Kyle Ta-Ay Email & Phone Number

Alexandria, Virginia, United States

Hawaiian Islands

The Young Leaders Program serves as a catalyst for training young professionals in international policy affairs at an early juncture in their careers, while also giving greater voice to the next generation’s viewpoints within the elite circles of policy specialists.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Assisted in grant reporting, program management, and high-level event coordination for Ambassador Piper Campbell and Dr. Amitav Acharya.
• Conducted outreach with universities, government agencies, NGOs, and embassies using Salesforce maintaining a database of over 100 contacts.
• Authored 3 narrative and statistical reports on program outcomes, established the social media page, and maintained the website using WordPress.
• Participated in the Harvard Kennedy School’s Asia-Pacific Symposium earning a $500 financial grant focusing on public-private partnerships in Asia.
• Provided administrative and logistical support to Ambassador Campbell for official travel to Cambridge, MA and in local events in Washington, DC.
• Organized 4 flagship programs featuring high-level officials including the US Ambassador to APEC, the Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to the United States, the Secretary-General of ASEAN, and the President of.

• Provided frontline advice to students on US immigration regulations concerning F-1, J-1, H-1B, and G4 visas handling confidential data and assisting in over 500 cases throughout the tenure.
• Liaised and cultivated partnerships with embassies in Washington, DC increasing engagement in the office’s international education programs.
• Assisted in events execution covering new student orientations, cultural events, and information sessions resulting in over 10 successful programs.
• Managed the office’s communications strategy and social media account designing over 20 unique graphics increasing overall engagement.
• Collaborated with the Director to prepare surveys, reports, and focus group discussions collecting feedback using Qualtrics to improve programs.
• Assisted in immigration registration ensuring accurate data entry into the university’s database and seamless communications with the US Department of Homeland Security for over 2,000 international students.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Successfully ran a university-wide campaign and elected during the Spring 2023 semester garnering the highest number of votes among the Council.
• Led the financial strategy and developed a financial management system for a $118,000 budget representing over 2,300 graduate students.
• Established protocols for accessing a $300,000 Graduate Reserve Account enhancing future financial planning and reporting processes.
• Oversaw all procurement activities, expenditures, and financial contracts for 13 graduate organizations funding over 30 successful events.
• Supervised vendor, exhibitor, and volunteers for flagship events resulting in 4 successful year-end galas with over 500 attendees.
• Served as the official graduate representative in high-level committees including the university’s Board of Trustees assisting with financial reports and strategic planning for a $1.74 billion operating budget.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Published eight articles for the Asia Matters for America publication highlighting political, economic, cultural, and educational connections between the United States and the Indo-Pacific.
• Leveraged professional networks in writing articles including interviews with the Philippine Presidential Communications Undersecretary, the Philippine Commercial and Labor Attachés in DC, and the first Filipino.
• Assisted in the program development for the US-ROK-Japan Trilateral Global Leadership Youth Forum to be held in Busan, South Korea.
• Conducted research, analyzed large datasets, and drafted manuscripts for the Asia Matters for America publication.
• Served as one of the communications leads for the cohort developing content to increase engagement in the think tank’s programs.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Monitored developments in trade and economic policies in the United States Congress, the Executive Branch, and the Indo-Pacific region using data from LexisNexis contributing to informed program development.
• Provided comprehensive program support including event coordination and management ensuring successful execution.
• Authored research papers and briefers on topics including China’s trade data, the global EV market, the US Inflation Reduction Act, the European Union’s Economic Security Strategy, and the global supply chain.

• Served as Close-In Staff and Protocol Officer to former Philippine Secretary of Tourism Bernadette Romulo-Puyat and provided overall technical support to the Secretary for Cabinet and Ministerial level engagements.
• Spearheaded coordination with the Regional Offices of the Department, pertinent offices in the Central Office, Local Government Units, and other external parties in preparation for the Secretary’s engagements.
• Served as part of the Fun Philippine Finds Committee for the Philippines’ hosting of the 21st World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) Global Summit and handled government-to-government partnerships with the Department.
• Served as part of the Sponsorships Committee for the 21st WTTC Global Summit handling the accounts for 13 sponsors with a total sponsorship valuation of USD 93M.
• Served as Project Coordinator for the 2021 and 2022 food tourism projects in partnership with the private sector resulting in over PHP 2M sales generated.
• Served as part of the Secretary’s team during author Kevin Kwan and producer Lawrence Bender’s visit to the Philippines for the sequel to the Crazy Rich Asians movie.

NCR - National Capital Region, Philippines

• Served as Project Officer for the Philippine participation and generated over USD 464M in export sales for the country’s micro, small, and medium enterprises, and PHP 1.2M in agency income for the following Overseas.
• Served as Lead Buyer Marketing Officer for the Sustainability Solutions Expo – the country’s pioneering trade show on sustainability.
• Served as Buyer Marketing Officer for the China and the China Special Administrative Regions markets for IFEX Philippines 2021 – the country’s biggest export-oriented food show.
• Served as Project Officer for the development stages of the official FOODPhilippines and IFEXConnect websites and liaised with the agency’s outsourced website developer and the Foreign Trade Service Corps of the.
• Served as Content Manager for the FOODPhilippines social media assets (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WeChat, and Weibo) and facilitated processing of the weekly social media content in English and Mandarin Chinese.

NCR - National Capital Region, Philippines

• Provided technical support to the Philippine delegation during the annual International Labor Conference in Geneva, Switzerland and other international multilateral meetings and seminars.
• Monitored and prepared reports on the Department’s compliance to the Philippine obligations and commitments to the International Labour Organization and other international multilateral organizations and United Nations.
• Assisted in the reporting obligations of the Department on Child Labor, General Labor Standards (Wages, Working Time, Occupational Safety and Health), Green Jobs, and Climate Change.
• Desk Officer for all trade related concerns of the International Labor Affairs Bureau, namely: Americas Free Trade Related Matters (i.e., United States Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), United States Trade.
• Served as Desk Officer for all tariff related matters and as Focal Person for the Philippine Working Group on Services and the Inter-Agency Committee on Trade in Services and regularly attended meetings as.

Hawaiian Islands

• Developed an interactive online database documenting all high-level state visits in the Asia-Pacific region published on the Pacific Forum website.
• Assisted in the documentation of relevant state-to-state interactions in the Asia-Pacific region for the Pacific Forum’s triannual publication entitled Comparative Connections.
• Managed the Daily Digest segment of the Pacific Forum’s website using WordPress.

Master Of Arts - Ma, International Affairs: Global Governance, Politics, And Security, 3.77

Activities and Societies: Graduate Leadership Council, ASEAN Studies Initiative

Bachelors, Diplomacy And International Relations

Activities and Societies: Ateneo Assembly, Ateneo Project for Asian and International Relations (APair), Ateneo Student Exchange Council.