Nanette Medved

{{short description|American philanthropist, businesswoman, and former actress}}

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| name = Nanette Gwen Medved

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| caption = Medved at a classroom turn-over in Upper Tambler Elementary School, General Santos City, June 2014

| birth_name = Nanette Gwen Medved

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|1|21}}

| birth_place = Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S

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| occupation = Actress

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| known_for = Darna (1991 film), GenerationHope

| spouse = {{marriage|Christopher Po|1999|}}

| children = 2

| alma_mater = Babson College

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Nanette Gwen Medved (born January 21, 1970) is a Russian-Chinese philanthropist, businesswoman, and former actress and model based in the Philippines.{{Cite web |title=Philippines Leadership Awards CMO Asia |url=http://www.cmoasia.org/philippines-leadership-awards.html |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=www.cmoasia.org}}

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.{{Cite web|title=Certified B Corporation|url=https://bcorporation.net/|access-date=2021-07-17|website=bcorporation.net}}{{Cite web |date=2021 |title=Certified B Corporation |url=https://bcorporation.net/ |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=bcorporation.net}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://mb.com.ph/2023/11/2/pcx-to-lead-push-vs-plastic-pollution|title=PCX to join push vs plastic pollution|first=Khriscielle|last=Yalao|work=Manila Bulletin|date=November 3, 2023|access-date=February 17, 2024}}

From 2007 to 2012, Medved served on the advisory board of Bantay Bata.{{Cite web|title=Meet the amazing Mothers for Others|url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2011/05/07/683028/meet-amazing-mothers-others|access-date=2021-04-24|website=Philstar.com}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Meet the pandas|url=https://wwf.org.ph/who-we-are/meet-the-pandas/|access-date=2021-04-24}} In July 2019, she began serving as part of the Board of Directors of Winrock International.{{Cite web|title=Winrock International - Nanette Medved-Po Joins Winrock International Board of Directors|url=https://www.winrock.org/nanette-medved-po-joins-winrock-international-board-of-directors/|access-date=2019-09-02|website=www.winrock.org|date=10 July 2019 |language=en-US}}

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.{{Cite web|title=From Darna to builder of classrooms: The many lifetimes of Nanette Medved-Po|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/ancx/culture/spotlight/01/23/20/from-darna-to-builder-of-classrooms-the-many-lifetimes-of-nanette-medved-po|access-date=2021-07-27|website=ABS-CBN News|language=en}} In 2002, she decided to leave the entertainment industry to focus on her advocacy work.{{Citation|title=Ito ang Balita - 2011/04/27|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n6vem4HY7k|language=en|access-date=2019-09-02}}

Personal life

Medved is of Russian and Chinese descent.{{Cite news |last=Rim |first=Lala |date=October 16, 2019 |title=From Darna to Mogul: How Nanette Medved-Po Was Named Chairperson of the Po Family Council |url=https://www.esquiremag.ph/money/movers/nanette-medved-po-chairperson-po-family-council-a2360-20191016-lfrm |access-date=2021-05-17 |website=Esquiremag.ph}} Medved married businessman Christopher Po in South Africa in 1999{{failed verification|1=Source does not mention a date or the place of marriage|date=December 2024}}. The couple has two sons.{{Cite web|last=Lee-Chua|first=Queena N.|date=2018-02-23|title=Winning, the Po way|url=https://business.inquirer.net/246368/winning-po-way|access-date=2021-07-16|website=INQUIRER.net|language=en}}{{failed verification|1=Source does not mention children|date=December 2024}}