About

Melody Quintanilla is a Senior Associate for Insights & Academy at AVPN, where she works closely with stakeholders across the Asia-Pacific region to explore social investment trends, emerging impact areas, and ecosystem needs. She plays a key role in the end-to-end design, coordination, and delivery of learning programs that strengthen capacity, promote collaboration, and surface best practices across the social investment landscape.

Before joining AVPN, Melody led community programmes and partnerships as a programme manager at YMCA of Makati. She also worked as a senior researcher, building pipelines, promoting through partnership and advising nonprofits and funders globally on fundraising strategies, landscape updates and market trends. These experiences deepened her commitment to transforming research and practical insights into actionable tools that enable others to drive meaningful and lasting impact. Melody holds a bachelor’s degree in Home Economics from the University of the Philippines – Diliman.