Ms. Vilma B. Cabrera is currently the Undersecretary (Deputy Minister) for the National Household Targeting System and Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) of the Philippine Government. She had been Undersecretary for Protective Programs and Disaster Response Management of the same Department starting November 2015 until her retirement from government service on December 9, 2016. On August 2, 2022, she was re-appointed to her current position. Usec. Cabrera had risen from the ranks within DSWD, from being a Social Worker to being manager of the biggest Social Protection Program in the Philippines, the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. She is currently the focal point for the country’s Senior Officials Meeting on Social Welfare and Development (SOMSWD) to ASEAN. She has extensive experience in program development and implementation specifically in Social Protection. She also led the DSWD team in formulating National Disaster Response Plans (NDRPs) for hydrometeorological disasters, earthquakes, and tsunamis and managing conflict situations. She led the DSWD’s major disaster and humanitarian responses and early recovery operations in the Philippines. With her extensive background, she has been engaged as a senior consultant/specialist by national and international organizations.