“The Gerry Roxas Leadership Award was significant to me because it affirmed and encouraged me to pursue what I had begun in those early years. Beyond academic excellence, it encouraged and inspired me to look at my role within the larger community and to always pursue the untrodden path towards a better life for the majority of our people.”

“I am glad that GRF has remained true to its belief that responsibility and stewardship are best introduced to the youth early. Now as a member of the House of Representatives and a public servant for more than thirty years, I would like to believe that I have also remained true to this belief and deserving of the award that has been bestowed upon me.”

“The values and principles that I have learned from GRF and which have been instilled in me are the same ideals that I intend to share to my kapamilyas and everyone else around me in the industry. As President of ABS-CBN, these values are important in making an organization not only successful in its field, but also an effective role model for other institutions to look up to.”

“The Gerry Roxas Leadership Award has always served as a reminder of the responsibilities that come with the recognition. While it has served to affirm one’s early achievements, it has also inspired the continuing pursuit of trying to make a difference in the lives of others.”

“Receiving the Gerry Roxas Leadership Award inspired in me a sense of wanting to give back to my community and country. I have become deeply interested in working for development in rural and impoverished areas. The Award continues to provide inspiration as I work towards capacity-building and finding opportunities for the youth in my province.”

“The Gerry Roxas Leadership Award was one of several medals I got, but it was the medal I carried with greatest pride. Yet even more important, it was one medal one could carry as a true badge of honor. But then again, that badge of honor was also quite a burden on my conscience since I graduated from high school. I have to work consistently hard to continue to deserve it.”

“I haven’t always lived up to the standards but the Gerry Roxas recognition serves as a reminder of what ideals I was once associated with. With it, I am constantly stretched to move from my current reality to my aspired vision. I guess that helps with whatever ‘leadership’ I am still able to offer today.”

“When I received the Gerry Roxas Leadership Award, I did not exactly know who Gerry Roxas was, but I knew in my heart that he stood for something great which later on I had to discover for myself. For the next 20 years, I followed the idealism of love and service to fellowmen and women through development work, reaching out to the marginalized, and empowering the poor.”

“I look back with profound gratitude for having been a recipient of the The Gerry Roxas Leadership Award. Indeed, it has instilled in me more self-confidence to transcend my human limitations and to face unflinchingly inevitable challenges in life – thus, prompting me to be of better service to God and to other people all through these years.”

“Everytime I speak before a group or deliver lectures and present papers, I am reminded of the Leadership Award I received from GRF. It has given me the confidence to think, speak, and act on what I believe is true and right.”