESPERSON
Department of Public Works and Highways
January 2018 - October 2021
CHIEF OF STAFF
Office of DPWH Secretary Mark Villar
July 2016 - December 2016
LEGISLATIVE AND COMMUNICATIONS CHIEF
Office of Las Pinas Representative Mark Villar
April 2015 - July 2016
NATIONAL PROJECT COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
March 2014 - March 2015
COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT
United Nations Development Programme
December 2013 - May 2014
LEGISLATIVE AND COMMUNICATIONS CHIEF
Office of Senator Loren Legarda
February 2013 - September 2013
LEGISLATIVE AND MEDIA OFFICER
Office of Senator Loren Legarda
September 2012 - February 2013
MULTIMEDIA PRODUCER
GMA News Online
June 2012 - September 2012