ICCFA Officers

John Bolton, CCE, CCrE, CSE, CXE

President

Park Lawn Corporation
Houston, Texas

Shawna De La Cruz

President-Elect

Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries
Glendale, California

Lauren Blevins, CCFE, CPLP

Vice President, Internal Affairs

Park Lawn Corporation
Columbia, Tennessee

Micah Singerman, CCFE

Vice President, External Affairs

Shalom Memorial Park & Funeral Home
Arlington Heights, Illinois

René Negrete

Vice President, Education

Carriage
Houston, Texas

Rafael Ochoa

Vice President, Membership & Marketing

Hillside Memorial Park and Mortuary
Los Angeles, California

Janis Diamond

Secretary

Dignity Memorial
Tampa, Florida

Gary Freytag, CCFE

Treasurer

Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum
Cincinnati, Ohio

Executive Committee

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

Shawna de la Cruz
President-Elect
Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries

Bob Gordon Jr., CCE
ICCFA Immediate Past President
Cypress Lawn

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

Jeff Kidwiler, CCE, CSE
Past President’s Appointment

Blackstone Cemetery Development

Board of Directors

Andrés Aguilar
Los Parques

Stacy Adams
Trinity Memorial Gardens

Stephen Bassett 
Legacy Funeral Group

Lauren Blevins, CCFE, CPLP
Park Lawn Corporation

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

Erin Creger
Security National Funeral Homes & Cemeteries

Shawna de la Cruz
Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries

Janis Diamond
Dignity Memorial

Jason Diemer
Greenlawn Funeral Home

Curtis Funk
Tukios

Trey Hall
Gentry-Morrison Funeral Home

Caressa Hughes
SCI

N. Lee Longino
SCI Funeral Services of Florida, Inc

Steve Metzger
Carriage

Ryan Milley
Forest Hills Cemetery

Armando Mora
Cypress Lawn

John Newcomer
Newcomer Funeral Services Group

Kyle Nikola
Fidelity Memorial Group

Sean O’Regan
Woodland Cemetery & Arboretum

Kirk Roberts
Sherwood Memorial Gardens

Ann Marie St. George
Cooperative Funeral Fund

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

Mandy Benoualid
Keeper Memorials
IMSA appointment to serve a two-year term on the Board

Bill Wright, CCE
Greenwood Funeral Homes & Cremation
Past President elected to serve a one-year term on the Board

Jay Dodds, CFSP
Dodds Consulting
Past President elected to serve a one-year term on the Board

Gino Merendino
Merendino Cemetery Care
Educational Foundation President

Rafael Azevedo
Cortel Implantacao e Admin de Cemiterios e Crematorios
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

 

ICCFA Educational Foundation
Gino Merendino
Merendino Cemetery Care

Hall of Fame Committee
N. Lee Longino
Service Corporation International

JFDA
Al Bloomfield
Sagel Bloomfield Danzansky Goldberg Funeral Care Inc.

Membership Committee
Kevin Gaffney
Funeral Directors Life Insurance Company

Nominating Committee
Bob Gordon, Jr., CCE
Cypress Lawn

Personalization Committee
Robert Gordon Jr., CCE
Cypress Lawn

PLPA
Lauren Blevins, CCFE, CPLP
Park Lawn Corporation

Sales & Marketing Committee
Mike Harens
Matthews International

Veterans Committee
Andy Lopez
Point of Aim Partners
& Gino Merendino
Merendino Cemetery Care

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

Past Presidents

2025-26: Bob Gordon, Jr., CCE
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.