Mary Donnavel Libron-Buloron, PhD (Cand.), RPm a licensed psychometrician with a master’s degree in guidance and counseling. She is now working on her PhD in social psychology.

Her career experience is a mix of academe and industry practice:

After graduating cum laude from the University of the Philippines–Cebu, Donnavel, who took up psychology, worked as a talent development officer at an HR consulting firm in the city.

There, she handled various training programs and organizational-development projects, honing her skills in training-outline creation, training implementation, and organizational assessment.

She went on to become the training officer of one of the city’s renowned non-government organizations.

As a training officer, she was responsible for setting up the organization’s training unit and overseeing the full training cycle, from planning to implementation and evaluation.

She was also responsible for creating the organization’s competency-based training, performance-management system, and succession planning.

Looking for opportunities outside the HR industry, she took a teaching job in one of Cebu’s prestigious colleges.

Donnavel has been teaching major subjects in psychology—such as psychological testing and assessment, social psychology, and experimental psychology—for the past nine years.

She has also been advising research projects and writing research articles for the college department’s journal.

While teaching, Donnavel ranked third in the 2015 psychometrician board examination nationwide. In the same year, she became the college’s guidance personnel.

Donnavel served as the psychology program head for the school year 2020–2021.

Aside from her academic career, she works as an associate consultant and facilitator at People Dynamics Inc.

In this role of Donnavel, she helps develop training modules and leadership assessment tools, among others.

She also manages several consulting and research projects for the clients of the said organization.

Joseph C. Francisco, RPsy, RPm, CSAP, CSCP

He is a highly experienced professional in the field of industrial psychological testing with over 10 years of experience. He is adept in assessing individuals through thorough psychological evaluation and assessments. He manages and leads projects involving test developments, HR consulting, clinical evaluations, and other related services.

• Certified Specialist in Assessment Psychology and in Clinical Psychology.
• He is also a Certified CHED General Education Trainer for ‘Understanding the

Self’.

• A member of the Psychological Association of the Philippines (PAP), Philippine

Mental Health Association, and Philippine Measurement & Evaluation

Association.

He is currently the designated Research and Development Director at Profiles Asia

Pacific, Inc. and a Research Consultant at National Council for Children’s Television.

John Kliatchko, PhD, RPsy

John Manuel R. Kliatchko holds a PhD in social psychology from the University of the Philippines. He is a registered psychologist.

He is presently the chair for interdisciplinary studies at the University of Santo Tomas, where he is also the coordinator for the behavioral science program. He also handles graduate courses at the University of Santo Tomas Graduate School.

He teaches courses in psychological assessment, statistics for behavioral science, and advanced research methods.

He is a member of the Commission on Higher Education Regional Quality Assessment Team for Psychology programs in the National Capital Region and Region 4.

He is an HR/OD consultant, test developer, and peer reviewer for many local and foreign journals.

He served as the dean of the College Department of Don Bosco Technical College from 2011 to 2015.