Pacita "Chit" Juan
Social Entrepreneur. Green Advocate. Coffee Crusader and Advocate for Women Empowerment through business.
Chit started many businesses including a coffee shop chain, a Filipino quick service restaurant, a farm to table restaurant and a natural and organic store called ECHOstore. She is a strong advocate of Slow Food, organic farming, & sustainable agri-based businesses.
She is President & Co-Chair of the Philippine Coffee Board,Inc.(PCBI), a founder and President of the NextGenOrganization of Women Corporate Directors (NOWCD), & a Trustee of the Philippine Women’s Economic Network or PHILWEN.
She also sits as an Independent director in a publicly-listed REIT company focused on renewable energy.
She is a regular columnist of The Philippine Star under Food for Thought & has written three books on coffee.