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COM NEWS Association CONTINUED Catholic Cemetery Conference Appoints Gervasi as Executive Director Bobby Steven Spann and Brad Walker Elected 2022-24 At-large Representatives to NFDA Board of Directors HILLSIDE,IL— The Reverend Monsignor William F. Baver, President of the Catholic Cemetery Conference has announced the appointment of Mr. Ralph Gervasi, CAE as the new Executive Director of the Conference effective August 2, 2022. Gervasi will be joining the CCC during the association’s 73rd Convention being held in Palm Springs, CA September 19-22, 2022. The Catholic Cemetery Conference, recognized as a Catholic organization by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), includes in its membership individuals from 149 dioceses in 46 states; 5 provinces in Canada; Puerto Rico; Guam; and Oceania, including Australia. These members include smaller, individual parish cemeteries as well as larger, multi-cemetery diocesan cemetery operations. SEND US YOUR NEWS! PO Box 5159 Youngstown, Oh 44514 1-800-321-7479 info@nomispublications.com Bobby Steven Spann Brad Walker BROOKFIELD,WI— Bobby Steven Spann, CFSP and Brad Walker, CFSP, CPC, CCO, were elected to serve as at-large representatives on the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) board of directors. They will begin two-year terms of service immediately following the 2022 NFDA International Convention & Expo. On July 12, during the NFDA Leadership Conference in Lake Buena Vista, FL state association representatives elected the new at-large representatives. State association representatives are the voting representatives from each state who cast a ballot on behalf of their state for the at-large representatives on the NFDA Board of Directors. Bobby Steven Spann, CFSP, has been a funeral director for more than 40 years and currently owns Spann Funeral Home in Dickson, TN and Humphreys County Funeral Home in Waverly, TN. Spann has served as president of John A. Gupton College of Mortuary Science since 1994. Spann is a dedicated volunteer leader in the funeral service profession. He has served in many leadership roles with the Tennessee Funeral Directors Association (TFDA), including as chair of the Education Committee and chair of the Alkaline Hydrolysis Sub-Committee. His service to TFDA also included serving on the board of directors, culminating with a term as the 2016-17 president. His national service is equally admirable, having served from 2018 to 2021 on the NFDA Convention Education Task Force. He has also been a member of the American Board of Funeral Service Education (ABFSE) since 1994 and has served on the Curriculum Review Committee as chair of the National Board Exam Liaison Committee and as chair of the Committee on Accreditation. Spann is a past president of the University Mortuary Science Education Association and the current Treasurer of the University Mortuary Science Education Association. A third-generation funeral director, Brad Walker, CFSP, CPC, CCO, grew up working in his family’s firm, Walker Funeral Home, which has locations in Spanish Fork and Payson, UT. Dedicated to his chosen profession, he has helped shape the next generation of funeral directors by teaching at Salt Lake Community College as an adjunct professor in the mortuary science program. Walker has also been an active volunteer leader with his state and national associations. He has served as chair of the Utah Funeral Directors Association (UFDA) Legislative Committee. His service to UFDA also includes serving as district director, secretary-treasurer, vice president, president-elect and president of the association’s board of directors. He currently serves as a member of NFDA’s Budget Task Force. NFDA extends its gratitude to the other at-large representative candidates who stepped forward and ran strong campaigns: Anthony Guerra, Guerra & Gutierrez Mortuaries, Los Angeles, CA; Ellen Wynn McBrayer, Jones-Wynn Funeral Homes & Crematory, Villa Rica, GA; James M. “Jimmy” Olson, Olson Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Sheboygan, WI; and Timothy J. Schramm, Howe-Peterson Funeral Homes LLC, Dearborn, MI. visit NomisPublications.com or call 1-800-321-7479 “I Love My Funeral Director” “I Love My Cemeterian” Perfect Gift for Any Occasion! Order Your Favori te Animal Today!
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