About

Justine Lyris Bacay is a Filipino social entrepreneur driving systemic change through sport. She is the founder of Play It Forward, a Philippine non-profit that has reached over 1,200 underserved Filipino children through structured athletic opportunities. She began her career at Deloitte Czech Republic as a Senior Quality and Risk Management Consultant before transitioning to purpose-driven work, a shift anchored by her role as Community Champion for Maritime Southeast Asia with the Global Shapers Community. Justine holds a Master's degree in Development Management from the Asian Institute of Management and serves as CFO and board member of Clarendon College in Oriental Mindoro.

Bea Camemo is an urban planner and independent consultant. Her work spans urban and regional planning and project management, giving her a close view of how plans are shaped, negotiated and implemented, and of whose priorities prevail along the way. As a Founding Fellow of the sparkchange Strategic Foresight Fellowship, she leads research on Decision Architecture, examining who sets development priorities in the Philippines. She is especially interested in how national and local decision-making, and climate pressures, may reshape development over the next fifteen years.

Nico is a learning and development specialist who works at the intersection of education, governance, and social inquiry. His work is grounded in a sustained interest in how societies organise order, navigate conflict, and extend rights to citizens – and how these questions translate into practice within public institutions. His current interests extend this work into strategic foresight, particularly the ways institutions can question assumptions, anticipate change, and navigate uncertain futures. He holds a Master’s in Development Management from the Asian Institute of Management and a Master of Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Sydney. He currently teaches undergraduate public administration courses at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines Quezon City Campus.

Ma Donna Del Moro is a senior consultant for forestry and carbon markets at HAMERKOP Climate Impacts, working on business development and stakeholder engagement with government agencies, development partners, and the private sector. A registered professional forester with over eight years of experience across the mining, renewable energy, and forestry sectors, she holds a BSc Forestry from the University of the Philippines Los Baños and is finishing an MDM at the Asian Institute of Management.

Mike Navarrete is a planning officer of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority, working on land and assets development, social safeguards, and corporate planning. He has completed an MBA at Ateneo de Manila and is finishing an MDM at the Asian Institute of Management.

Micaela Tullao is a Configuration Manager and Deputy Project Engineer working on railway infrastructure projects. Her experience spans configuration management, project engineering, change control, and FIDIC contract administration. She supports project teams in managing technical changes, maintaining configuration integrity, and aligning engineering, contractual, and project delivery requirements. She is currently pursuing a Master in Development Management at the Asian Institute of Management.