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Professional Directory 1885 Shelby Lane Fayetteville, AR 72704 Office: 479-442-7076 Fax: 479-442-7090 E-Mail: info@theconferenceonline.org Website: www.theconferenceonline.org 2014 2015 The Conference Board of Directors The Conference Staff Funeral Service Licensing Boards ABFSE Accredited Mortuary Schools www.theconferenceonline.org

The International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards, Inc. Vision Statement To be the collective voice of the funeral service regulatory community and promote excellence in regulation through the sharing of best practices and the facilitation of open dialogues across all jurisdictions. Mission Statement To be the premier source for examination services, information and regulatory support for the death care profession by continually monitoring the regulatory environment and providing services to meet the needs of our membership. Goals 1. Expand and enhance The Conference member services to support the regulatory community. 2. Enhance and expand communication to member boards, associate members, and exam candidates for understanding the purpose of The Conference. 3. Increase the effectiveness of The Conference through the development of the Board and staff. 4. Define and enhance the identity and the role of The Conference to increase stakeholder understanding. ICFSEB Past Presidents Name Year Name Year Name Year J. H. McCully 1904-1905 Charles B. Cool 1943 Denver Jones 1979 H. M. Bracken 1906-1907 Charles Delosier 1944 Richard R. Poindexter 1980 L. T. Christian 1907-1908 Raymond A. Brown 1945 Connie L. Pickering 1981 C. M. Ranger 1909 Ray Crowder 1946 George J. Gonce 1982 W. M. Hill 1910 Gerald L. Brown 1947 Faris C. Sykes 1983 C. H. Watkins, Jr. 1911 Paul D. McAuley 1948 Keith L. Rottman 1984 Joseph S. Johnston 1912 William L. Finley, Jr. 1949 Bruce Eckersell 1985 C. F. Moadinger, Jr. 1913 Orlo G. Roberts 1950 Donald V. Borgwardt 1986 John Mass 1914 George Reynolds 1951 Robert J. Fenelon 1987 C. E. Titus 1915 N. Lawrence Enger 1952 Robert E. Blais 1988 B. F. Markley 1916 Paul Y. Griffin 1953 Henry H. Jordon, Jr. 1989 A. E. Griffin 1917 Paul W. Eddy 1954 Charles Lindquist 1990 F. C. Haley 1918 David W. Bumgardner, Jr. 1955 David Veile 1991 Joe W. Henry 1919 August Brandt, Jr. 1956 Douglas Mack Smith 1992 F. H. Volger 1920 G. L. Banks 1957 Deborah H. Orecki 1993 T. S. Wright 1921 John N. Santeiu 1958 Charles F. Greco 1994 O. L. Gallaway 1922 Rufus V. Herndon, Jr. 1959 Edward O Sullivan 1995 Rex B. Yeager 1923-1924 Alva R. Wing 1960 Edgar Ed Robertson 1996 O. D. DuPre 1925 John T. MacDougall 1961 David J. Benke 1997 J. A. West 1926 Loren E. Hillis 1962 Robert L. Starks 1998 Ramsey Burton 1927 Jodie W. Sevier 1963 Corrine J. Culbreth 1999-2000 Edward P. Jones 1928 Clifford H. Brown 1964 Joseph B. Jenkins, III 2001 John B. Hazen 1929 J. Harold Connley 1965 J. Terry Woodard 2002 W. H. Dorrance 1930 Edmund A. Thibault 1966 John J. Kazlauskas 2003 A. C. Connelley 1931 John T. Niland 1967 John J. Michelotti 2004 J. U. Maynard 1932 James L. McCully 1968 John D. Runsvold 2005 C. W. Porterfield 1933 James A. Vander Pleog 1969 Jerry W. Griffin 2006 John B. Stearns 1934 J. Chalmers Dial 1970 O.C. Chet Robbins 2007 Glen S. Macy 1935 Tom F. Curry 1971 Billie Watson Hughes 2008 Silas E. Ross 1936 Robert E. O Shaugnessy 1972 Lisa M. Moore 2009 John I. Reilly 1937 Joe A. Myers 1973 Robert N. Barnes 2010 George A. Farley 1938 William L. Hoy 1974 Randal R. Bangert 2011 J. Ray Keaton 1939 Joseph R. LaBeau 1975 Bart A. Thompson 2012 Ernest E. Vincent 1940 Walter J. Precht 1976 Gail Thomas-DeWitt 2013 Al Didesch 1941 Maynard G. Heitner 1977 William C. Celenta- 1942 Ronald Giddens 1978

