Nanette Medved

In 2019, Medved-Po founded the Plastic Credit Exchange, Inc. (HOPEx), a non-profit entity that gives companies the chance to offset their plastic footprints by selling them Plastic Credits from co-processors. Apart from servicing organizations, this will also help consumers become cognizant of their plastic usage (via a plastic consumption calculator) and address their personal impact on the environment by going Plastic Neutral, or if they wish, Plastic Negative. It is an efficient and environmentally sound step towards a circular economy, empowering both individuals and organizations to be accountable for the plastic that they put out into the environment.

Medved-Po served on the Advisory Board of Bantay Bata from 2007 to 2012. In 2012, she was invited to join the World Wildlife Fund Philippines National Advisory Council where she currently serves on its Board of Trustees. In July 2019, Medved-Po was also welcomed by Winrock International to be a part of their Board of Directors in Arlington, Virginia.

In 2002, Medved-Po announced that she would quit the entertainment industry to focus more on her advocacy work. Since then, the only times that she has appeared on Philippine TV is to speak about her passion projects.

Medved started her career as a commercial model in 1987. Shortly thereafter, she was signed with Viva Films where she remained under contract until she left to pursue studies in the US in 1996. Her first film under Viva had her co-star alongside Robin Padilla in "Sa Diyos Lang Ako Susuko" (1990) but she is most famously known for her role as Philippine super heroine "Darna". 25 films later Medved ended her film career co-starring with Fernando Poe Jr. in "Ang Dalubhasa" (2000).

Nanette Medved (born January 21, 1971) is a film actress, TV host, model, philanthropist, and business person in the Philippines. She is the founder of Generation Hope Inc. and Friends of Hope Inc. which produces consumer goods. Profits from the "Hope" line of products are devoted to improving both the public school education space as well as small holder farmer productivity through its agriculture interventions. Medved is also the founder of the Plastic Credit Exchange, Inc. (HOPEx), a non-profit entity that offers businesses and consumers an easy and responsible way to be accountable for plastic. In 2017, she was honoured with a resolution passed by the Philippine House of Representatives, HR No. 1198, for being part of the Forbes list of Heroes of Philanthropy.

Medved was born in the US state of Hawaii in 1971 to a Russian father and a Chinese mother. Her growing up years were spent traveling throughout Asia but she spent most of her primary and secondary education in Holy Family Academy in Angeles City, Philippines. She took courses in College of St. Benilde but opted to study abroad. She finally graduated with degrees in Finance and Entrepreneurship from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts in 1998. Medved married Christopher Po in South Africa in June 1999 and they have two children.