ICCFA Officers

Bob Gordon, Jr., CCE

President

Cypress Lawn
Colma, California

John Bolton, CCE, CCrE, CSE CXE

President-Elect

Park Lawn Corporation
Houston, Texas

Rafael Ochoa

Vice President, Internal Affairs

Hillside Memorial Park and Mortuary
Los Angeles, California

Shawna De La Cruz

Vice President, Membership & Marketing

Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries
Glendale, California

Lauren Blevins Hogan, CCFE, CPLP

Vice President, External Affairs

Park Lawn Corporation
Columbia, Tennessee

René Negrete

Vice President, Education

Inglewood Park Cemetery
Inglewood, California

Gary Freytag, CCFE

Treasurer

Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum
Cincinnati, Ohio

Micah Singerman, MBA

Secretary

Shalom Memorial Park & Funeral Home
Arlington Heights, Illinois

Executive Committee

Bob Gordon, Jr., CCE
ICCFA President
Cypress Lawn

N. Lee Longino
ICCFA Immediate Past President
Service Corporation International

John Bolton, CCE, CCrE, CSE, CXE
ICCFA President-Elect
Park Lawn Corporation

Shawna de la Cruz
President’s Appointment
Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries

Darin Drabing
Past President’s Appointment
Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries

Board of Directors

Andrés Aguilar
Los Parques

Stacy Adams
Trinity Memorial Gardens

Lauren Blevins Hogan, CCFE, CPLP
Park Lawn Corporation

John Bolton, CCE, CCrE, CSE, CXE
Park Lawn Corporation

Shawna de la Cruz 
Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries

Janis Diamond 
Dignity Memorial/SCI

Jason Diemer 
Greenlawn Funeral Home

Curtis Funk
Tukios

Kevin Gaffney
Funeral Directors Life

Trey Hall
Gentry-Morrison Funeral Home

Spencer Hines
NorthStar Memorial Group

Caressa Hughes
SCI

I. Frederick Lappin, CCE
Johnson Consulting Group

N. Lee Longino
Dignity Memorial Funeral

René Negrete
Inglewood Park Cemetery

John Newcomer 
Newcomer Funeral Services Group

Kyle Niokoa
Fidelity Memorial Group

Robbie Pape, CCFE
Carriage Services

Andrew Parsell
Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematory

Kirk Roberts 
Sherwood Memorial Gardens

Christine Toson, CCE
The Tribute Companies, Inc.

Jeremy Weaver
Carriage Services

Special Appointments

Lauren Blevins, CCFE, CPLP
Park Lawn Corporation
Ex-Officio Pet Loss Professionals Alliance representative to serve a three-year term on the Board

R.J. DeWilde
Holland Supply, Inc.
IMSA appointment to serve a two-year term on the Board

Christine Toson, CCE
Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries
Past President elected to serve a one-year term on the Board

I. Frederick Lappin, CCE
Blackstone Memorial
Past President elected to serve a one-year term on the Board

Gino Merendino
Merendino Cemetery Care
Educational Foundation President

TBA
ALPAR Representative

ICCFA Committee Chairs

Finance Committee
Gary Freytag, CCFE
Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum

Government & Legal Committee
Christine Toson, CCE
The Tribute Companies Inc.

Cemetery Consumer Service Council
Thomas Daly, CCE
CHS Consulting Group/Cemetery Helpful Solutions

Certification Committee
Jeff Kidwiler, CCE, CSE
Blackstone Cemetery Development

Disaster Management
Mathew Forastiere
Park Lawn Corporation

Editorial Advisory Committee
Elisa Krcilek
Mountain View Funeral Home & Cemetery

ICCFA Educational Foundation Board of Trustees
Gino Merendino
Merendino Cemetery Care

Hall of Fame Committee
Robbie Pape, CCFE
Carriage Services

JFDA
Al Bloomfield
Sagel Bloomfield Danzansky Goldberg Funeral Care Inc.