Washington Department of Licensing Funeral & Cemetery Office Lorin Doyle Administrator Jeanne Todd, Program Coordinator P.O. Box 9012 Olympia, WA 98507-9012 UPS: 405 Black Lake Boulevard Olympia, WA 98502 Office: 360-664-1555 Fax: 360-664-1495 E-mail: funerals@dol.wa.gov Website: www.dol.wa.gov/business/ funeralcemetery Lake Washington Institute of Technology #73 Funeral Service Education Lauren Budrow, Director 11605 132nd Ave NE Kirkland, WA 98034-8506 Office: 425-739-88385 Fax: 360-320-6624 E-mail: lauren.budrow@lwtech.edu Website: www.lwtech.edu West Virginia West Virginia Board of Funeral Service Examiners Regina Foster, Executive Director 179 Summers Street, Suite 305 Charleston, WV 25301 Office: 304-558-0302 Fax: 304-558-0660 E-mail: wvfuneralboard@hotmail.com Website: www.wvfuneralboard.com 20 Wisconsin Wisconsin Funeral Directors Examining Board Dept. of Safety & Professional Services Brittany Lewin, Executive Director Judy Mendor, Credentialing P.O. Box 8935 Madison, WI 53708-8935 UPS: 1400 E. Washington Avenue Madison, WI 53703 Office: 608-266-2112 Fax: 608-267-3816 E-mail: web@dsps.wi.gov Website: www.drl.wi.gov Milwaukee Area Technical College #21 Funeral Service Program West Campus Peter Stevens, Coordinator 1200 South 71st Street West Allis, WI 53214 Office: 414-456-5320 Fax: 414-456-5441 E-mail: stevenpj@matc.edu Website: www.matc.edu Wyoming JoAnn Reid, Licensing Director Wyoming State Board of Embalming Emerson Building 104 200 Capitol Ave. Cheyenne, WY 82002 Office: 307-777-5403 Fax: 307-777-3508 E-mail: joann.reid@wyo.gov Website: www.plboards.state.wy.us Table of Contents Executive Officers & Board Members Page 2 Board Members Page 3 Committee Appointments Page 4 Administrative Staff Page 4 Member Services Page 5 Funeral Service Licensing Boards & Schools Page 6 ICFSEB Past Presidents Page 21

Board of Directors Executive Officers President BART R. BURTON (2nd term expires 2016) Palm Mortuary 1325 N. Main St Las Vegas, NV 89101 Office: 702-464-8300 Fax: 702-464-8355 E-mail: bart.burton@dignitymemorial.com District 9 Director: Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, and Utah Vice President DR. HARI P. CLOSE, II, CFSP (2nd term expires 2017) Hari P. Close Funeral Service, P.A. 5126 Belair Rd Baltimore, MD 21206 Office: 410-327-3100 Fax: 410-325-7767 E-mail: hpclose@haripclosefs.com District 2 Director: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington D.C. Secretary/Treasurer ROBERT C. CARTER, CFSP (2nd term expires 2017) Robert C. Carter Funeral Services PO Box 2884 Columbus, OH 43216 Office: 614-291-3040 Fax:: 614-291-3046 E-mail: rccfs1986@gmail.com District 4 Director: Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Ontario Past President (2013) GAIL A. THOMAS-DEWITT, CFSP Gail & Wynn s Mortuary, Inc. 1300 Bruton Blvd Orlando, FL 32805 Office: 407-522-4700 Fax: 407-522-4799 E-mail: gwynn555@aol.com Dallas Institute of Funeral Service #07 James Shoemake, President 3909 South Buckner Boulevard Dallas, TX 75227-4314 Phone: 800-235-5444 Office: 214-388-5466 Fax: 214-388-0316 E-mail: difs@dallasinstitute.edu Website: www.dallasinstitute.edu San Antonio College #28 Mortuary Science Department Felix B. Gonzales, Department Chair 1300 San Pedro Avenue San Antonio, TX 78212-4299 Office: 210-486-1137 Fax: 210-486-9241 E-mail: