Outstanding Achiever in Public Administration

Upon receiving Region 5’s portfolio, Marlene became the rare female Regional Director at National Economic Development Agency (NEDA). After a successful decade in Bicol, she spent six years as Regional Director for Central Visayas. Having worked her way up the ranks, she was recognized as an international expert for organizational development and institutional management. Unknown to the 1.7 million enrollments of Government Service Insurance System in 2010, Marlene learned the GSIS board of directors had passed a resolution abolishing survivorship benefits once a member dies. She mobilized adherents of the threatened compensation package re-gaining its restoration from the new management.