ABOUT US
This scholarship program is the legacy of the late and hugely missed Rudy and Fe Romanillos. Both were very active and passionate about educating and helping young people in the Toboso community to rise up and achieve their full potential.
The Scholarship’s mission is to enable educational opportunities for those talented Tobosonians who would struggle to access them due to limited financial resources. By providing each student’s basic needs, the scholarship aims to help them focus on completing their education and achieve their dreams.
The Rudy and Fe Romanillos Scholarship offers a wide variety of scholarships for certain approved underprivileged individuals with limited resources which range in value from P15,000 (one-off) to food and accommodation monthly allowances; tuition fees (for special selected cases); and other school related miscellaneous allowances. These scholarships help give deserving students a foundation in pursuing their studies and their passions.
The students who receive these scholarships could not be more deserving of these gifts as they go off to college. We are so proud of all the recipients and grateful to the philanthropists who make these scholarships possible.
MISSION
To enable Tobosonian students with limited financial resources to complete their education, reach their full potential and achieve their dreams.
VISION
To produce an ever-increasing number of outstanding Tobosonian students, improving their lives and making a positive impact on their communities through education.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND SECRETARY
Our Board of Directors is comprised of accomplished individuals from the fields of engineering, finance, and business management. We are very proud of this roster and use their expertise in advancing our mission of assisting underprivileged individuals to finance their studies and prepare them to find their career opportunity.
Jonathan M. Taylor,MBA
Founder and Chairman of the Board
Jonathan is currently Managing Director for the Latin America business area of Bunzl plc, a FTSE100 Support Services/Distribution player. His career at Bunzl has also seen him manage businesses in Central/Eastern Europe and work Merger & Acquisition deals across the world. Before Bunzl, he held other M&A and operations management roles in the mining and building materials sectors working in Africa, South America, Europe and the United Kingdom. Jonathan started out with a master’s in civil engineering and migrated into the business world courtesy of an MBA gained from INSEAD in France. He also served for two years as the investor director for one of Bunzl’s minority investments in the UK. Jonathan’s interests include combining his love of travel and photography, freshwater fishing, playing golf, and keeping fit. He is an active supporter of a charity providing medical and educational support to indigenous people in Brazil.
Riza Romanillos-Taylor
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Riza grew up in Toboso and studied nursing at the University of San Carlos, Cebu City. After passing the Nursing Licensure exam in 1993 she moved to Manila where she worked various jobs before landing a role as a Company Nurse at SONY – Solid Laguna Corporation. She took an adventurous opportunity in 1998 to work as a Company Nurse in a diamond mining company in Angola, Africa where she met her husband. They then moved to Brazil where she worked as an English Coordinator to a local school. Subsequently, she moved to France where her husband studied for his MBA and she worked as an Alumni Events Coordinator at the INSEAD Business School. After the MBA, they moved to the UK and Riza joined Catalyst Health Economics Consultants as a Health Economics Researcher where she co-authored several health studies which were published in various British Medical Journals. Eventually, her husband’s career took her away from the UK and she has been living in Budapest, Hungary and later São Paulo, Brazil for over 10 years. Riza is a keen collector of vintage and antique porcelain, an active supporter of various charities both in the UK & Brazil and is also involved in the Young Presidents Organization for Spouses in São Paulo, Brazil.
Cassey M. Mahinay
Operations Director
Cassey Mahinay earned her Management Accounting degree at the University of San Carlos (USC) Cebu City, Philippines. She further took an online course of diploma in Hospitality Management at the International Career Institute, Los Angeles CA, USA. Has had exposure to working, on complex tasks in the area of banking in the Philippines and as Finance Executive in premier hotel in Papua New Guinea, The Stanley Hotel and Suites. In year 2022 , she is now currently working under one of the government sector in the Philippines which is the Department of Education , and then finished her online course in Associate in Project Management at Alison, Mount Carmel, Loughrea Galway , Ireland .
Cassey is an active member of a premier humanitarian organization in the Philippines since 2021, The Philippine Red Cross which is also a part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement that is committed on various social welfare services and promoting volunteerism. Her other social services involved helping the children in the UNICEF organization and become a
member of the Negros Island Anti- Crime and Illegal Drugs Association Inc. She has been invited also to attend the Future Skills Summit 2023 Secretariat by the Department of Trade and Industry – Philippines, in collaboration with the Philippine Trade Training Centre – Global MSME, EduClaas Global , ConfexHub Group and other government sectors in the Philippines. Her interests include playing chess, badminton, watching dramas, anime and writing poems.
Rheaneil V. Mahinay
Secretary
Rheaneil Mahinay graduated in year 2022 as a Bachelor of Science in Management Accounting at the University of San Carlos, Cebu City, Philippines. She is currently working in Chubb Business Services as an Operations Support Officer. During her high school years, she was elected as the president of the Supreme Student Government and founded the Sidlak Performing Arts Group in Toboso National High School which aims to nurture the talents of the Tobosonian youth.
Management and Staff
ATTY. MARIAN BINONDO, Legal Counsel
RITCHELLE V ROMANILLOS, Accounts Officer
ROWENA R. ALQUISOLA, Treasurer
ARTLOU R.JORDANA, Fundraising Coordinator
RUSSEL R. RIO, Project Coordinator – Education
VIRLY M. GONZAGA, Marketing Coordinator
MERYL V. BLANCO, Public Affairs
RICHARD JUSTIN V. Vergara, Public Affairs
FEMIE S.GOMO, Guidance Officer
MARY LOUY B. TAN, Psychologist
DARYL D. RIO, Administrative Assistant
Advisory Committee:
FRANCIS V. ROMANILLOS
MENCHU V. MAHINAY
MALYN V. BLANCO
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