Mel Yan is a development worker, educator, and entrepreneur. He is currently the Vice-Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of Barangay Impact Management, a stock-and-profit social impact entity that manages KA·T ·ON, an initiative which he co-founded to reduce dropout in public schools. He is also the outgoing Curator of the Global Shapers Community – Cebu Hub, and is a project and organizational development consultant of various NGOs and private companies.