Operation Pedro Pan Group
Operation Pedro Pan Group "is the Official National Charitable organization founded in 1991 by the former unaccompanied Cuban children. It was created to fulfill the Pledge of Thanksgiving given in 1990, in which we honor the sacrifice of our parents and this noble nation that welcomed us, and the person that made it all possible, Monsignor Bryan O. Walsh. We felt it was our duty to pay back the kindness by helping today's needy children. OPPG Inc. is a non-partisan, non-sectarian and non-profit organization, tax exempt under Section 501 C3 of the Internal Revenue Code. Monsignor Bryan O. Walsh was the Chairperson of the organization until his death on December 20th, 2001. Under his direction, in order to protect & to allow the public to identify the organization and its services we obtained the Registration of our Trademark by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce on December 1993." [1]
Board of Directors
- President - Juan F. Pujol
- First Vice President - Hector O. Fernandez
- Second Vice President- Ivan V. Ceballos
- Secretary - Frank F. Echeverria
- Treasurer - Angel D. Cordova
- Directors - Tina Gallinar, Fernando Suarez, Alberto Hernandez & Leonor Rivacoba
Board of Trustees
- Chairperson - Elly Vilano Chovel
- Maximo Alvarez (FL)
- Lucie Arnaz (NY)
- Miguel Bretos (DC)
- Eloy A. Cepero (FL)
- Carlos M. de Cespedes (FL)
- Bishop Octavio Cisneros (NY)
- Armando Codina (FL)
- Adriana Comellas Macretti (IL)
- Rene Costales (VA)
- Carlos Eire (CT)
- Bishop Felipe Estevez (FL)
- Luis Gordillo (PR)
- Iraida Iturralde (NJ)
- Juan C. Morales (NJ)
- Michael Musa (IN)
- Eduardo Neyra (OH)
- Maria Prendes Lintel (NE)
- Fernando Rubio-Boitel (NM)
- Sam Sanabria, Esq. (CA)
- Heriberto Sedeno (TX)
- Gerardo Simms (FL)
- Alexandra Tiffer-Goya (CA)
- Francisco Wong-Diaz, Esq. (CA)
- Justo Martinez (FL)