Board of Advisers

1. FR. BIENVENIDO F. NEBRES, S.J. served as President of the Ateneo de Manila Universi-ty
for 18 years 1993-2011. He was Dean of the Ateneo College of Arts and Sciences
1973-1980. He was Provincial Superior of the Jesuits in the Philippines 1983-89 dur-ing
the time of democratic transition to President Corazon Aquino after the years of
martial law under President Marcos. He was also President of Xavier University in
Cagayan de Oro in the early 1990s.
He did extensive work to develop science and mathematics in the Philippines and in
Southeast Asia and was elected in 2011 as National Scientist by the National Academy
of Science and Technology (NAST). He was conferred the award by President Benigno
Aquino III in September 2011.
After retirement as President, he continues as Professor of Mathematics at the Ateneo
de Manila and is engaged in various programs to help overcome poverty in the coun-try:
improving public education in over 400 public schools with the Ateneo Center for
Educational Development (ACED) and in over 200 municipalities, particularly in the
Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao, with Synergeia Foundation; building homes
and communities for the poor with Gawad Kalinga; and supporting young people en-gaged
in social enterprises for poor communities.
Fr. Nebres did his early studies in classics and philosophy in the Jesuit Scholascate, Berchmans College, and
completed an AB and MA in philosophy. He obtained a PhD in mathemacs from Stanford University.

2. SEVERINO R. SARMENTA JR. PhD is Assistant Professor at the Department
of Communication. For the last three decades he has worn three hats as
communication professor teaching public relations, events management
and thesis writing. He is also a PR tools creator, writing and editing coffee
table books, directing and writing videos and producing other corporate
material. Lastly, he is a sports journalist who covers events on TV and for
the Philippine Daily Inquirer where he pens a twice weekly column.
Sev Sarmenta is an AB Communicaon graduate of the Ateneo de Manila and has MA and PhD
degrees from the University of the Philippines.