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San Beda honors Periquet

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The San Beda College Alumni Association awards Anna Marie Periquet the 2006 Distinguished Woman of Service Award. In selecting Periquet, the Alumni Association recognizes her multi-faceted work as one of today’s most distinguished woman achievers.

In 1992, Periquet was appointed by President Fidel V. Ramos as council member of the Presidential Council on Youth Affairs (PCYA), the predecessor of the National Youth Commission (NYC). She then became the Youth Sector Representative in the 10th Congress of the House of Representatives. She has distinguished herself as one of the chamber’s strongest children rights advocates. She is the author of Republic Act 8525 or the "Adopt-a-School Act of 1998" which seeks to provide for access to quality education. Following her stint in Congress, she was appointed by President Joseph Estrada as Private Sector Representative to the Board of Small Business Guarantee and Finance Corp. (SBGFC) in 1998. She was reappointed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in 2001, and she currently holds the position.

Concurrently, Periquet is president of Anna Marie Home Collection (Philippines), Inc., owner of brand name Anna Marie Home. She is also president and CEO of Grupo de Eventos Internationale, Inc., Gourmet Delite Food Commissary, Inc. and PSF Services, Inc. She is a member of the boards of Insurance of the Philippine Islands Co., Inc., Metro Cebu Public Savings Bank and Lupel Marketing Corp. (makers of UNI Writing Instruments).

Periquet is the president of the Aurelio Periquet Jr. Foundation. She is the driving force behind the foundation as it institutionalized the prestigious Aurelio Periquet Jr. Business Leadership Awards, which are conferred annually by the President of the Philippines. She is also the proponent of the Leaders Unlimited Seminar Series on Campus.

Periquet is also the chairman of the Young Entrepreneurs Group-Asia Pacific.

A recipient of several awards and citations for her accomplishments as an outstanding leader, Periquet has been cited for her keen sense of management, dedication and commitment to work and ethical and good governance as a pre-condition to national development benefiting the neediest in society.

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ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

ANNA MARIE HOME

ANNA MARIE HOME COLLECTION

ANNA MARIE PERIQUET

AURELIO PERIQUET JR. BUSINESS LEADERSHIP AWARDS

AURELIO PERIQUET JR. FOUNDATION

BOARD OF SMALL BUSINESS GUARANTEE AND FINANCE CORP

PERIQUET

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