1960

FCBF HISTORY

PAST PRESIDENTS

Six and a half decades of continuous leadership, from the founding cohort of 1960 to today's working brokers and forwarders.

Founding President · 1960 to 1961

Frank Tejedor

It started with the broker who chartered the association in 1960. The full record below runs back to that first term, the working roll of everyone who has carried the gavel across six and a half decades.

Term in Office Name
2026-Now Michelle Fajardo
2025-2026 Sharon Garcia
2024-2025 Sharon Garcia
2023-2024 Jenette Prince
2022-2023 Jenette Prince
2021-2022 Gabriel Rodriguez
2020-2021 Gabriel Rodriguez
2019-2020 Gabriel Rodriguez
2018-2019 Lourdes Leon
2017-2018 Lourdes Leon
2016-2017 Hilda Rodriguez
2015-2016 Hilda Rodriguez
2014-2015 Hilda Rodriguez
2013-2014 Hilda Rodriguez
2012-2013 Cari Cossio
2011-2012 Cari Cossio
2010-2011 Cari Cossio
2009-2010 Cari Cossio
2008-2009 Albert Oses
2007-2008 Fred Rivera
2006-2007 Karma Ruiz
2005-2006 Karma Ruiz
2004-2005 Dante Versaci II
2003-2004 Dante Versaci II
2002-2003 Dante Versaci II
2001-2002 Roger Madan
2000-2001 Roger Madan
1999-2000 John Abisch
1998-1999 Raul Pedraza
1997-1998 Jose I. Aguirre
1996-1997 Jose I. Aguirre
1995-1996 Aleida Fontao
1994-1995 Aleida Fontao
1993-1994 Alberto Marino
1992-1993 Neil Mooney
1991-1992 Steele Reeder
1990-1991 Steele Reeder
1989-1990 Cheri Miller
1987-1989 John Cassidy
1986-1987 Alberto Marino
1985-1986 Suzanne Fontana
1984-1985 John L. Gazitua
1983-1984 Angelo A. Annunziato
1982-1983 Cesareo Llano
1981-1982 Franklyn Sheps
1980-1981 Gene Rodriguez
1980-1981 Gene Rodriguez
1979-1980 Jorge de Tuya, Sr.
1978-1979 Ralph L. Gazitua
1977-1978 Oscar C. de Tuya, Jr.
1976-1977 Julio Suarez
1975-1976 Alberto Marino
1974-1975 Leonor Hoffner
1973-1974 Ray Graulich
1972-1973 Louis Irizarry
1971-1972 John L. Gazitua
1970-1971 Gene Rodriguez
1969-1970 Anthony Toro
1968-1969 Annette Halder
1967-1968 Lou Gorestman
1966-1967 Gary Papkoff
1965-1966 Guy R. Procella
1964-1965 Louis Irizarry
1963-1964 Gene Rodriguez
1962-1963 George Whiting
1961-1962 Arthur M. Stephenson
1960 - 1961 Frank Tejedor

An unbroken line of working trade professionals.

Every FCBF president has been an active broker, forwarder, or industry leader, selected by peers, serving alongside the work that pays their bills. That continuity is the association's most-prized asset.