2025 PCS Board Directors
Leonor L. Hernando
President
Lenie is currently a lecturer at the Department of Communication at Ateneo de Manila University and Trinity University of Asia. After a decade of working as the TV and Radio Commercial Unit Head for Associated Broadcasting Company Channel 5, now known as TV-5, she decided to switch careers to teaching. She is a graduate of Bachelor of Mass Communication from Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, Master of Arts in Communication Arts from Ateneo de Manila University, and Doctor of Philosophy in Communication from University of the Philippines, Diliman. Her areas of research interest are media, organizational communication, social development, risk and disaster management, family, and gender.
Rommel Lopez
Vice President
Rommel is the Associate Editor, and a fact-checker/data journalist of PressOne.PH, one of 5 organizations in the country accredited by the International Fact Checking Network. He has been a freelance journalist covering the religion and politics beat since 2009 prior to joining PressOne.ph. He is also a contributing reporter for Philstar.com, CBCP News and CBCP Monitor. He was one of the first fellows of the Philippine Fact Checker Incubator program of Internews held in September 2021. He is also one of the first fellows to the Philippines Environmental Data Journalism Academy by Thibi and Internews Earth Journalism Academy for 2023. He is an adjunct faculty at the undergraduate programs of the De La Salle University - Dasmariñas and the University of Nueva Caceres - Bataan and in the graduate programs of the University of Santo Tomas and the Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication. He finished his Master of Communication Management at the Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication.
George Vincent F. Gamayo
Secretary
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Orville B.Tatcho
Asst. Secretary
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Randy Jay C. Solis
Treasurer
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Jomar D. Redubla
Asst. Treasurer
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Jim C. Duran
Auditor
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Christian Jaycee Samonte
Public Affairs Officer
Christian is a Research Manager at That Global View, specialising in AI-driven and technology-enabled consumer insights. He brings over eight years of experience across academia, marketing communications, consumer insights, and research agencies. He holds a BA in Communication from Letran Manila and an MA in Speech Communication from the University of the Philippines Diliman. His work explores how AI, communication technologies, gender, and politics shape public discourse and decision-making. He has led numerous qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods studies, bringing rigorous, evidence-based thinking to organisational strategy.
Jeffrey R. Ancheta
Asst. Public Affairs Officer
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Lourdes M. Portus
Board Director
Odette was the Executive Director of the Philippine Social Science Council until 2025. She served as PSSC Chair and Vice Chair prior to becoming PSSC’s ED. She was a Professor of the College of Mass Communication (CMC), University of the Philippines, specializing on communication research. She also served as the Special Assistant to the President of UP, as a College Secretary and as Chair of the Communication Research Department. Dr Portus has had two decades of managing development projects with NGOs (Philippine Business for Social Progress and Catholic Relief Services) prior to joining the academe. Outside of the academe, she served President of the Philippines Communication Society, and was Secretary of the CMC Foundation, Inc., the Philippine Association of Communication Educators and the CMC Alumni Association. She has edited and published books and chapters in refereed journals locally and internationally and has delivered academic papers in more than 20 countries.
Elena E. Pernia
Board Director
Neny is a retired Professor of Communication of the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication (UP-CMC) where she served as Dean twice, from 2006 to 2009 and from August 2015 to January 2019. She was Vice-President for Public Affairs of the University of the Philippines System from January 2019 to February 2023. With over 35 years in communication/media education and research, Dr. Pernia was with the faculty of the UP-CMC’s Department of Communication Research, with the rank of Professor 12. She has produced creative works to address health/COVID-19 literacy, disinformation and historical revisionism. She has authored several books, including Communication Research in the Philippines: Issues and Methods. In November 2017, Dr. Pernia was appointed to the UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines. She has served on the boards of local and international professional communication organizations.
Roderick Evans Bartolome
Board Director
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Holden Kenneth G. Alcazaren
Board Director
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Artin G. Umali
Board Director
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Mia Embalzado-Mateo
Board Director
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