Finance Committee

  • Committee Chair – Gary Freytag, CCFE
    Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum
  • Gary Buss
    Arlington Cemetery Company
  • Darin Drabing
    Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries
  • Robert Gordon Jr., CCE
    Cypress Lawn
  • Gino Merendino
    Merendino Cemetery Care
  • Rafael Ochoa
    Hillside Memorial Park and Mortuary
  • Robbie Pape, CCFE
    Carriage Services
  • Philip Tassi, CPA
    Ferncliff Cemetery Association

Cemetery Consumer Service Council

  • Committee Chair – Thomas Daly, CCE
    CHS Consulting Group/Cemetery Helpful Solutions
  • Steve Bassett
    Legacy Funeral Group
  • Buddy Ewing
    Park Lawn Corporation
  • Bob Gordon Jr., CCE
    Cypress Lawn
  • Mike Harens
    Matthews International Corporation

Government & Legal Committee

  • Committee Chair – Christine Toson, CCE
    The Tribute Companies Inc
  • Scott Ahrendt
    Service Corporation International
  • Russell Allen
    Memorial Oaks Funeral Home
  • Lawrence Anspach, CCE
    American Cemetery/Mortuary Consultants Inc
  • Matthew Bailey, CFSP
    B C Bailey Funeral Home Inc
  • Lauren Blevins Hogan, CCFE, CPLP
    Park Lawn Corporation
  • John Bolton, CCE, CCrE, CSE, CXE
    Park Lawn Corporation
  • Lisa Coney
    SCI Funeral Services of Florida
  • Thomas Daly, CCE
    CHS Consulting Group/Cemetery Helpful Solutions
  • Allen Dave Jr.
    Allen Dave Funeral Directors & Cremation Tribute Center
  • Clift Dempsey, CCrE, CCFE
    Leaf Cremation
  • Jerry Desmond, Jr.
    Cemetery and Mortuary Association of California (CMAC)
  • Jay Dodds, CFSP
    Park Lawn Corporation
  • Darin Drabing
    Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries
  • John Gouch, Jr.
    Gethsemane Cemetery & Memorial Gardens
  • Robert Gordon Jr., CCE
    Cypress Lawn
  • Trey Hall
    Gentry-Morrison Funeral Home
  • Larry Hawkins
    Kilpatrick’s Rose-Neath Funeral Homes, Crematorium & Cemeteries
  • Caressa Hughes
    Service Corporation International
  • Kelly Hulata
    Envision Partners
  • Jami Jackson-Howell
    Resthaven Mortuary
  • David R. Krall
    White Chapel Memorial
  • Keenan Knopke, CCFE
    Curlew Hills Memory Gardens Inc
  • Poul Lemasters, Esq.
    ICCFA General Counsel
  • Sam Mazzu, III
    Carriage Services
  • Gwen Mooney CCFE
    Cave Hill Cemetery
  • Patrick Monroe
    Rose Hills Memorial Park and Mortuaries
  • Blair Nelsen, CFuE
    Nelsen Funeral Home
  • Kyle Nikola
    Fidelity Memorial Group
  • Michael Pepperman, Esq.
    Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel
  • Kristin Renee Pierre
    ClearPoint Federal Bank & Trust
  • Jim Price, CCFE, CCrE
    Johnson Consulting Group
  • Ashley Pyne
    ClearPoint Federal Bank & Trust
  • John Resich, CFSP
    Green Hills Memorial Park
  • Janet Ricciuti
    Service Corporation International
  • Kirk Roberts
    Roberts Funeral Homes Inc.
  • Lawrence Rose
    Cedar Park & Fidelity Cemetery Association of Bergen County, NJ
  • Mitch Rose, CCFE, CCrE
    Oahu Cemetery & Crematory
  • Leslie Schneider, Esq.
    Ivins Phillips & Barker
  • David Shipper
    Futura Group
  • Micah Singerman
    Shalom Memorial Park & Funeral Home
  • Michael Soper
    Legacy Funeral Group
  • William Wimberly
    Legacy Funeral Group
  • Bill Wright, CCE
    Greenwood Funeral Homes & Cremation – Greenwood Chapel
  • Ruth Anne Yeats
    Baldwin Brothers Funeral & Cremation Society

Certification Committee

  • Committee Chair – Jeff Kidwiler, CCE, CSE
    Blackstone Cemetery Development
  • I. Fred Lappin, CCE
    Johnson Consulting Group
  • Gwen Mooney, CCFE
    Cave Hill Cemetery

