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.