ICCFA Officers
N. Lee Longino
President
Service Corporation International
Houston, Texas
Bob Gordon, Jr., CCE
President-Elect
Cypress Lawn
Colma, California
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, CCFE, CPLP
Vice President, External Affairs
Williams Funeral Homes & Crematory
Columbia, Tennessee
John Bolton, CCE, CCrE, CSE CXE
Vice President, Education
Park Lawn Corporation
Houston, Texas
Christopher Keller
Treasurer
Life Remembrance & CPRA Studios
Littleton, Colorado
Micah Singerman, MBA
Secretary
Shalom Memorial Park & Funeral Home
Arlington Heights, Illinois
Executive Committee
N. Lee Longino
ICCFA President
Service Corporation International
Robbie Pape, CCFE
ICCFA Immediate Past President
Carriage Services
Bob Gordon Jr., CCE
ICCFA President-Elect
Cypress Lawn
Jay Dodds, CFSP
President’s Appointment
Park Lawn Corporation
Fred Lappin, CCE
Past President’s Appointment
Knollwood Cemetery Corp
Board of Directors
Park Lawn Corporation
Daniel Bryan
Clift Dempsey, CCFE
Leaf Cremation
Janis Diamond
Dignity Memorial
Darin Drabing
Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries
Gary Freytag, CCFE
Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum
Kevin Gaffney
Funeral Directors Life
Trey Hall
Gentry-Morrison Funeral Home
Spencer Hines
NorthStar Memorial Group
Sam James
James Funeral Home & Northlake Memorial Gardens
Jeff Kidwiler, CCE, CSE
Blackstone Cemetery Development
Elisa Krcilek
Mountain View Funeral Home & Cemetery
René Negrete
Inglewood Park Cemetery
John Newcomer
Newcomer Funeral Services Group
Kyle Nikola
Fidelity Memorial Group
Rafael Ochoa
Hillside Memorial Park & Mortuary
Robbie Pape, CCFE
Carriage Services
Andrew Parsell
Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematory/Parsell Pet Crematorium
Kirk Roberts
Sherwood Memorial Gardens
Kent Robertson
Not Active
Jan Smith, CFSP
Flanner Buchanan Funeral Centers
Phil Tassi, CPA
Ferncliff Cemetery Association
Jeremy Weaver
Carriage Services
Don Winsett
Winsett Consulting
Special Appointments
Lauren Blevins, CCFE, CPLP
Williams Funeral Homes & Crematory
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
Darin Drabing
Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries
Past President elected to serve a one-year term on the Board
Jeff Kidwiler, CCE, CSE
Blackstone Memorial
Past President elected to serve a one-year term on the Board
Gino Merendino
Merendino Cemetery Care
Educational Foundation President
Andrés Aguilar
Los Parques, SA
ALPAR Representative
ICCFA Committee Chairs
Finance Committee
Christopher Keller
CPRA Studio, LLC
Government & Legal Committee
Keenan Knopke, CCFE
Curlew Hills Memory Gardens Inc.
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, CCFE, CPLP
Williams Funeral Homes & Crematory
Sales & Marketing Committee
Mike Harens
Matthews International
Strategic Planning Committee
Lee Longino
Service Corporation International
Veterans Committee
Andy Lopez
SoCal Approach
Gino Merendino
Merendino Cemetery Care
Women In Leadership Committee
Jennifer Olvera, CCE
Green Hills Memorial Park
Past Presidents
2023-2024: 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.