Karina Constantino David

Karina Constantino David is a former chairperson of the Civil Service Commission of the Philippines. She also served as the chairperson of the Career Executive Service Board, a government entity supervising the top management personnel of the Philippine government. She presently sits as a member of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) Board of Trustees.

David is the wife of Professor Emeritus Randy David of the University of the Philippines Diliman and daughter of the renowned historian Renato Constantino. She is also the mother of journalist Kara David and UP Diliman geology professor Dr. Carlos Primo David.

Daughter to historian Renato Constantino, David earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology at the University of the Philippines Diliman in 1966. She completed academic requirements in the Master of Arts in Sociology program (orals lacking) from the same university in 1968. She obtained a Master of Arts in Economic and Social Studies from The Victoria University of Manchester in England in 1974.

David was appointed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on February 23, 2001, as chairperson of the Civil Service Commission, succeeding Corazon Alma G. De Leon.

On January 22, 2008, Karina Constantino-David stated that 40% of 3,000 government officials, including Cabinet officials, are unqualified to hold their positions: "these officials, consisting of managers, directors, assistant secretaries and undersecretaries, do not have the appropriate educational background and skills to perform their duties well; they don't have the correct educational skills and appropriate background plus experience to perform their respective duties well."

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