Maita Chan-Gonzaga is Law Professor at the Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines). Her areas of interest include political law and legal ethics. Prior to joining academia in 2015, she served as Commissioner (rank: Undersecretary) of the Presidential Commission on Good Government, having been appointed by President Aquino in September 2010.

Professor Chan-Gonzaga obtained her degree in Psychology, cum laude, from the Ateneo in 1997. She obtained her JD degree from the same university in 2002, graduating valedictorian of her class and receiving the St. Thomas More Award for the Most Distinguished Graduate. She obtained her Magister Juris from Oxford University in 2008.