About the Executive Director

      Executive Director Joey G. Peláez is a scion of illustrious public servants from Mindanao, descending from the late Misamis Oriental Governor Gregorio A. Peláez and Former Philippine Vice President Emmanuel Neri Peláez. He spent his college life in Cagayan de Oro City, and earned his Bachelor's Degree in Commerce, Major in Marketing at the Xavier University in 1990, which bestowed on him the prestigious Most Outstanding Alumnus Award in 2008 during its 75th year celebration.

       He has a Master's Degree in Government Management, a Diploma in Leadership and Management from the Ateneo de Manila University, and the Asian Institute of Management. He has finished his academic requirements leading to a Doctorate in Public Management.

       He started working in 1993 at the Malacañang Palace as a Presidential Staff officer during the term of Former President Fidel V. Ramos. Three years after, he started serving the Department of Education as a Consultant to the Secretary of Education and concurrently Chairman of the Task Force on Youth Development. In 1998 he was designated Executive Director of the Center for Students and Co-Curricular Affairs of theDepartment of Education Central Office. He gained international exposures in numerous occasions as PhilippineAmbassador of Goodwill during the Ship for Southeast Asian Youth Program and headed the delegation in a number of international trainings and conventions in Hong Kong, Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore,Malaysia and South Korea, among others, in his capacity as Executive Director of DepED-CSCA.

       His tireless advocacy for good citizenship, leadership development, environmental protection, skills and entrepreneurship development are shown in numerous co-curricular programs and projects that he has pioneered and organized such as the Student Government Programs, the Student Technologists and Entrepreneurs of the Philippines (STEP), and the Youth Entrepreneurship and Cooperativism in Schools (YECS). All these initiatives are found in most of the public secondary schools, and slowly, they are taking shape in public elementary schools and private schools in the country today.
     He is also a member of the National Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP) and several educational and socio-civic foundations and associations.

     The national events that his office organizes for the Department of Education such as the Youth for Environment Summer Camp, Go NeGOsyo Teen Edition, National Leadership Training for Student Government Officers, and the Student Technologists and Entrepreneurs of the Philippines-National Skills Development and Competitions have become a phenomenal success and record-breaking judging from the overwhelming attendance of both students and teachers from all over the country.

     His present post makes him responsible for providing Filipino students with wide opportunities to develop and actualize their talents, skills, and potentials and actively participate in nation-building.
     Executive Director Joey G. Peláez is a true public servant whom we can all depend on, and a true advocate of education and youth concerns.