fgonzales@alamo.edu Website: www.alamo.edu/sac/mortuary Utah Utah Board of Funeral Service Dan Jones, Bureau Manager Ann Naegelin, Board Secretary P.O. Box 146741 Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6741 UPS: 160 East 300 South Salt Lake City, UT 84111 Office: 801-530-6628 Fax: 801-530-6511 E-mail: anaegelin@utah.gov Website: www.dopl.utah.gov Salt Lake Community College #75 Mortuary Sceince Program David S. Hess, Director 3491 West Wights Fort Road JHS 143 G West Jordan, Utah 84088 Office: 801-957-6205 Fax: 801-957-6353 E-mail: david.hess@slcc.edu Website: www.slcc.edu/mortuaryscience Vermont Vermont Board of Funeral Service Office of Professional Regulation Danielle Rubalcaba, Licensing Specialist National Life Building, North FL2 Montpelier, VT 05620-3402 Office: 802-828-1501 Fax: 802-828-2465 E-mail: danielle.rubalcaba@sec.state.vt.us Website: www.vtprofessionals.org Virginia Virginia Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers Department of Health Professions Lisa Hahn, Executive Director Perimeter Center 9960 Mayland Dr. Suite 300 Richmond, Virginia 23233 Office: 804-367-4479 Fax: 804-527-4413 E-mail: fanbd@dhp.virginia.gov Website: www.dhp.virginia.gov/funeral John Tyler Community College #15 Funeral Service Program Rhonda Pleasants, Dept. Chair 13101 Jefferson Davis Highway Chester, VA 23831 Office: 804-706-5118 Fax: 804-678-6624 E-mail: rpleasants@jtcc.edu Website: www.jtcc.edu Tidewater Community College #63 Funeral Service Program J. F. Walton, Coordinator 1700 College Crescent Virginia Beach, VA 23453 Office: 757-822-7074 Fax: 757-822-7483 E-mail: jwalton@tcc.edu Website: www.tcc.edu/funeralservices 2 19

South Carolina South Carolina Board of Funeral Service Doris Cubitt, Administrator Jeanie Rose, Administrative Assistant P.O. Box 11329 Columbia, SC 29211 110 Centerview Drive, Suite 104 Columbia, SC 29210 Office: 803-896-0379 Fax: 803-896-4554 E-mail: jeanie.rose@llr.sc.gov Website: www.llr.state.sc.us/pol/funeral Piedmont Technical College #53 Funeral Service Education David B. Martin, Coordinator P.O. Box 1467 Greenwood, SC 29648-1467 Office: 864-941-8774 Fax: 864-941-8595 E-mail: martin.d@ptc.edu Website: www.ptc.edu South Dakota State Board of Funeral Service Carol Tellinghuisen, Executive Secretary 810 North Main, Suite 298 Spearfish, SD 57783 UPS: 629 Main St Spearfish, SD 57783 Office: 605-642-1600 Fax: 605-722-1006 E-mail: proflic@rushmore.com Website: www.doh.sd.gov/boards/ funeralboard Tennessee Board of Funeral Directors & Embalmers Robert B. Gribble, Executive Director 500 James Robertson Parkway Nashville, TN 37243-1144 Office: 615-741-5062 Fax: 615-532-1903 E-mail: robert.gribble@tn.gov Website: www.state.tn.us/regboards/ funeral 18 John A. Gupton College #14 B. Steven Spann, President Donna Collard, Director 1616 Church Street Nashville, TN 37203 Office: 615-327-3927 Fax: 615-321-4518 E-mail: spann@guptoncollege.edu E-mail: collard@guptoncollege.edu Website: www.guptoncollege.edu Texas Texas Funeral Service Commission Janice McCoy, Executive Director P.O. Box 12217, Capitol Station Austin, TX 78711-1440 UPS: 333 Guadalupe Street, 2-110 Austin, TX 78701 Office: 512-936-2474 Fax: 512-479-5064 E-mail: info@tfsc.state.tx.us Website: www.tfsc.state.tx.us Amarillo College #42 West Campus Scott Rankin, Program Director PO Box 447 Amarillo, TX 79178 UPS: 2201 S. Washington Amarillo, TX 79178 Office: 806-356-3631 Fax: 806-356-3657 E-Mail: jsrankin@actx.edu Web Site: www.actx.edu/mortuary Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service #05 Jason Altieri, President 415 Barren Springs Drive Houston, TX 77090 Office: 281-873-0262 Fax: 281-873-5232 E-mail: j.altieri@commonwealth.edu Website: www.commonwealth.edu Board Members DEBORAH H. ORECKI (1st term expires 2015) District 1 Director: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont New York Department of Health Bureau of Funeral Directing 875 Central Ave Albany, NY 12206 Office: 518-402-0785 Fax: 518402-0784 E-mail: deborah.orecki@health.ny.gov DOUGLAS MACK SMITH (1st term expires 2015) District 6 Director: Iowa, Kansas, Manitoba, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin Kansas State Board of Mortuary Arts 700 S.W. Jackson Street, Suite 904 Topeka, KS 66603-3733 Office: 785-296-3980 Fax: 785-296-0891 E-mail: mack.smith@ksbma.ks.gov PETER M. BURKE, CFSP (1st term expires 2017) District 3 Director: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina North Carolina Board of Funeral Service Peter Burke, CFSP, Executive Director 1033 Wade Avenue, Suite 108 Raleigh, NC 27605-1158 Office: 919-733-9380, ext 105 Fax: 919-733-8271 E-mail: pmburke@ncbfs.org EDWARD MUHLEISEN (1st term expires 2017) District 7 Director: Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas L.A. Muhleisen & Son Funeral Home 2607 Williams Blvd. Kenner, LA 70062 Office: 504-466-8577 Fax: 504-466-6860 E-mail: Edward@muhleisen.com LETRICIA R. CHANDLER (2nd term expires 2016) District 5 Director: Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennessee Kentucky Board of Embalmers & Funeral Directors 8412 Westport Road Louisville, KY 40242 Office: 502-426-4589 Fax: 502-426-4117 E-mail: letriciar.chandler@ky.gov A.R. SANDY MAHON (1st term expires 2016) District 8 Director: Alaska, Alberta, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Saskatchewan, Washington, and Wyoming Funeral & Cremation Services Council of Saskatchewan 3847C Albert St. Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 3R4 CANADA Office: 306-584-1575 Fax: 306-584-1576 E-mail: registrar@fcscs.ca 3

4 2014-2015 Committee Appointments Professional Policy Committee Dr. Hari P Close II, CFSP, Chair Edward Muhleisen Deborah Orecki Douglas Mack Smith Finance Committee Robert Carter, CFSP, Chair Peter Burke, CFSP Letricia Chandler A.R. Sandy Mahon Administrative Staff Dalene Paull, Executive Director E-Mail: director@theconferenceonline.org Phone: 479-283-3288 Sarah Gill Examination Program Manager E-Mail: exams@theconferenceonline.org Phone: 479-442-7076 x8 Lauren Thomas, Member Services Manager E-Mail: services@theconferenceonline.org Phone: 479-442-7062 x6 Dustin Wardlow, Information & Technology Manager E-Mail: info@theconferenceonline.org Phone: 479-442-7076 x7 Office Fax: 479-442-7090 Website: www.theconferenceonline.org Mailing Address: The Conference 1885 Shelby Lane Fayetteville, AR 72704 Ontario Board of Funeral Services Doug Simpson, Registrar 2810-777 Bay Street, Box 117 Toronto, ON M5G 2C8 CANADA Office: 416-979-5450 Fax: 416-979-0384 E-mail: doug.simpson@funeralboard.com Website: www.funeralboard.com Oregon Oregon Mortuary & Cemetery Board Michelle Gaines, Executive Director 800 N.E. Oregon Street, Suite 430 Portland, OR 97232-2195 Office: 971-673-1507 Fax: 971-673-1501 E-mail: mortuary.board@state.or.us Website: www.oregon.gov/mortcem Mt. Hood Community College #22 Department of Funeral Service Education Doug Ferrin, Director 26000 S.E. Stark Street Gresham, OR 97030 Office: 503-491-6940 Fax: 503-491-6050 E-mail: doug.ferrin@mhcc.edu Website: www.mhcc.edu