The City and Municipal Nutrition Action Officers (C/MNAOs) in Metro Manila elected the new set of officers and board members of their Association during their regular meeting held on June 11, 2014 at the Lancaster Hotel in Mandaluyong City.
Re-elected President of the Association of NAOs in NCR (ANAO-NCR, Inc.) is Mandaluyong First Lady and CNAO Mrs. Carmelita “Menchie” A. Abalos. She is also currently the President of the NAOs’ Association of the Philippines or NAOPA.
The following are the new set of officers and board members of the ANAO-NCR for 2014-2016 who will be helping each other to attain their mission of strengthening and sustaining the implementation of local nutrition program at the grassroots level.
President: Mrs. Carmelita A. Abalos (Mandaluyong City)
Vice-President: Dr. Georgiana S. Galutera (Pasig City)
Secretary: Dr. Bernadette E. Bordador (Valenzuela City)
Treasurer: Dr. Diana Jocelyn L. Va?o (Makati City)
Auditor: Dr. Maybelle P. Sison (Caloocan City)
Board Members:
1. Dr. Mary Joyce F. Medina (Municipality of Pateros)
2. Mrs. Janet A. Olivarez (Paranaque City)
3. Councilor Reynaldo A. Monroy (Navotas City)
4. Dr. Victor A. Lacandola (San Juan City)
5. Mrs. Imelda T. Aguilar (Las Pinas City)
6. Dr. Benjamin M. Yson (City of Manila)
7. Mrs. Julita S. Bernabe (Taguig City)
8. Dr. Rommel C. Lizan (Malabon City)
9. Dr. Alberto P. Herrera (Marikina City)
10.Dr. Magdalena C. Meana (Muntinlupa City)
11.Dr. Cesar F. Encinares (Pasay City)
The NAOs are designated or permanent functionaries of local government units who assist the local chief executives in the day-to-day management and coordinative needs of the local Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition (PPAN). It was in 2010 when NNC-NCR led by Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator Milagros Elisa V. Federizo took the initiative in organizing the NAOs in Metro Manila. The Association of NAOs in NCR was registered in the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2012.
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