Luie Tito Ferrer Guia was appointed as a Commissioner on 15 April 2013 for a 7-year term expiring on 2 February 2020. His appointment was confirmed by the Commission on Appointment on 5 March 2014.
Coming from a civil society background, he has steadily carved a niche in COMELEC over the years as advocate of inclusive and transparent elections, with focus on the vulnerable sectors such as Persons with disability (PWDs), Persons deprived with liberty (PDLs), indigenous Peoples (IPs) and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). In the 2016 Presidential elections, he was assigned to supervise the accessible voting project for PDLs and IPs, Local Source Code review and the Random Manual Audit. In heading these Committees, he sought to mainstream and institutionalize policies and procedures on inclusive and transparent voting, with the support of the COMELEC departments, other government agencies and institutional partners . In 2018, he briefly supervised the Office of Filipino Overseas Voting (OFOV).
Internally, he also headed the Pillar on professionalizing the institution until 2016. With the help of the Personnel Department, the Pillar group shepherded the introduction of the Strategic Performance Management System, institutionalized a number employees' professional development programs, planted the seeds for eventual COMELEC Academy to cater to research and training needs for election practitioners here and abroad; and set up initial steps to update the 30 year old bureaucracy . He also assisted in strengthening the institution's planning processes and in strengthening campaign finance rules.
Currently, Guia is presiding Commissioner over the Commission's 2nd Division. For his last elections as Commissioner, he is heading the committee on accessible voting for IPs (Indigenous Peoples), Local Source Code Review and the Random Manual Audit operations.
Commissioner Guia has close to 27 years of election experience. He was involved in various civil society organizations (CSOs), such as the Legal Network for Truthful Elections (LENTE), LIBERTAS and the Consortium on Electoral Reforms (CER). He was consulted as an election expert in several countries in Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe through engagements with the International Foundation for Electoral System (IFES), the Electoral Reforms International Services (ERIS), and the American Bar Association-Rule of Law Initiative (ABA-RoLI).
He obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Political Science (1986) and Law (1991) from the University of the Philippines.