Lizan Perante-Calina

President, Philippine Futures Thinking Society

Singapore

DR. LIZAN E. PERANTE-CALINA is the Dean of the Graduate School of Public and Development Management of the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP-GSPDM). She holds both Doctor of Public Administration and Master of Public Administration degrees from the University of the Philippines-National College of Public Administration and Governance (UP-NCPAG). She finished her Bachelor of Science in Mass Communication major in Public Relations from the University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos with Cum Laude honor.

As the President of the Philippine Society for Public Administration and Philippine Futures Thinking Society, Dr. Lizan has distinguished herself as an academic scholar, co-author of books and journals local and international, and resource person in capacity building programs and conferences in the multiple but allied fields of public administration. Her academic interests lie particularly in leadership and futures thinking and foresight (e.g., phronetic leadership, leadership for development, organizational management, public sector reform, innovative governance, knowledge creation, and hiraya foresight).