Membership Committee
Kevin Gaffney
Funeral Directors Life Insurance Company

Nominating Committee
Robbie Pape, CCFE
Carriage Services

Personalization Committee
Robert Gordon Jr., CCE
Cypress Lawn

PLPA
Lauren Blevins Hogan, CCFE, CPLP
Park Lawn Corporation

Sales & Marketing Committee
Mike Harens
Matthews International

Strategic Planning Committee
N. Lee Longino
Service Corporation International

Veterans Committee
Andy Lopez
Fidelity Memorial Group
& Gino Merendino
Merendino Cemetery Care

Women In Leadership Committee
Jennifer Olvera, CCE
Green Hills Memorial Park

Past Presidents

2024-25: N. Lee Longino
2023-24: Robbie Pape, CCFE
2021-23: Gary Freytag, CCFE
2019–21:
Jay Dodds, CFSP
2018-19:
Christine Toson, CCE
2017-18:
Scott Sells, CCFE*
2016-17: Michael Uselton, CCFE
2015-16: Darin Drabing
2014-15: I. Frederick Lappin, CCE
2013-14: Nancy R. Lohman, CCFE
2012-13: Jeff Kidwiler, CCE, CSE
2011-12: Kenneth E. Varner, CCFE
2010-11: Kevin R. Daniels, CCE
2009-10: Gregg M. Williamson, CCE
2008-09: Mark J. Krause, CFuE
2007-08: Paul M. Elvig*
2006-07: Thomas G. Roberts, CCE
2005-06: Ray Frew, CCFE
2004-05: Patrick R. Downey, CCE
2003-04: Carol E. Llewellyn
2002-03: William L. Wright, CCE
2001-02: Gregory J. Easley, CCE
2000-01: David J. Shipper
1999-2000: Richard T. Sells, CCE
1998-99: Brian J. Marlowe, CCE
1996-98: Irwin W. Shipper, CCE*
1995-96: Donald H. Eiesland, CCE
1994-95: Frederick W. Miller, CCE, CSE
1993-94: Arlie T. Davenport, Jr.
1992-93: Edward C. Laux, CCE
1991-92: J. Asher Neel, CCE*
1990-91: Timothy F. Brammer, CCE
1989-90: Andrew J. Conroy III
1988-89: Robert A. Gordon, Sr., CCFE, CCrE, CSE
1987-88: John F. Llewellyn, CCE*
1986-87: B. David Daly, CCFE*
1985-86: Thomas J. Gardner, Sr., CCE
1984-85: Hugh Keatley, CCE*
Kermit Johnson ****
1983-84: Gordon R. Ewig, CCE
1982-83: Daniel E. Reed, CCE*
1981-82: Robert Goodwin*
1980-81: Charles (Shack) H. Shackelford*
Jack J. Brammer*** †
1980: James E. Watkins, Jr.*
1979-80: Herschel Auerbach* †
1979: James Kyle*
1978-79: Harry (Hap) D. Bledsoe, CCE †*
1978: Robert W. Toson*
1977-78: Robert (Ted) T. Nuckolls, CCE †*
1977: Duncan W. Munro, CCE*
1976-77: John T. Bailey, CCE*
1976: George Hones*
1975-76: James E. Phelps* †
1975: Robert G. Garrison, CCE*
1974-75: Kenneth R. White, Jr. †
1974: Charles F. Sharp*
1973-74: John D. Neel, CCE* †
1973: Alvin C. Meyer*

