President & Director

Didy went to St Theresa's College Manila and the University of the Philippines in Diliman, where she joined Sigma Delta in 1963. In the Philippines, Didy worked as Regional Lead for a project of the Fund for Assistance to Private Education and as General Manager of RC Development Corporation. For a couple of years, she also lived in Dacca, Bangladesh and Jakarta, Indonesia due to her husband's foreign assignments. Didy migrated to the United States with her husband and all their children in 1985.

Didy with her sorority sisters founded Kabisig USA to support Kabisig ng Kalahi and other causes after retiring from a successful career as an executive at IKEA North America. She was also the first store manager of IKEA East Palo Alto in California becoming the first Filipino IKEA store manager in the company.

Vice President

Papat went to Colegio San Agustin, Makati and the University of the Philippines Diliman and UP College of Medicine (UPCM) in Manila. She joined Sigma Delta in 1985 in Diliman and is a member of the US Northeast chapter. Papat was in the highly selective 7-year Intarmed Program of the UPCM, graduating in 1991. She moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with her husband in 1991 to pursue residency training in Internal Medicine at the Einstein Medical Center, where she also served an additional year as Chief Resident. She went into primary care private practice in Conshohocken and Warminster, PA for a few years before moving with her husband and 3 kids to Orlando, Florida. She is currently in private practice in Winter Park, FL focusing on Internal Medicine, Integrative/Preventive medicine and Weight Medicine. Papat has been actively supporting Kabisig's projects through its fundraising efforts and had a chance to visit and distribute gifts at a Kabisig site in Manila. She is an active volunteer in her local church and community, was a previous board member at Trinity Preparatory School, and currently serves as a member of the Board of Governors of the UP Medical Alumni Society in America (UPMASA).

Secretary & Treasurer

Nora is originally from Davao City in the Philippines. She went to the University of the Philippines in Diliman for Business Administration, where she joined Sigma Delta in 1961. She worked for the Commercial Bank & Trust Co. in Manila before migrating to the United States in 1971. She worked in Finance for a total of 44 years starting with the law firm Finley, Kumble and Underberg FO, subsequently joining Corinthian Capital Equity until her retirement as Chief Financial Officer. Nora headed the efforts to register Kabisig USA as a 501(c)(3) in the State of New York. Nora was one of the earliest supporters of Kabisig ng Kalahi projects in the Philippines. She considers her donation to Kabisig as her best and most fulfilling action with the highest internal rate of return.

Board Member

Elga has a Bachelor of Science degree in Tourism from the University of the Philippines, where she was Grand Archon (1987) of the Sigma Delta Phi sorority. In Manila, she worked for Lufthansa German Airlines from 1988-1993 and then for the Shangri-La Manila from 1993-1996. She moved to New York in 1996 and earned her Master of Science degree (graduated with distinction) from New York University.  She served as secretary of the Sigma Delta Phi Sorority Northeast Chapter from 1996-2024 and is now the current president. She helped organize several fundraising events to support Kabisig ng Kalahi along with her sorority sisters. Professionally, she is the Business Development and Operations Manager at a private equity firm in New York City as well as a Notary Public.  

Board Member

Cora went to St Paul's College and the University of the Philippines in Diliman. She earned degrees in Foreign Service and Speech and Drama. She joined Sigma Delta in 1960. She was a mainstay in many sorority musicals and plays, starring in "Niobe", "Fives that Fell", and "Nine Girls". She also directed "Three by Tennessee". Cora taught at St Theresa's College in Manila & the University of the Philippines. She also has an MA in Public Media Arts from Montclair State University. Cora, in her earlier South Orange, NJ suburban life, was involved with the League of Women Voters, the PTA, the desegregation committee of her municipal council and hospital auxiliaries that raised funds for Beth Israel Hospital and Christ Hospital. Among her advocacies in New York is the Ma-Yi Theater Company, a professional, award-winning not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose primary mission is to develop and produce new and innovative plays by Asian American writers. Cora also actively supports the Association of Philippine Artists in America and the UPMASA MC Custodio Memorial Fund for HIV/Aids named after her late husband, Dr. Mars Custodio. With CLC (Christian Life Community) she teaches Ignatian Spirituality. Cora took over the Kabisig USA board membership her husband held until he passed away in 2017.