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
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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
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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