Lawyer Antonio Partoza Jr. was elected president of the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) of Davao, Inc. in an election held last November 6 at the YMCA multi-purpose gym during a joint meeting of the outgoing and incoming boards of directors. The new directors had earlier been elected by the general membership during its 39th General Assembly.
Elected from among the new directors along with Partoza were: Jose Custodio, 1st vice president; Fernando Ongkingco, 2nd vice president; William Ramirez, secretary; Julito Pepito, assistant secretary; Vicente Banes Jr, treasurer; Ricardo Villegas, assistant treasurer; Manuel Malim, auditor; Leoncio Villa-Abrille, public relations officer. Buddy Mark Salonga will sit in the board to represent the youth. Outgoing president De la Victoria will sit in the new board.
Prior to their election, nomination committee chair Artemio Romero presented the candidates to the assembly, each of whom appealed for support from the voting members. Following the canvassing of votes, the committee on election headed by chairman Julito Pepito and co-chair Alfredo Bongcawil proclaimed the winners.
A seasoned civic-leader, Partoza Jr. is currently Grand Knight of the St Jude Thaddeus Council and chairman of Bahay Pasilungan Foundation, Inc. Partoza is also a past national president of the Philippine Jaycee Senate Foundation, Inc., among others.
On the other hand, Custodio, an outstanding business leader, is past president of the Davao City Chamber of Commerce, Inc., and former national president of the Junior Chamber International (JCI) Senate Philippines, without mentioning his other manifold socio-civic involvement.
Also to serve as directors are Carlito Llavore, Reynaldo Sazon, Alfredo Bongcawil and youth director-at-large Joefrech Luga.
Meanwhile, the formal installation of the Partoza Board is tentatively set for December 9 at the Grand Ballroom, The Marco Polo Davao, according to 1st VP Custodio, who is also the 2010 induction committee chair.
On another front, the outgoing officers led by Pres. De la Victoria, officially represented the local YMCA chapter at the National Convention held last November 12-15 in Manila. [Nonoy Villa-Abrille]
