Jesse Gatchalian

JESSE A. GATCHALIAN
A Pro-active, principled and service-oriented Community Leader
Co-Executive Director and Co-Founder of Migrant Heritage
Commission

A Pro-active, principled and service-oriented Community
Leader
Co-Executive Director and Co-Founder of Migrant Heritage
Commission

Also Ambassador for Peace- Virginia, USA.; A Kiwanis
International Awardee; A Master’s Degree Holder in
Business Administration, University of the Philippines;

MHC’s mission and vision for Unity and Service serves as
his inspiring guideline in extending service to
‘kababayans” who are in need in a timely manner. He had
undertaken various civic and charitable activities in the
Philippines and in the U.S.; He is the Associate Editor of

the Migrant Heritage Chronicle in Metropolitan Washington D.C.; Represented Migrant Heritage
Commission as one of the invited Speakers in the International/ Global Peace Convention in the
Philippines.

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Jesse was a Kiwanis International
Awardee for notable projects like
Mini Olympics for Disabled Children,
Medical and Dental Missions for the
Poor and Helping the Poor Street
Children in Metro Manila. On the
business side, Jesse and his
business partner also received
special recognitions for having
produced high quality
entertainment shows at the
prestigious Warner Theater
featuring world class Filipino artists
in the Metro D.C. area. Their
entertainment Concerts up to this
day are considered the best so far
for having commanded an
overwhelming support from the Fil-
Am community.

In 2006, he and four (4) other
community leaders and one
Philippine diplomat co-founded the
Migrant Heritage Commission
(MHC), a leading non-governmental
organization in the U.S. capital
region acclaimed for addressing the
growing concerns of immigrants in
need in a timely manner. The
service-oriented NGO fulfilled one of
Mr. Gatchalian’s vision for serving
the community in a timely manner
without any quid pro quo. He is one
of the three (3) Executive Directors
of MHC who has been tediously
implementing the service-oriented
tasks of MHC. Being the reserved
type of person, he will maintain a
low profile amidst all community
limelight. Guided by his principles,

he abides always by MHC’s slogan of ‘Living a life that matters” that every opportunity to help within the legal
bounds should continuously inspire a person, regardless of his status or his background and that there should be
no stratifications when it comes to helping people. He has always been pro-people and has quite an aversion to
elitists in the community.

Being a strong advocate for Unity and Service, he urges community members and leaders to rise above the moral
grounds and differences in principles and continuously work for unity and for the common good of the community
with no hidden agenda nor self-promotion interests.

Coming from a established business family who managed to weather the then violent situation in Zamboanga in the
‘70s, Jesse had learned at an early age to live a life the hard way despite the privileged family circumstances.

He was an active Student Council Leader being the President of the Student Council in High School and a Student
Council Councilor during his university days. He was also an academic/ leadership achiever during his high school
and university days (earning him special academic awards in high school and leadership recognition in the
University).

He had his primary and secondary schooling at San Beda College, Manila and Ateneo de Zamboanga University. He
finished his undergraduate studies in Business Administration at the De La Salle University in Manila, Philippines. He
continued into higher studies at the University of the Philippines (UP Diliman) finishing a Master’s Degree in
Business Administration.

Mr. Gatchalian has been a corporate and special Event Management Consultant and also a Marketing and Human
Resources Management Consultant. During his early working days, he was one of the initiators in a private company
of presenting more creative ways of orienting contract workers to be deployed overseas, on the realities to be
encountered while working abroad. Said orientation platform was used by some companies for various pre-
Departure orientation seminars (PDOS) for overseas contract workers in the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

Currently, he is the Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of a business corporation in Metro Washington D.C.

Jesse had held positions in various Fil-Am organizations namely, as Board of Director of the Philippine American
Community Partnership (PACP) Foundation and PRO of Ang Bulakenyo Inc DC., and member of the Executive
Planning Committee of the Asian-American Business Conference (AABC). He was also a member of the Philippine
American Chamber of Commerce (PACC-DC).

Unknown to many, Jesse was the 1st elected President and a co-founder of the De La Salle Alumni Association of
Metro Washington DC. He was also the PRO of San Beda College Alumni Association of Metro Washington DC , and
Cultural Program and Entertainment Co-Chair, Philippine Fair and Parade from 2003 to 2005 and as
Partner/Consultant of the Asia Heritage Foundation’s “Fiesta Asia” 2006 to present.

Jesse was born in Zamboanga City, Mindanao, Philippines to the late successful businessman/manager Alfonso
Reyes Gatchalian of Guiguinto, Bulacan and top pharmacist Trinidad Corpuz Alcid of Vigan, Ilocos Sur. He is the 3rd
in the family (5 brothers- Romeo, Venancio, Edgar, Cesar and Michael and 2 sisters- Marlyn and Elizabeth). He has 4
children (3 boys- Jay Alwence, Jesse Joseph and Jan Paolo, and 1 girl –Janelle)

MHC

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Capuno

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