The Board of Directors of the Spain-Florida Foundation 500 years, the uppermost members of the organization will meet on the 18 of June in their head office in Coral Gables which will be the second session of 2010. During this reunion the topics of discussion will be internal as well as financial affairs and will be essential for the organization of  upcoming educational and cultural activities that are being prepared for the second semester of the year; in particular the Hispanic month.

Furthermore, the Foundation will celebrate a luncheon at the Riviera Club in honor of the Council General from Spain, D. Santiago Cabanas, which will return to Spain this summer. Santiago Cabanas has developed a predominant role in the creation of the Foundation. During the years he has worked as Council General for the Spanish embassy in Miami, he has worked in a tireless manner in order to promote the Spanish influence in the United States and the importance of the Spanish cultural legacy.

The board of directors is made up by 20 members:

Jaime Tamayo (MAPFRE), Raúl Valdés-Fauli (Fowler Rodríguez Valdes-Fauli), Fernando Pérez-Hickman (Banco Sabadell), Jorge Rosell (TotalBank), Emilio Sánchez (EFE), Eugenio Arranz (Cajasol), Miguel Cabetas (Ahorro Corporación Internacional), Francisco Pardo (Banco Santander internacional), Diana Sánchez (Telefónica USA), Armando Codina (Flagler Development), Juan Carlos Fontan (Caixanova), Alan Ojeda (Rilea Group), Guillermo Martinez Lluch (Bancaja), Juan Pablo Alvarez (Prisa), Alfonso Goyeneche (US Spain Council), Leslie Pantin (Pantin/Beber Siverstein), Chema Alvarado (Iberia), Ramon Ferraz (Caja Madrid), Luis Fernandez (UNivision) y Begoña de Ros (IESE).

This section of direction is renewed annually and is put together by those who make a minimum contribution of $10,000 or made any other significant contribution to the purposes of the Foundation. They are honorary members of the board in addition to D. Santiago Cabanas, D. Mario Buisan (Chief counselor of the Spanish commercial office in Miami), D. Gonzalo Gonzalez de Lara (Aggregate of Education) and D. Alvaro Armada.

For more information:

Riviera Country Club
1155 Blue Road
Coral Gables, Florida 33146
305 661-5331