Architect Yolanda David Reyes specializes in architectural design and facility planning. She obtained her BS in Architecture in 1975 and her Master in Architecture in 1986 from the University of Santo Tomas , College of Architecture and Fine Arts and the UST Graduate School. She completed her PhD academic units at the School of Urban and Regional Planning of the University of the Philippines. She was the Dean of the University of Santo Tomas College of Architecture and Fine Arts for the period of nine years, during which time the College achieved the status of “Center of Excellence” from the Commission on Higher Education of the Philippines.

Architect Reyes was the first woman to be Dean of University of Santo Tomas College of Architecture and Fine Arts and to serve as National President of the United Architects of the Philippines (UAP). She also projected the UAP and the Philippines in the international scene as the first woman architect to be elected as Chairperson of the Architects Regional Council of Asia or ARCASIA composed of 19 member countries in Asia. She is currently the Vice President for Region IV of the Union Internationale des Architectes.