Sam currently serves as the Co-Director of EA Philippines. She graduated in 2023 from Ateneo de Manila University with a degree in BS Health Sciences and a minor in Sociology. After graduating from university, Sam began working in the health and development space. She currently works at the Ateneo School of Government as a Research and Project Assistant for their Tobacco Control and Governance Program under the Ateneo Policy Center division.

Zian currently serves as the Co-Director of EA Philippines. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Ateneo de Manila University. Besides being active in the Effective Altruism space, Zian also works as a part-time market researcher in GoDoc, a software company specializing in developing applications for medical practitioners. 

Brian is a co-founder of WhiteBox Research, a non-profit aiming to solve open research problems in AI interpretability and develop more AI safety researchers. He leads their operations and marketing. He co-founded EA Philippines in 2018 and worked full-time for EA PH on a grant in 2021. He was also a Group Support Contractor at the Centre for Effective Altruism for two years, where he supported EA groups around the world.

Tanya led our local charity effectiveness research project and does some career mentoring for community members interested in careers in the health or development sector. She also works full-time as a senior program officer working on policy development at the Australian Embassy in the Philippines. She has been working in the public sector for almost 8 years, including being an independent monitoring and evaluation specialist and the head executive assistant for the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).

Red is the Executive Director of Anti-Entropy, which provides operations support to high-impact organizations as well as tools and resources for ops staff. He has garnered 9 years of experience implementing software projects, working with various clients across the world, from startups to Fortune 500 organizations. He also has 7 years of building and managing a full-fledged consulting firm offering end-to-end IT services with annual revenue of ~$3M USD with ~150 staff.