Krizhia Lorraine Foronda

I'm an HR and health program professional based in Manila, Philippines, with 9 years of experience across private-sector recruitment and national government service. My career has moved between two closely related tracks: end-to-end HR (sourcing, screening, appointments, and recruitment operations) and public health program coordination (committee secretariat work, multi-stakeholder coordination, and HIV/AIDS program delivery).

At the Philippine National AIDS Council, I serve as Secretariat to the Information, Education and Communication Committee, coordinating national HIV/AIDS programming across government agencies, civil society organizations, and development partners, and managing program budgets of roughly PHP 3,000,000. I've delivered national observances reaching 3,000 participants and HIV 101 orientations to about 1,500 people to date.

During the COVID-19 emergency, I designed the national database used to track Human Resources for Health deployment and processed hazard pay and emergency allowances for approximately 15,000 health workers nationwide — work that sharpened both my HR operations skills and my comfort with large, messy datasets (Excel, pivot tables, database design).

Earlier in my career, at the Department of Health's Recruitment, Selection and Placement Unit, I processed around 500 applications annually and managed the master personnel database for plantilla and job-order staff. Before government, I ran end-to-end recruitment for multiple client companies at an HR agency.

I'm a Career Service Professional eligible (Civil Service Commission, 81.18), hold a BA in Psychology from De La Salle University–Dasmariñas.