FAAGB Background History

One afternoon on December 8, 1989, a group of Filipino visionaries – Tony and Rosine Aguirre, Robert and Zaida Angeles, Carmen Gose, Lynda Veluz, Mario Lagliva, Manny and Becky Lebita, Cecil and Edna Nepomuceno, Ramon and Carina Ochinang – met to form Birmingham’s first Filipino Association. The group decided to call for a larger meeting, inviting all Filipino residents living in the greater metro area so they can generate interest and membership in the association .

The larger meeting occurred early the following year, and those in attendance formalized the creation of the association and approved the name:

FILIPINO-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BIRMINGHAM (FAAGB)

Officers of the Association were then elected as follows:

BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Retna Billano, Chairman; Tony Aguirre, Member; Charles Martin, Member; Dominic Angeles, Member; Ricardo Valdez, Secretary

*Executive Officers: Cecil Nepomuceno, President and Founder; Robert Angeles, Vice President; Carmen Gose, Treasurer; Lynda Veluz, Secretary; Becky Lebita, Auditor; Mario Lagliva, Public Relations Officer

(*The Officers of the Association took their respective oaths of office during the Philippine Independence Day Gala celebration at The Club on June, 1990.

The FAAGB Certificate of Incorporation was issued by the Jefferson County Judge of Probate on September 15, 2003. The FAAGB By-Laws, written as a collaborative effort by Ricardo Valdez, Robert Angeles, and Tony Aguirre were ratified and approved by the Association on September, 2003.