
Dean Alfredo L. Juinio
Background
The UP Engineering Research and Development Foundation, Inc. (UPERDFI) was established on August 3, 1972 under the leadership of UP College of Engineering (UPCOE) Dean Alfredo L. Juinio until his death in 2003. Since then, Leopoldo V. Abis; Alfonso A. Aliga, Jr.; Emilio Lolito J. Tumbocon; Rosario S. Calderon; Frederick Jonathan A. Trinidad; Ferdinand M. De La Cruz; Valentin A. Reyes; and Rafael Nestor V. Mantaring have been elected as President.
UPERDFI now counts on 227 members, who are mostly alumni and friends who are industry leaders. Membership is done by invitation only. A 15-person Board of Trustees oversees the Foundation’s operations.
UPERDFI is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Department of Science and Technology, and the Philippine Council for NGOs. It is also recognized by the Bureau of Internal Revenue as a Donee Institution, exempting donors from paying donor’s tax and providing 100% expense deductibility of donations of at least P50,000.
US-based donations to UPERDFI are coursed through the Friends of UP Foundation in America, which issues the Acknowledgement Letter for tax deduction recognized by the US Internal Revenue Service.
SyCip Gorres Velayo & Co. (SGV & Co.) is the independent auditor.
Officers 2022-23
Alex Sy Sun Eng
Chairman
Rafael Nestor V. Mantaring
President
Manuel H. Torres
Vice President
Guillermo Q. Tabios III
Treasurer
Robert O. Minguez II
Corporate Secretary
Alfonso A. Aliga, Jr.
Executive Director
Editha J. Atienza
Comptroller
Board of Trustees 2022-23
Alexis A. Acacio
Jose Jesus R. Gomez
Michael V. Gonzalez
Rafael Nestor V. Mantaring
Robert O. Minguez II
Enrico C. Paringit
Jose Jerome R. Pascual III
Ferdinand A. Pecson
Patrick Vincent G. Peña
Valentin A. Reyes
Alex Sy Sun Eng
Guillermo Q. Tabios III
Maria Antonia N. Tanchuling
Manuel H. Torres