Pennsylvania Pennsylvania State Board of Funeral Directors Heidy Weirich, Board Administrator P.O. Box 2649 Harrisburg, PA 17105-2649 UPS: 2601 N. Third Street Harrisburg, PA 17110 Office: 717-783-3397 Fax: 717-705-5540 E-mail: st-funeral@state.pa.us Website: www.dos.state.pa.us/funeral Northampton Community College #24 Funeral Service Education Tony Moore, Director 3835 Green Pond Road Bethlehem, PA 18020 Office: 610-861-5388 Fax: 610-861-4581 E-mail: tmoore@northampton.edu Website: www.northampton.edu Pittsburgh Inst. of Mortuary Science #26 Eugene C. Ogrodnik, President & CEO 5808 Baum Boulevard Pittsburgh, PA 15206 Office: 412-362-8500 Fax: 412-362-1684 E-mail: pims5808@aol.com Website: www.pims.edu Rhode Island State Board of Funeral Directing/Embalming Maureen Slowik, Administrator Department of Health, Room 104 3 Capitol Hill Providence, RI 02908-5097 Office: 401-222-2828 Fax: 401-222-1272 E-mail: maureen.slowik@health.ri.gov Website: www.health.ri.gov Saskatchewan A.R. "Sandy" Mahon, Registrar Funeral & Cremation Services Council of Saskatchewan 3847C Albert St. Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 3R4 CANADA Office: 306-584-1575 Fax: 306-584-1576 E-mail: registrar@fcscs.ca Website: www.fcscs.ca 17

State University of New York - Canton #32 School of Science, Health & Criminal Justice Funeral Service Administration David Penepent, Program Director Cook Hall 107 Office: 315-386-7170 Fax: 315-386-7959 E-mail: penepentd@canton.edu Website: www.canton.edu/sci_health/ fsad/description.html North Carolina North Carolina Board of Funeral Service Peter Burke, CFSP, Executive Director 1033 Wade Avenue, Suite 108 Raleigh, NC 27605-1158 Office: 919-733-9380, ext 105 Fax: 919-733-8271 E-mail: pmburke@ncbfs.org Website: www.ncbfs.org Fayetteville Technical Community College #10 Funeral Service Education Department M. David Hall, Department Chairperson P.O. Box 35236, 2201 Hull Road Fayetteville, NC 28303-0236 Office: 910-678-8301 Fax 910-678-0169 E-mail: halld@faytechcc.edu Website: www.faytechcc.edu/fse North Dakota North Dakota State Board of Funeral Service Dale G. Niewoehner, Executive Secretary P.O. Box 161 Rugby, ND 58368-0161 Office: 701-776-6222 Fax: 701-776-2546 E-mail: dmniewoehner@gondtc.com Website: www.nd.gov/funeral 16 Ohio Ohio Board of Embalmers & Funeral Directors Vanessa Niekamp, Executive Director 77 South High Street, 16th Floor Columbus, OH 43215-6108 Office: 614-466-4252 Fax: 614-728-6825 E-mail: vniekamp@funeral.ohio.gov Website: www.funeral.ohio.gov Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science #04 Gene Kramer, President 645 W. North Bend Road Cincinnati, OH 45224-1462 Office: 513-761-2020 Fax: 513-761-3333 E-mail: gkramer@ccms.edu Website: www.ccms.edu Oklahoma Oklahoma Funeral Board Chris Ferguson, Executive Director 4545 Lincoln Boulevard, Suite 175 Oklahoma City, OK 73105 Office: 405-522-1790 Fax: 405-522-1797 E-mail: info@okfuneral.com Website: www.okfuneral.com University of Central Oklahoma #03 Department of Funeral Service Education John Fritch, M.Ed., Department Chairman 100 N. University Drive, Box 186 Edmond, OK 73034 Office: 405-974-5001 Fax: 405-974-3848 E-mail: jfrich@uco.edu Website: www.uco.edu/funeral Member Services Use of validated National Board Examination Direct certification of candidate results Archiving of NBE results Comparative report on statistical analysis of the examination Publication of printed and electronic newsletters Cumulative jurisdiction events calendar Consultation services to regulatory boards Professional seminars and presentations Annual meeting focusing on funeral service regulation State board examinations, custom examinations, state laws, rules, and regulations examinations Directory of regulatory boards and ABFSE-accredited colleges of mortuary arts and sciences Compilation of jurisdiction regulations in licensing, continuing education, and pre-need Clearinghouse for dissemination of information to regulatory licensing boards in areas of mutual concern in funeral service 5

