People

Tulodo’s people are curious problem-solvers with integrity who make us a unique organization. Our team has the client service, results focus and creativity of a marketing agency. We provide the expertise, research and capability development of a university. And we bring the social focus, community and passion of a non-profit organization.

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Yulida Pangastuti

President Director

Yulida is President Director of Tulodo, where she leads the organization and specializes in policy, education, early childhood development, capacity building, women’s care labour, youth development, evaluation, and qualitative inquiries. Yulida has 20 years of working in the development sector with universities, governments, non-governmental, inter-governmental and multilateral organizations. In 2020, Yulida assisted UNFPA and Indonesia’s major social ministries in the development of a national action plan for improving adolescent health and wellbeing (2021-2025). Also in 2020, she was appointed as principal investigator for a school principals’ leadership study with the Ministry of Education and Culture. Internationally, Yulida led the development of ASEAN’s work plan on education 2021-25, supporting member states, and engaging global and regional organizations. In 2015, Yulida became an adviser for the child-friendly city program with the City Council of Bath, UK. Yulida’s qualifications include her PhD in education (University of Auckland), Master of Social Sciences (National University of Singapore), Post-Graduate Diploma in Governance, Democratization, and Public Policy (Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam), and Undergraduate degree in International Relations (Universitas Indonesia).

Heribertus Rinto Wibowo

Deputy Director

Heri is Deputy Director for Tulodo, where he manages projects, research, business development and partnerships. He has a background in health sciences and customer service, with a strength in quantitative data analysis. He is passionate about the science of health promotion, with research interests in tobacco control and nutrition. He participated in the AIESEC Global Passport Program in Vietnam and helped organize community projects in Perth through the John Curtin Weekend Program. Prior to Tulodo, he worked as a tutorial teacher at Sanata Dharma University and in customer service for Nutrifood.  He completed a Master of Public Health at Curtin University, Western Australia and has a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy.

Maman Saputra

Research Officer

Maman is a Research Associate in Tulodo. He has over five years of experience in public health research. In recent years, he researched the socio-economic risk of non-communicable diseases, stunting prevention through the socio-economic approach, COVID-19 policy response, and evaluates the COVID-19 quick handling guidelines from the government. Maman has academic and research passion, especially on one health and health economic issues, where he was learned from his education on Universitas Indonesia and Universitas Lambung Mangkurat Banjarmasin. He has appropriate skills in policy analysis, data management, and journal publication. Maman also led a non-profit organization, Edu-Kesmas, and Lakmus-IYMDS, that campaign the public and environmental health to the society directly and virtually through social media.

Cahyo Harry Sancoko 

Field Coordinator

Cahyo is Field Coordinator in Tulodo. He has a passion for working with the community. Cahyo has a bachelor’s degree in public relations and a master’s degree in educational psychology. Cahyo has expertise in building communication and engagement with various stakeholders as well as the ability to manage projects in the field. Cahyo also has the ability as a facilitator in training or mentoring activities and develops a curriculum used in training or mentoring. Cahyo has experience in building partnerships with young people such as in campaign projects for the community through empowerment with youth in collaboration with Stop TB Partnership Indonesia (2022), Formative research for a social marketing campaign in Indonesia (Youth & Tobacco 2023). Cahyo is also used to build communication with the government in project implementation, such as in the assistance of Human Centered Design to improve immunization services (2021 – 2022) and Keluarga Berencana Pilihanku campaign to the community (2016). Before joining Tulodo Indonesia, since 2005 he joined several profit and non-profit organizations with responsibilities as a Project Assistant and External Communication Officer.

Baginda Muda Bangsa

Research Associate

Bagin is a Research Associate in Tulodo Indonesia. In 2018, after getting his bachelor degree in International Relations from Universitas Indonesia, he became a Research Associate in Bank Indonesia Institute. Assisting the research on the impact of geopolitical disarray  to Indonesia economy. Since 2018 he is also active in developing his own social foundation, named Generasi Emas Indonesia, which focuses on providing relevant education for high school students in Indonesia. He believes that through providing relevant education, every youth can achieve their fullest potential. Besides focus on education, he is also focused on literacy issues. In early 2021, by collaborating with the local community in Banggai, Sulawesi Tengah, he initiated a virtual residency named Akademi Sastra Banggai for the youth in three districts (Banggai, Banggai Laut, and Banggai Kepulauan) who wanted to enhance their writing skill, especially on poem, short story, and essay. He has conviction that literature is a gate to strengthen Indonesia’s literacy climate.

M. Naufal Rizky

Research Associate

Naufal is Research Associate in Tulodo. With a background in social anthropology, Naufal is passionate about qualitative social research, especially with participatory and immersive approaches. He is particularly interested in topics related to inequality, poverty and environment. He was a former research assistant at the Cluster of Interaction, Community Engagement, and Social Environment, Faculty of Environmental Science, University of Indonesia (2021 – 2022). In that period, Naufal became part of a team that received a 2021 Scientific Research Program grant from the Education Fund Management Agency (LPDP) with a project entitled “Socio-economic and environmental interactions in mangrove management based on women’s involvement”. Beyond research, Naufal has an interest in journalism. His writings and reports can be seen in several news media, such as Tirto, Narasi TV, Detik, and Whiteboard Journal.

Farida Yulistiana

Communication Officer

Farida is Communication Officer for Tulodo. Her responsibilities in Tulodo include developing data visualization to explain complex scientific research, to graphic design, content plans and creative materials. She completed a Bachelor of Communication Science in 2014 at Brawijaya University, followed by an MA from Gadjah Mada university in 2018. She joined kumparan.com in 2019 as a tech and science reporter. She had involved in all news production stages, including interviewing, writing and managing aspects. She began working as Communication Specialist at local NGO based in Semarang, concerning & working in sustainable development & climate change issues through education for sustainable development.

Dwi Wahyuni

Senior Finance Officer

Yuni is the Senior Finance Officer for Tulodo. She graduated from the economic studies program at Trisakti School of Management. Yuni is passionate about social and behavior change and has a passion for community development projects. Yuni is constantly involved in social projects, particularly in the area of literature, as she wants to help and motivate children to read. She believes children are a national asset and together we must protect and provide a good education. Prior to Tulodo, she worked as a finance officer at Warung Pintar.

Ajrina Zienitta Bakhri

Accounting Officer

Ajrina is an Accounting Officer for Tulodo. Before working with Tulodo, she has an experience with public accountant firm as an auditor and handling a lot of clients for audit efficiency. Ajrina has a strong accounting professional with a Bachelor’s degree focused in Accounting from Perbanas Institute. Ajrina is passionate about human behavior and social issues. Being part of Tulodo, she believed she could work in an environment which encourages her to grow professionally where she can utilize her skill and knowledge appropriately.