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Wright Takes Office As ICFA President
 Christine Toson Hentges casts her vote in elections for the ICFA Board of Directors. She and seven other members were elected or re-elected to the board at the ICFA convention.
The ICFA’s leadership for the year 2002-2003 was elected during the 2002 Convention & Exposition in Orlando, Florida. Officers are:
• President—William L. Wright, CCE, vice president, Fairlawn Burial Park and Heritage Funeral Home, Hutchinson, Kansas;
• President-Elect—Carol E. Caunter, managing director of marketing, Service Corporation International, Houston, Texas;
• Vice President, Membership—Thomas Roberts, CCE, president, Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;
• Vice President, Education—David Tobias, president, Tobias Funeral Home, Dayton, Ohio;
• Vice President, Products and Services—Patrick R. Downey, CCE, vice president of sales and marketing, Palm Mortuaries and Memorial Parks, Las Vegas, Nevada;
• Vice President, Industry Relations—Paul Elvig, vice president, Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Seattle, Washington;
• Secretary—Douglas P. Whynott, CCE, chief executive officer, Woodlawn Cemetery Corp., Everett, Massachusetts; and
• Treasurer: Ray Frew, CCFE, president, Green Hills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, California.
Members elected to serve three-year terms on the ICFA Board of Directors:
• Richard F. Cody, CCE, president, Resthaven Memorial Gardens Inc., Frederick, Maryland;
• Christine Toson Hentges, general manager and vice president, Pinelawn Memorial Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
• Keenan L. Knopke, CCE, president and chief operating officer, Northern Region, Southern Division, Stewart Enterprises Inc., Winter Park, Florida;
• Mark J. Krause, president, Krause Funeral Homes & Cremation Services Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
• Gregory W. Roberts, president, American Cemetery Services and Sherwood Memorial Gardens, Wooster, Ohio;
• Scott R. Sells, CCFE, area vice president, Service Corporation International-Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii;
• Gregg Alan Strom, senior vice president-business development, Cornerstone Family Services Inc., Bristol, Pennsylvania; and
• William P. Tate, CCE, general manager and assistant treasurer, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Saco, Maine.
The American Municipal Cemetery Council appointment to serve a one-year term on the board:
• Philip J. Carpenter, supervisor, Grandview Roselawn Cemeteries, Fort Collins, Colorado.
The International Memorialization Supply Association appointment to serve a one-year term on the board:
• Bernie Frie, general manager, Granit-Bronz-Cold Spring Granite Memorial Group, Cold Spring, Minnesota.
Past presidents elected to serve one-year terms on the board:
• Andrew J. Conroy III, president, Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum, Cincinnati, Ohio;
• B. David Daly, CCFE, president, Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park & Funeral Home, Seattle, Washington, and Abbey View Memorial Park, Brier, Washington; and
• Arlie T. Davenport Jr., vice president, Greenwood-Mount Olivet Cemeteries and Funeral Home, Fort Worth, Texas.
Continuing on the board are:
• Fernando Aguilar, Cementario Los Parques, Guatemala.
• Barry Berlin, Hillside Memorial Park & Mortuary, Los Angeles, California.
• Gary Brown, CCE, CCCE, Catholic Cemeteries of Phoenix, Arizona.
• David Brownworth, Corporate Funeral Services, Scottsdale, Arizona.
• Gregory J. Easley, CCE, Hillcrest Memorial Park & Funeral Home, Omaha, Nebraska/Stewart Enterprises.
• Marcia A. Echols, Memorial Gardens, Nashville, Tennessee.
• Francis F. Elliott, CCE, CCCE, San Lorenzo Cemetery, St. Augustine, Florida.
• Paul M. Elvig, Evergreen-Washelli Funeral Home & Cemetery, Seattle, Washington.
• Henry L. Epstein, The Louis Memorial Chapel, Kansas City, Missouri.
• J. Daniel Garrison, CCE, Service Corp. International, Houston, Texas.
• Ernest F. Heffner, Heffner Funeral Homes & Crematory, York, Pennsylvania.
• Robert A. McConneghy III, Centinela Group, Agoura Hills, California.
• David H. Quiring, CM, FAICA, Quiring Monuments, Seattle, Washington.
• Richard T. Sells, CCE, Service Corporation International, San Diego, California.
• David J. Shipper, Futura Group, Ewing, New Jersey.
• David B. Tobias, Tobias Funeral Home, Dayton, Ohio.
• Thomas Van Buskirk, CCE, Linn Grove Cemetery, Greeley, Colorado.
• Andrea L. Vittum, CCE, White Haven Memorial Park, Pittsford, New York.
• Gregg M. Williamson, CCE, Rose Hills Memorial Park and Mortuary, Whittier, California.
Copyright ICFA 2002
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