Rinnovati i vertici della ICCFA

La International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association (ICCFA), l’Associazione principale degli USA per il settore funerario, ha rinnovato i propri vertici nel corso della annuale Conventione svoltasi dal 20 al 23 Aprile 2009 a Las Vegas, Nevada. Riportiamo la composizione estesa, tratta dalla comunicazione pervenutaci:

ICCFA officers for 2009-2010 are:
” President-Gregg M. Williamson, CCE, Rose Hills Memorial Park & Mortuary, Whittier, California;
” President-Elect-Kevin R. Daniels, CCE, The Daniels Company, Albuquerque, New Mexico;
” Vice President, Education-Jeff Kidwiler, CCE, CSE, Heritage Park, Metro Manila, Philippines;
” Vice President, Membership & Marketing-Nancy R. Lohman, CCFE, Lohman Funeral Homes, Cemeteries & Cremation, Ormond Beach, Florida;
” Vice President, External Affairs-Darin B. Drabing, Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries, Glendale, California;
” Vice President, Internal Affairs-I. Frederick Lappin, CCE, Knollwood Cemetery Corporation and Sharon Memorial Park, Sharon, Massachusetts;
” Treasurer-Kenneth E. Varner, CCFE, Cypress Lawn Memorial Park & Funeral Home, Colma, California; and
” Secretary-Cynthia A. Thompson, Mountain View Funeral Home, Memorial Park & Crematory, Tacoma, Washington.
Members elected to serve three-year terms on the ICCFA Board of Directors are:
” April DeYoung, Forest Park Cemeteries and Funeral Home, Shreveport, Louisiana;
” Michael H. Doherty, Esq., Fairfax Memorial Park and Fairfax Memorial Funeral Home, Fairfax, Virginia;
” Jennifer Leigh Frew, Green Hills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, California;
” Caressa Hughes, Service Corporation International Inc., Houston, Texas;
” Jeff Kidwiler, CCE, CSE, Heritage Park, Metro Manila, Philippines;
” C. John Linge, Cedar Memorial Park and Cremation Society of Eastern-Central-Western Iowa, Cedar Rapids, Iowa;
” William P. Tate, CCE, CCrE, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Saco, Maine;
” Kenneth E. Varner, CCFE, Cypress Lawn Cemetery Association, Colma, California.
In addition, Linda Jankowski, Mount Elliott Cemetery Association of Clinton Township, Michigan, was elected to serve a one-year term to fill out the unexpired term of Gregg M. Williamson, CCE.
Past presidents elected to serve a one-year term on the Board are:
” Daniel E. Reed, CCE, Daniel E. Reed & Associates, Springfield, Missouri;
” Richard T. Sells, CCE, San Diego, California; and
” David J. Shipper, Futura Group, Ewing, New Jersey.
The International Memorialization Supply Association appointment to serve a one-year term on the board is Lynn Illig, Matthews International, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The presidential appointments to represent the ICCFA on the Cemetery Consumer Service Council are:
” Thomas P. Daly, CCE, CCCE, CHS Consulting Group, Westwood, Massachusetts; and
” William P. Tate, CCE, CCrE, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Saco, Maine.
William B. Addison, Jr., Evergreen Mortuary, Cemetery & Crematory, Tucson, Arizona, was elected to the Service Bureau Board of Directors by members of the ICCFA Service Bureau.
Members of the 2008-2009 Executive Committee are as follows:
” ICCFA President Gregg M. Williamson, CCE, Rose Hills Memorial Park & Mortuary, Whittier, California;
” ICCFA President-Elect Kevin R. Daniels, CCE, The Daniels Company, Albuquerque, New Mexico;
” ICCFA Immediate Past President Mark J. Krause, CFuE, Krause Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
” Arlie T. Davenport. Jr., Greenwood-Mount Olivet, Fort Worth, Texas (past president’s appointment);
” I. Frederick Lappin, CCE, Knollwood Cemetery Corporation and Sharon Memorial Park, Sharon, Massachusetts (president’s appointment);
” ICCFA Treasurer Kenneth E. Varner, CCFE, Cypress Lawn Memorial Park & Funeral Home, Colma, California (ex-officio);
” ICCFA External Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel Robert Fells, Esq., (ex-officio); and
” ICCFA Internal Chief Operating Officer Joseph Budzinski (ex-officio).