Fr. Roderick C. Salazar, Jr.

Fr. Roderick C. Salazar Jr., SVD, Filipino, 63, has served as an independent director of CHI since 2005. He is currently the chairman of the board of trustees of St. Jude Catholic School in Manila and St. Agnes Academy in Legazpi City. He is also member of the board of trustees of St. Paul University in Dumaguete City, Cebu Technical University (formerly the Cebu State College of Science and Technology) and Center for Educational Measurement (CEM), member of Provincial Council of SVD Southern Province, Regional Secretary for Asia of the Office Internationale de Enseignment Catholique (OIEC) and executive secretary of the Office of Education and Faith Formation, Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences (OEFF-FABC). He served as the university president for twelve years between 1987 and 2008. He was the past president of the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP); vice president for Asia of the Office Internationale de Enseignment Catholique (OIEC) and Academic  Affairs-USC; presidential assistant for planning and development and university chaplain; chairman of the Department of Religious Education of the University of San  Carlos, Filipino, Inc. (Filipino Institute for the Promotion of Integrity and Nobility), San Carlos Community Development Foundation, Divine Word Educational Association  (DWEA), Word Broadcasting Corporation and Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations (COCOPEA); chairman of the board of trustees of St. Scholastica’s Academy in Talisay City, Cebu, Liceo del Verbo Divino in Tacloban City and Divine Word College in Tagbiliran City (later named Holy Name University); member of the board of trustees of St. Paul College in Pasig, St. Paul University in Tuguegarao and Daughters of Charity Schools-Visayas Cluster; board of directors of People’s Television Network (PTV4, now National Broadcasting Network) and First Metro Asset Management, Inc. He was ordained priest on June 21, 1974.