Alabama Alabama Board of Funeral Service Charles Perine, Executive Secretary P.O. Box 309522 Montgomery, AL 36130 UPS: 11 S. Union Street, Suite 106 Montgomery, AL 36130 Office: 334-242-4049 Fax: 334-353-7988 E-mail: charles.perine@fsb.alabama.gov Website: www.fsb.alabama.gov Bishop State Community College #46 Funeral Service Education Program Dr. William Thompson, Director 1365 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Mobile, AL 36603 Office: 251-405-4439 Fax: 251-405-4427 E-mail: wthompson@bishop.edu Website: www.bishop.edu Jefferson State Community College #13 Funeral Service Education Program Venus N.R. Smith, Director 2601 Carson Road Birmingham, AL 35215 Office: 205-856-7841 Fax: 205-856-7804 E-mail: vriley@jeffstateonline.com Website: www.jeffstateonline.com Alaska Division of Corporations, Business & Professional Licensing Lisa Robinson, Licensing Examiner P.O. Box 110806 Juneau, AK 99811-0806 Office: 907-465-3811 Fax: 907-465-2974 E-mail: lisa.robinson@alaska.gov Website: www.commerce.state.ak.us/occ/ pmor.htm 6 Alberta Funeral Services Regulatory Board Marilyn McPherson, Board Administrator 11810 Kingsway Avenue Edmonton, AB CANADA T5G 0X5 Office: 780-452-6130 Fax: 780-452-6085 E-mail: administrator@afsrb.ab.ca Website: www.afsrb.ab.ca Arizona Arizona State Board of Funeral Directors & Embalmers Rodolfo Thomas, Executive Director 1400 W. Washington, Suite 230 Phoenix, AZ 85007 Office: 602-542-3095 Fax: 602-542-3093 E-mail: rudy.thomas@azfuneralboard.us Website: www.azfuneralboard.us Mesa Community College #52 Dr. Thomas R. Taggart, LELFD, Director 7440 E. Tahoe Avenue Mesa, AZ 85212 Office: 480-988-8501 Fax: 480-988-8520 E-mail: taggart@mesacc.edu Website: www.mesacc.edu/programs/ mortuary-science Arkansas Arkansas State Board of Embalmers & Funeral Directors Amy Goode, Executive Secretary 101 E. Capitol, Suite 113 Little Rock, AR 72201 Office: 501-682-0574 Fax: 501-682-0575 E-mail: amy.goode@arkansas.gov Website: www.arkansas.gov/fdemb New Jersey State Board of Mortuary Science of New Jersey William Mandeville, Executive Director P.O. Box 45009 Newark, NJ 07101 UPS: 124 Halsey Street, 6th Floor Newark, NJ 07101 Office: 973-504-6425 Fax: 973-648-2855 E-mail: mandevillew@dca.lps.state.nj.us Website: www.state.nj.us/ Mercer County Community College #18 Funeral Service Programs Mike Daley, Director P.O. Box B Trenton, NJ 08690-1099 UPS: 1200 Old Trenton Road West Windsor, NJ 08550 Office: 609-570-3472 Fax: 609-570-3878 E-mail: daleym@mccc.edu Website: www.mccc.edu New Mexico New Mexico Board of Funeral Services Samantha Lopez, Licensing Administrator P.O. Box 25101 Santa Fe, NM 87504 UPS: 2550 Cerrillos Road Santa Fe, NM 87505 Office: 505-476-4604 Fax: 505-476-4665 E-mail: samantha.lopez@state.nm.us Website: www.rld.state.nm.us New York Department of Health Bureau of Funeral Directing Deborah H. Orecki, Director 875 Central Ave Albany, NY 12206 Office: 518-402-0785 Fax: 518-402-0784 E-mail: funeral@health.ny.gov Website: www.health.ny.gov