Team Leader

Name: Maria Richelle "Ichie" B. Vicente
Club: Rotary Club of Downtown Davao
Profession: Dentist

Ichie, the Team Leader, has been an active Rotarian for the past 14 years with the Rotary Club of Downtown Davao (RCDD), an all women club of District 3860. She served as the Club President in 2006-2007, became an Assistant Governor a year after, and now serves as Senior Assistant Governor for Operations.

During her term as Club President, she was able to find Rotarians from Japan for World Community Project to support the RCDD Day Care Center and a Health Care Center Building to serve indigenous people in a small community of Davao; her greatest legacy as a Rotarian. She has involved herself in various projects of the Rotary, not only to her club but also with the District projects.

She has hosted Group Study Exchange teams from different Rotary Districts of the United States, and this convinced her to apply for the Group Study Exchange Program.

She is also very active in her profession as a dentist. She has a private clinic in one of the best hospitals in Davao, practicing orthodontist and now taking further studies in Implant Dentistry. She is also serving as a school dentist in her grade school and high school alma mater, the Ateneo de Davao University, one of the top schools in the Philippines, and finds time to volunteer in communities during medical and dental free clinics.

Ichie also manages their family owned manpower agency, and handles the operations and marketing departments. She loves to travel and to go shopping whenever she gets the chance from her busy schedule. Oh! She is also a very good cook.