Dr. Tony La Viña is a teacher, thinker and lawyer. He is currently Dean of the Ateneo de Manila University School of Government, a position he took in 2006 after an eight year stint in the World Resources Institute. Before that, from 1996-1998, Tony was undersecretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in the Philippines. Tony has been an educator for more than 30 years. He also serves as a lead negotiator for the Philippines in the UN climate change negotiations. Tony is currently a member of the Board of Directors of several national and international organizations, such as the Manila Observatory, Center for International Forestry Research, Southeast Asia Regional Initiatives for Community Empowerment (SEARICE), and Center for International Environmental Law. He is the Co-Chair of the Partnership Council of Partnerships in the Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia and the Board of Trustees of the Institute for Social Entrepreneurship in Asia (ISEA). He is also the Chairman of the Board and President of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public (Philippines) Inc. Tony obtained his Masters (LLM) and Doctorate in Law (JSD) from Yale Law School and his first degrees from the University of the Philippines (in law) and the Ateneo de Manila University (in philosophy). He placed third in the 1989 bar examinations. Tony was born and raised in Cagayan de Oro in Mindanao, is married, and has three sons.