Cherry P. Alanguilan is Curator and Manager of Exhibitions at the Ayala Museum. She received her Bachelor's Degree in Mass Communications from St. Paul College and took graduate courses in Art History at the University of the Philippines before joining the Ayala Museum in 1992. She has organized several exhibitions for the museum, including Salakot and traveling exhibition Impreso with Fundacion Santiago.
Florina H. Capistrano-Baker received her Ph.D. in Art History from Columbia University in New York in 1997. She was the Pacific and Island Southeast Asian specialist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York from 1983-1984 and from 1987-1994, and taught non-Western art at Northwestern University in Evanston from 1995-1997. Dr. Capistrano-Baker returned to the Philippines in 1998 after an absence of 18 years to assume the directorship of the newly found city museum, Museo ng Maynila. She is currently Museum Director of the Ayala Museum.
Joselina Cruz is an independent curator based in Manila and currently Curatorial Consultant for the Lopez Memorial Museum. She occasionally writes for broadsheets, magazines and art discussion journals. She has an MA in Curating and Commissioning Contemporary Art from the Royal College of Art (RCA), London, UK.
Leovino Ma. Garcia is currently Dean for the school of Humanities at the Ateneo. He has a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the Universite Catholique de Louvain in Belgium.
Ramon E.S. Lerma has been the Curator of the Ateneo Art Gallery since October 2001. He wrote art reviews for the Philippine Daily Inquirer after taking art courses in Florence, Italy. Later he joined the Ateneo Art Gallery before pursuing his MA in Art Administration from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.
Ambeth Ocampo is Assistant Professor in the History Department of Ateneo de Manila. A popular lecturer known for his original approach to Philippine history, he is author of several books on Jose Rizal and a columnist for the Philippine Daily Inquirer. He was formerly President of the City College of Manila and is currently Chairman of the National Historical Institute.
Marian Pastor Roces is one of very few Asian critics independent curators who enjoy an international practice. Her theoretical work on culture and power is published in the world's major cities. At present, she is developing her critique of international art events by tracking their ideological foundation in 19th century universal expositions. Her work in the Philippines is focused by her leadership of TAO Inc., a corporation specializing in museum and exhibition projects, cultural assets mapping and data-basing, public art consultancy and cultural planning.
Mercedes L. Vargas is the current Director of the Lopez Memorial Museum. Her past work experience has been in investment banking, logistics, and human resources. She is currently consolidating the museum to enable it to become a dynamic participant in the cultural field and undertake more ambitious projects. Her ties with the museum began at birth.