PBBM appoints new ARTA Undersecretary to lead Operations Group

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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. appointed Dr. Lea-Grace B. Salcedo as the new Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) Deputy Director General for Operations on 06 October 2025, and she was officially sworn into office on 09 October 2025.

Before her appointment as Deputy Director General for Operations, Undersecretary Salcedo held two significant positions within ARTA. She previously served as the Director IV for the Finance and Administration Office (FAO) starting in September 2024, and earlier, she was the Regional Chief of the ARTA Northern Luzon Regional Field Office, beginning in January 2024.

Undersecretary Salcedo also brings experience from other government and academic roles, having previously worked at the National Security Council and served as a civilian professor at the Philippine Military Academy.

The new operations' team head holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Management from the University of the Cordilleras, a Bachelor of Laws and Letters from the University of Baguio, a Master of Science in Public Management, and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Saint Louis University. She is also currently taking her Master in Public Administration major in Regulatory Management Systems at Pampanga State University.

She has continuously pursued specialized training, completing programs such as Security Studies and Security Sector Governance and Reform at the Folke Bernadotte Academy, Project Management at the Ateneo School of Government, and Monitoring and Evaluation Program at the Asian Institute of Management and the Development Academy of the Philippines.

Furthermore, her commitment to research was recognized in 2019 when she was granted a Marshall Alumni Scholarship to study women at the George C. Marshall European Center for Strategic Studies.

Leveraging her extensive government service record and deep familiarity with ARTA processes, Undersecretary Salcedo will now supervise the Operations Group, which consists of two offices—namely, the Compliance, Monitoring and Evaluation Office (CMEO) and the Better Regulations Office (BRO). The Office of the Deputy Director General for Operations (ODDGO) is responsible for advancing ARTA's empowerment initiatives and is pivotal to the effective implementation of regulatory reforms and the promotion of efficient government processes.

With her assumption of office, the ARTA family brings high optimism about pushing its empowerment mandate beyond expectations. This directly responds to the Bagong Pilipinas directive to improve bureaucratic efficiency and ultimately better the lives of Filipinos.

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