Nanette Medved Explained

Nanette Gwen Medved
Birth Name:Nanette Gwen Medved
Birth Date:21 January 1970
Birth Place:Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S
Occupation:Actress
Known For:Darna (1991 film), GenerationHope
Children:2

Nanette Gwen Medved (born January 21, 1970) is a Russian-Chinese philanthropist, businesswoman, and former actress and model based in the Philippines.[1]

Career

In 2014, Medved founded Generation HOPE, a social enterprise that produces packaged water known as "Hope in a Bottle," "Hope in a Box", and "(Not Just) Tubig," and builds public school classrooms across the Philippines. It is the first B-Corporation certified company in the Philippines.[2] [3]

In 2019, Medved founded PCX, a non-profit plastic credit program. PCX established a Plastic Pollution Reduction Standard and recycles plastic waste with programs that aim to reduce the flow of plastic pollution into nature.[4]

From 2007 to 2012, Medved served on the advisory board of Bantay Bata.[5] In 2012, she began to serve on the National Advisory Council of the World Wildlife Fund Philippines and in 2019, she was invited to serve on its board of trustees.[6] In July 2019, she began serving as part of the Board of Directors of Winrock International.[7]

Prior to her philanthropic work, Medved had a career as a commercial model and actress. In 1996, she left the Philippines to pursue studies in the United States.[8] In 2002, she decided to leave the entertainment industry to focus on her advocacy work.

Personal life

Medved was born in Hawaii to a Russian father and a Chinese mother.[9] Medved married businessman Christopher Po in South Africa in 1999. The couple have two sons.[10]

Filmography

Film

Television

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Philippines Leadership Awards CMO Asia . 2022-09-07 . www.cmoasia.org.
  2. Web site: Certified B Corporation. 2021-07-17. bcorporation.net.
  3. Web site: 2021 . Certified B Corporation . 2024-10-11 . bcorporation.net.
  4. Web site: PCX to join push vs plastic pollution. Khriscielle. Yalao. Manila Bulletin. November 3, 2023. February 17, 2024.
  5. Web site: Meet the amazing Mothers for Others. 2021-04-24. Philstar.com.
  6. Web site: Meet the pandas. 2021-04-24.
  7. Web site: Winrock International - Nanette Medved-Po Joins Winrock International Board of Directors. 2019-09-02. www.winrock.org. 10 July 2019 . en-US.
  8. Web site: From Darna to builder of classrooms: The many lifetimes of Nanette Medved-Po. 2021-07-27. ABS-CBN News. en.
  9. News: Rim . Lala . October 16, 2019 . From Darna to Mogul: How Nanette Medved-Po Was Named Chairperson of the Po Family Council . 2021-05-17 . Esquiremag.ph.
  10. Web site: Lee-Chua. Queena N.. 2018-02-23. Winning, the Po way. 2021-07-16. INQUIRER.net. en.

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