Ruby Alvarez has more than 10 years experience in Public Procurement. She is a lawyer by profession, having obtained her law degree from the Ateneo de Manila University, where she graduated with honors. As a Hubert H. Humphrey fellow, she also studied in the University of Washington, Seattle, specializing in Public Finance.She just completed a four-year successful engagement as Procurement Director of the Millennium Challenge Account-Philippines (MCA-P). The MCA-P is the accountable entity established by the Philippine Government to manage a US$434 Million grant received from the United States of America through the Millennium Challenge Corporation. Prior to the MCA-P, she was at the forefront of public procurement reform. She served as Executive Director of the Philippines Government Procurement Policy Board-Technical Support Office from 2006-2010. As Executive Director, she spearheaded the alignment of Philippine procurement rules and standard bidding documents with international best practices. She was also elected by her procurement colleagues from other countries to serve as Co-Chairperson of an OECD/DAC (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development/Development Assistance Committee) Task Force on Procurement, which is a collaborative group of representatives from multilateral organizations (development banks and the United Nations), bilateral donors, and partner-countries who work for the strengthening of country procurement systems. She also served as Director of the Legal and Legislative Service (2002-2006) and Assistant Secretary (2010-2012) of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) of the Philippine Government, where she concurrently served as Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson of the DBM Bids and Awards Committee. She has attended trainings in Procurement and Public Finance, and is conversant with procurement procedures of the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and Millennium Challenge Corporation.