Mary Racelis

Ms. Mary Racelis "is deeply involved in teaching and research activities focusing on urbanization, urban poverty, sociology and development issues. She has served in a managerial capacity in several international development agencies, including the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank, the Rockefeller Foundation and the Ford Foundation. She was formerly Regional Director for the UNICEF office for the East and South Africa Region. Ms. Racelis has published extensively on issues pertaining to Filipino cultura; and social development, urbanization, poverty, housing policy, informal settlers and people's participation, values, social structure, social change and social planning."

• Director (2006), Oxfam USA
• Trustee, International Institute of Rural Reconstruction