1972-73: Robert G. Neel, CCFE †
1972: Barthol W. Pearce*
1971-72: Charles B. Locke, CCE †
1971: Clayton O. Braatz*
1970-71: Charles W. Mobley, Sr. †
1970: Ned R. Thomas*
1969-70: Joe B. Cockrill* †
1969: Alvin E. Melton, CCE*
1968-69: Frank L. Karnes, Jr., CCE †
1968: Fred B. Mohle*
1967-68: Samuel B. Saxton, CCE †
1967: Howard T. Wood*
1966-67: Robert L. Hagenbach* †
1966: S. Clyde Gordon*
1965-66: George W. Oberg*
1965: Lynn S. Richards*
1964-65: R. Lee McNitt, Jr* †
1964: Alton R. Fisher*
1963-64: Taylor M. Simpson* †
1963: Herbert C. Philpott*
1962-63: Paul G. Bryan* †
1962: Harry W. Mueller, Jr.*
1961-62: Robert K. Donaldson* †
1961: Russell J. Zesch*
1960-61: John M. Ellis, Jr.* †
1960: Howard F. Clark*
1959-60: F. W. Eubank* †
1959: Edwin R. Gruettner*
1958-59: Paul D. Dawkins* †
1958: Paul W. Anderson*
1957-58: Harold E. Toson* †
L. O. Minear** †
1957: Orrin J. Perrott*
1956-57: Frederick Llewellyn* †
1956: George S. Youden*
1955-56: Kenneth R. White, Sr.* †
1955: Stacy C. Leech*
1954-55: John D. Gregg* †
1954: Linus P. Hayes*
1953-54: James E. Watkins, Sr.* †
1953: Harley D. Riggs*
1952-53: Raymond L. Groves* †
1952: Richard Allison*
1951-52: W. C. Rasberry, Sr., CCE* †
1951: Barrett Adams*
1950-51: A. M. Stannard* †
1950: Herbert W. Gausewitz*
1949-50: W. M. (Bill) Boyd* †
1949: Ira J. Mitchell*
1948-49: Leonard L. Cowan* †
1948: Fred H. Benner*
1947-48: Carl K. Linge* †
1947: Numa V. Bertel*
1946-47: Roy M. Haley* †
1946: Edward N. Sloan*
1945-46: Roy Hatten* †
1945: William A. McLeran*
1944-45: Howard T. Ott* †

1944: Cass J. Todt*
1943-44: H. L. Luckenbach* †
1943: John C. Plumb*1942-43: R. D. Rosenberger* †
1942: Leroy Christie*
1941-42: George Young* †
1941: Oscar F. Burbank*
1940-41: C. J. Sanger* †
1940: Wiley L. Morgan*
1939: Paul Daggett*
1938-39; 1939-40: J. F. Eubank* †
1938: Crawford T. Perkinson*
1937-38: C. S. Harley* †
1937: Raymond E. Siebert*
1936: S. J. Perrott*
1935-36; 1936-37: E. M. McBride* †
1935: Walter Puckett*
1934-35: W. L. Halberstadt* †
1934: Peter L. Scholl*
1933: James M. Driscoll*
1932: William H. Foord*
1931: William J. Bailey*
1930: Arthur S. Tupper*
1929: C. P. Scott*
1928: Edward A. Merriam*
1927: William D. Currie*
1926: Arthur J. Floyd*
1925: Bellett Lawson II*
1924: J. A. Reed*
1923: George E. Troup*
1922: W. S. Pirie*
1921: Fred H. Rutherford*
1920: Henry S. Adams*
1919: William H. Atkinson*
1918: W. N. Rudd*
1917: Dr. R. N. Kesterson*
1916: James Warren, Jr.*
1915: Thomas Wallis*
1914: M. P. Brazill*
1913: H. M. Turner*
1912: John J. Stephens*
1911: William C. Grassau*
1910: John Reid*
1909: James Currie*
1908: Fred R. Diering*
1907: J. C. Cline*
1906: Edward G. Carter*
1905: J. H. Morton*
1904: John C. Dix*
1903: H. Wilson Ross*
1902: Frank Eurich*
1901: George M. Painter*
1900: William Stone*
1899: A. W. Hobert*
1897-98: George W. Creesy*
1895-96: O. C. Simonds*
1893-94: William Salway*
1891-92: John D. Barker*
1887-90: Charles Nichols*

*Deceased

**Elected President by action of the Board of Directors and resigned on October 8, 1957.

***Deceased (Because of his untimely death two days prior to taking office, was recognized and recorded as a past president of the National Association of Cemeteries by a resolution unanimously adopted by the NAC Board of Directors on October 27, 1980.)

****Deceased (Recognized and recorded as a past president of the American Cemetery Association by a resolution unanimously adopted by the ACA Board of Directors on October 30, 1984.)

† Past Presidents of the National Association of Cemeteries prior to the merger with the American Cemetery Association.