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OCTOBER 2014
FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS
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FINE Announces Summer
Dean’s List
STERLING,VA—
Jeff Kidwiler,
CCE, CSE, vice presi-
dent of
Heritage Park,
Metro Manila, Philippines, was
appointed to serve a two-year term as chancellor of
IC-
CFA University.
ICCFA University is considered the flagship education-
al conference that the
International Cemetery, Cremation
and Funeral Association
holds annually. Students enroll
in a five-day, rigorous classroom experience taught by in-
dustry veterans and outside-the-industry experts in one
of six concentrations: 21st Century Services; Cremation;
Funeral Home Management; Land Management and
Grounds Operations; Leadership, Management and Ad-
ministration; and Sales and Marketing.
Kidwiler was the 2012-2013 ICCFA president. Previous-
ly, he served multiple terms as a member of the ICCFA
board of directors before becoming the association’s vice
president of education and vice president of membership
and marketing. Kidwiler also led the recent ICCFA strate-
NEWS
Educational
Jeff Kidwiler Appointed as ICCFA University
Chancellor
Jeff Kidwiler
gic planning committee.
Kidwiler was dean of the
ICCFA University Col-
lege of Land Management
and Grounds Operations
from 2005 to 2011. Kid-
wiler served as program
chair for the ICCFA 2009
convention and exposition
and for the ICCFA 2003
Fall Management Confer-
ence, and served on the as-
sociation’s sales and market-
ing committee, which plans
the annual ICCFA Wide
World of Sales Conference.
Kidwiler holds a Certified
Cemetery Executive (CCE)
designation and a Certified
Supplier Executive (CSE)
designation in recognition
of his extensive manage-
ment experience within the
profession.
“Jeff has been a devoted
leader in our association
and profession, plus he was
a longtime dean,” said IC-
CFA president-elect
Da-
rin Drabing,
Forest Lawn
Memorial-Parks & Mor-
tuaries,
Glendale, CA. “He
has experience on all sides
of the industry: cemetery,
funeral, cremation, and as a memorial builder and sup-
plier. His breadth of knowledge and entrepreneurial spir-
it make him a leader who can challenge us to make the
University curriculum even better and more responsive to
what’s on the horizon.”
The 2015 session of ICCFA University will take place July
17-22, again at the
Universit
appli-
cations will be posted onlin
l.
e In-
ternational Cemetery, Cre-
mation and Funeral Associa-
tion is the only international
trade association represent-
ing all segments of the cem-
etery, cremation, funeral
and memorialization pro-
fession. Its membership is
composed of more than
8,900 rooftop locations and
15,000 professionals in the
cemetery, funeral home and
crematory industries, as well
as supplier and related busi-
nesses worldwide.
NORWOOD,MA—
FINE Mortuary College, LLC:
A
Private Two Year College, is proud to announce the
Dean’s List for the Summer 2014 Term.
Full-time student,
Alex Acher,
and part-time stu-
dents,
Lynn Hathaway-Viveiros
and
Allison Zim-
mer,
earned High Honors.
The following full time students earned Honors:
Jen-
nifer Burnham, Peter Masuzzo
and
Julie Thibault.
Part-time students who earned Honors were:
Kai-
la Bangerter, Catherine Boyd, Raschel Charles, Jo-
seph Collins, Laurenmarie Cormier, Emily Croteau,
John Davies, Nathan Fetterhoff, Drew Fiske, Chelsea
Graves, Cheryl Hanson, Josh Hunt, Sayr Hurley, Lau-
ren Ladd, Benjamin Landry, Corinne Leary, Jennifer
O’Hara, Carl Parmenter, Matthew Pichi, Benjamin
Poinier, Christine Quintel, Gary Steffens, Connor,
Sullivan, Renee Sullivan, Brian Veras
and
Erin Young.
FINE congratulates all these FINEst students for
their achievement.