Board Members
Arlene Arcangel
Lemuel Boo Dava
Former President of FMA. He began service in the Filipino community in 1985 as an appointed Board Member to FMA while the President of Philippine Student Association at the University of Minnesota. Elected Vice President of FMA for 2004-05 and assumed the presidency in mid-2004. Reelected FMA President for 2006-07 during which he founded the FMA Basketball Invitational. Over the years has chaired FMA’s major events such as the Debutantes Balls, the Annual Meetings, FMA Basketball Invitationals, and Golf Tournaments.
He is self-employed as the authorized representative of LBC Cargo Services in Minnesota. Previous employment included financial advisory supervision at Ameriprise Financial, Real Estate Sales with Keller Williams, Real Property Appraiser, and as a product marketer at West Publishing, Thompson Corp.
He resides in Brooklyn Park, MN and is married to Joy Dava, also former FMA President, and father two adult children, Alexa, and Keenan Dava.
Roland Dico
Rey Eduvas
Mhona Munar
Vicente ‘Jun’ Nacionales
Jun is a former President of FMA. He is also a former FMA VP, Auditor, and Board Member. He and his wife, Jeanet, are very active members within various association committees including the: Basketball and Golf tournaments, Paskong Pilipino, Easterfest, and Consular Services Outreach.
Jun works at North Memorial Medical Center as an Assistant Nurse Manager in the Cardiac Telemetry Unit. He is a recipient of the Ralph Rossen Award of Nursing Excellence (Nurse of the Year) 2010 at North Memorial Health Care.
Jun graduated with a B.S.in Biology at West Visayas State University in 1990 and B.S. in Nursing at Iloilo Doctors' College in 1993.
Jun and Jeanet are blessed with 2 daughters, Nicholle and Jeanelle.
Aida Ramos
Aida has been an FMA Board Member in the past and has volunteered to help in various activities of FMA. She is also active in several community organizations and currently serve as Second VP of Filipino Catholic Community of Minnesota. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from General Emilio Aguinaldo College. She worked in Saudi Arabia for seven years before moving to the US in 1997. She’s currently working at Abbott as a pacemaker inspector.
She is married to Bayani Ramos, and they have two daughters, Danya and KC (married Evan Kroeger).
Rose Rosemeier
Jennifer Shier
Darwin Yasis
Darwin currently works as a Senior Manager and leads the Civil / Transportation Group for WSP|Parsons Brinckerhoff, a leading multinational engineering firm which offers one of the largest professional services in the U.S. and in the world. He is a former chairperson of Innovative Transportation Solutions with the MN Department of Transportation. Currently, he serves as chairperson for the Transportation Committee of the American Society of Civil Engineers in MN.
Darwin is an active member of the community and served as past president of the Fil-Minnesotan Association. He is the former President for the Philippine Center of MN.
Darwin is married to his lovely wife Susan and enjoys spending his spare time being with the family and playing with their lovely daughters Kianna, Shayna, and Danica.