American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral Service, Inc. #01 Meg Dunn, President 619 W. 54th Street, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10019 Office: 212-757-1190 Fax: 212-765-5923 E-mail: info@funeraleducation.org Website: www.funeraleducation.org Hudson Valley Community College #12 Mortuary Science Department D. Elaine Reinhard, Dept. Chairperson 80 Vandenburgh Avenue Troy, NY 12180 Office: 518-629-7113 Fax: 518-629-8025 E-mail: d.reinhard@hvcc.edu Website: www.hvcc.edu Nassau Community College #33 Mortuary Science Department Michael F. Mastellone, Chair 1 Education Drive, Building 357 Garden City, NY 11530 Office: 516-572-7277 Fax: 516-572-0626 E-mail: michael.mastellone@ncc.edu Website: www.ncc.edu 15

Missouri Missouri State Board of Embalmers & Funeral Directors Sandy Sebastian, Executive Director P.O. Box 423 3605 Missouri Boulevard Jefferson City, MO 65109 Office: 573-751-0813 Fax: 573-751-1155 E-mail: embalm@pr.mo.gov Website: pr.mo.gov/embalmers.asp St. Louis Community College At Forest Park #27 Funeral Service Education David Coughran, M.A.T., Director 5600 Oakland Ave St. Louis, MO 63110 Office: 314-644-9327 Fax: 314-951-9412 E-mail: dcoughran@stlcc.edu Website: www.stlcc.edu Montana Board of Funeral Service Cheryl Brandt, Board Administrator P.O. Box 200513 Helena, MT 59620-0513 UPS: 301 South Park, 4th Floor Helena, MT 59620 Office: 406-841-2394 Fax: 406-841-2305 E-mail: dlibsdfnr@mt.gov Website: www.funeral.mt.gov 14 Nebraska Board of Funeral Directing & Embalming Kris Chiles, Section Administrator P.O. Box 94986 Lincoln, NE 68509-4986 UPS: 301 Centennial Mall South Lincoln, NE 68508 Office: 402-471-2117 Fax: 402-471-3577 E-mail: kris.chiles@nebraska.gov Website: www.dhhs.ne.gov/publichealth/ pages/crl_mhcs_fun_ funeraldirecting.aspx Nevada Nevada State Funeral Board Jennifer Kandt, Executive Director PMB186, 4894 W. Lone Mountain Road Las Vegas, NV 89130 Office: 702-290-5366 E-mail: nvfuneralboard@sbcglobal.net Website: www.funeral.state.nv.us New Hampshire Board of Registration of Funeral Directors & Embalmers Susan M. Russell, Executive Director 121 South Fruit St Concord, NH 03301 Office: 603-271-4648 Fax: 603-271-5056 E-mail: funeralbd@dhhs.state.nh.us Website: www.nh.gov/funeral Arkansas State University at Mountain Home #50 Funeral Science Department Matt Buel, Director 1600 South College Mountain Home, AR 72653 Office: 870-508-6100 Fax: 870-508-6284 E-mail: mbuel@asumh.edu Website: www.asumh.edu University of Arkansas Community College at Hope #55 Funeral Service Program Karen Davis, Program Director P.O. Box 140 Hope, AR 71802 UPS: 2500 S. Main Hope, AR 71802 Office: 870-722-8206 Fax: 870-777-5957 E-mail: Karen.davis@uacch.edu Website: www.uacch.edu California Cemetery and Funeral Bureau Lisa M. Moore, Bureau Chief 1625 N. Market Boulevard, Suite S-208 Sacramento, CA 95834 Office: 916-574-7870 Fax: 916-928-7988 E-mail: lisa.moore@dca.ca.gov Website: www.cfb.ca.gov American River College Funeral Service Education #57 Dr. Damon de la Cruz, Coordinator 4700 College Oak Drive Sacramento, CA 95841-4286 Office: 916-484-8158 Fax: 916-484-8817 E-mail: delacrd@arc.losrios.edu Website: www.arc.losrios.edu Cypress College #06 Mortuary Science Department Glenn A. Bower, B.A., M.S. Ed., Director 9200 Valley View Street Cypress, CA 90630 Office: 714-484-7278 Fax: 714-484-7417 E-mail: mortsci@cypresscollege.edu Website: www.cypresscollege.edu Colorado Regulatory Boards: Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies Joyce Young, