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NFDA Professional Wom-
en’s conference from the
very beginning. Annual
support for this profession-
al development scholarship
program has allowed us to
award scholarships to near-
ly 125 deserving women
since 1998,” said O’Neill.
The 2017 Profession-
al Women’s Conference
Scholarship recipients are:
Lisa Hedges Bacon, Rog-
ers, AR; Berri Lynn Coo-
per, Chicago, IL; Heather
Hill, Raleigh, NC; Laura
Holland, Land O’ Lakes,
FL; Heather Jennings, Ar-
kona, ON; Dawn Nelson,
Brownsville, WI; Kathlene
Mary Rodgers, Dearborn,
MI; Lori Sheeler, India-
napolis, IN; Tracy Spiess,
Redford Township, MI;
Joan Stasi, Albuquerque,
NM; and Martha Swan-
son, West Grove, PA.
The NFDA Profession-
al Women’s Conference
Scholarships are part of the
Foundation ’45 Awards,
which are offered on the
premise that access to sol-
id education and resourc-
es can help funeral ser-
vice professionals propel
their career to the next
level. The Foundation ’45
Awards also include an ex-
panded array of academ-
ic scholarships, NFDA’s
Meet the Mentors pro-
gram, and the newly cre-
ated Career Development
Awards, which underwrite
registration fees for a single
NFDA Arranger Training,
Cremation Certification
or Certified Preplanning
Consultant seminar of the
recipient’s choosing.
Information about the
Foundation ’45 Awards can
be found at FuneralService-
. Dates and
deadlines vary. Applications
for scholarships to attend
the 2018 NFDA Profes-
sional Women’s Conference
will be available online early
next year.
Professional Women’s Conference