Disaster Management

  • Committee Chair – Mathew Forastiere
    Park Lawn Corporation
  • Karl Wenzel
    Wenzel Services
  • Lance Ray
    The Wilbert Group
  • Gino Merendino
    Merendino Cemetery Care
  • ICCFA President Robbie Pape, CCFE
    Carriage Services
  • Poul Lemasters, Esq.
    ICCFA General Counsel

ICCFA Educational Foundation Board of Trustees

  • President – Gino Merendino
    Merendino Cemetery Care
  • Bob Boetticher, Sr
    Service Corporation International
  • Allen Dave, CFuE
    Allen Dave Funeral Directors & Cremation Tribute Center
  • Corey Gaffney
    Gaffney Group
  • Kevin Gaffney
    Funeral Directors Life Insurance Company
  • Jeff Kidwiler, CCE, CSE
    Blackstone Cemetery Development
  • Secretary – Poul Lemasters, Esq.
    ICCFA Legal Counsel
  • Gwen Mooney, CCFE
    Cave Hill Cemetery
  • Delana Pratt, CSE
    Cairn Partners
  • Jim Price, CCFE, CCrE
    Johnson Consulting Group
  • Christopher Trainor
    Batesville Casket Company Inc

Editorial Advisory Committee

  • Committee Chair – Elisa Krcilek
    Mountain View Funeral Home & Cemetery
  • Daniel Bryan
    Fort Myers Memorial Gardens Funeral Home & Cemetery
  • Clift Dempsey, CCrE, CCFE
    Leaf Cremation
  • Sam James
    James Funeral Home & Northlake Memorial Gardens
  • Jan Smith, CFSP
    Flanner Buchanan Funeral Centers
  • Philip Tassi, CPA
    Ferncliff Cemetery Association
  • Nick Timpe, CSE
    webCemeteries

Hall of Fame Committee

  • Committee Chair – N. Lee Longino
    Dignity Memorial
  • Gary Freytag, CCFE
    Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum
  • Jeff Kidwiler, CCE, CSE
    Blackstone Cemetery Development
  • Robbie Pape, CCFE
    Carriage Services
  • Mike Uselton, CCFE
    Gulf Pines Memorial Park
  • Bill Wright, CCE
    Greenwood Funeral Homes & Cremation

JFDA

  • President – Albert Bloomfield
    Sagel Bloomfield Danzansky Goldberg Funeral Care
  • Charles Salomon
    Riverside Memorial Chapel
  • Mindy Botbol
    Shalom Memorial Park & Shalom Memorial Funeral Home
  • Bob Zimmerman
    Ascher-Zimmerman Funeral Home
  • Matt Levinson
    Sol Levinson & Bros Inc
  • Jim Cohen
    Feldman Mortuary Inc
  • Ed Rusnak
    Beth Israel Memorial Chapel – Delray Beach

Membership Committee

  • Committee Chair – Kevin Gaffney
    Funeral Directors Life Insurance Company
  • Shawna de la Cruz
    Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries
  • Pierce Dempsey
    Leaf Cremation
  • Adi Eben-Ezra
    Behar Mapping
  • Michael Eddy-Herrera
    Matthews International Corporation
  • Corey Gaffney
    Gaffney Group
  • Trey Hall
    Gentry-Morrison Funeral Home
  • Sam James
    James Funeral Home & NorthLake Memorial Gardens
  • Nathan Nardi
    New Cathedral Cemetery
  • René Negrete
    Inglewood Park Cemetery
  • Rafael Ochoa
    Hillside Memorial Park and Mortuary
  • Jimmy Pinocchio
    Cemetery360
  • Ann Marie St. George
    Cooperative Funeral Fund Inc
  • Kimberly Sullivan
    Arlington Memorial Park
  • Brent Thomas
    Dead Ringers
  • Amy Thielen
    Coldspring
  • Nick Timpe, CSE
    webCemeteries
  • Don Winsett
    Winsett Consulting
  • Phil Zehms
    Park Lawn Corporation
  • Craig Zitterman
    Glen Eden Lutheran Memorial Park

Nominating Committee

  • Chair – N. Lee Longino
    Service Corporation International
  • Clift Dempsey, CCrE, CCFE
    Leaf Cremation
  • Spencer Hines
    NorthStar Memorial Group
  • I. Frederick Lappin, CCE
    Johnson Consulting Group
  • Don Winsett
    Winsett Consulting

Personalization Committee

  • Chair – Robert Gordon, Jr., CCE
    Cypress Lawn

PLPA

  • Chair – Lauren Blevins Hogan, CCFE, CPLP
    Park Lawn Corporation
  • Laura Boehm
    Memorial Reefs International
  • Al Bloomfield
    Sagel Bloomfield Danzansky Goldberg
  • Linda Darby
    Trigard
  • Pierce Dempsey
    Leaf Cremation
  • Madison Dowers
    Trigard
  • Coleen Ellis, CPLP
    Two Hearts Pet Loss Center
  • Kim Farris
  • Debbie Hunsaker
    SinoSource
  • Gia Kondakor
    McAlister Smith Funeral Home
  • Andy Lopez
    Fidelity Memorial Group
  • Anna McClain
    Paws Pathway
  • Jeff Moore
    Park Lawn Corporation
  • Ana Palencia
    Señoriales Corporación de Services
  • Andrew Parsell
    Parsell Pet Crematorium
  • Amy Shimp
    Dulaney Valley Pet Loss Center
  • Sydney Tracy
    Paw Prints on Woodland
  • Maryglenn Warnock
    Paws to Remember

Sales & Marketing Committee

  • Chair – Mike Harens
    Matthews International
  • Tony Armogida
    Global Atlantic Financial Group
  • John Bolton, CCE, CCrE, CSE, CXE
    Park Lawn Corporation
  • Lori Bolton, CSE, CXE
    Park Lawn Corporation
  • Ellery Bowker
    Aftercare.com
  • Aaron Butler
    Domani Preneed
  • Erin Creger
    Security National Financial Corp
  • Pierce Dempsey
    Leaf Cremation
  • Tim Fish
    National Guardian Life Insurance Company
  • Doug Gober
    The Foresight Companies LLC
  • Stuart Irwin
    Biondan North America Inc
  • Jennifer Kaset
    NGL
  • Larry Michael
    Everstory
  • René Negrete
  • Inglewood Park Cemetery
  • Greg Norris
    Homesteaders Life Company
  • Brad Palmer
    Service Corporation International
  • Delana Pratt, CSE
    Cairn Partners
  • Shane Pudenz
    Carriage Services
  • Néctar Ramírez
    Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries
  • Ann Marie St George
    Cooperative Funeral Fund Inc
  • Philip Tassi
    Ferncliff Cemetery Association
  • Don Winsett
    Winsett Consulting, LLC

Veterans Committee

  • Committee Co-Chair – Andy Lopez
    Fidelity Memorial Group
  • Committee Co-Chair – Gino Merendino
    Merendino Cemetery Care
  • Mark Christopherson
    Professional Cemetery Services
  • Daun Frankland
    Columbia Gardens Cemetery
  • Wally Frankland
    Columbia Gardens Cemetery
  • Brian Jonca
    St. Hedwig Cemetery
  • Joelle Kerfoot Boaz
    Heady-Radcliffe Funeral Home & Cremation Services / SCI
  • Jack Lechner
  • Jennifer Lares
    Mulling Mortician LLC/Northeast Texas Community College
  • Bruce Likly
    Tribucast
  • Alan Mackinnon
    The Gardens Cemetery at Gethsemane
  • Gwen Mooney, CCFE
    Cave Hill Cemetery
  • Jennifer Olvera, CCE
    Green Hills Memorial Park
  • Jim Price, CCFE, CCrE
    Park Lawn Corporation
  • Kirk Roberts
    Sherwood Memorial Gardens
  • Rich Sells, CCE
    Johnson Consulting Group
  • Ben Upton
    Flanner Buchanan Funeral Centers
  • Phil Zehms
    Park Lawn Corporation
  • Craig Zitterman
    Glen Eden Memorial Parks

Women In Leadership Committee

  • Committee Chair – Jennifer Olvera, CCE
    Green Hills Memorial Park
  • Stacy Adams
    Trinity Memorial Gardens
  • Marilyn Brandt
    Davey Tree Expert Company
  • Deborah “Debbie” Gagno
    Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts (JCAM)
  • Tiffany Gallarzo
    The Mortuary at Green Hills
  • Jennifer Gesek
    Holy Land Wood & Stone
  • Megan Green
    Service Corporation International
  • Jennifer Lares
    Mulling Mortician LLC/Northeast Texas Community College
  • Gwen Mooney, CCFE
    Cave Hill Cemetery
  • Delana Pratt, CSE
    Cairn Partners
  • Emily Rose
    Cedar Park & Fidelity Cemetery Assoc of Bergen County NJ
  • Yvonne Slonaker, CCrE, CFuE
    Spring Grove Funeral Home
  • Ashley Theising
    ClearPoint Federal Bank & Trust
  • Sydney Tracy
  • Paw Prints on Woodland
  • Beth Valdex
    Davey Tree Expert Company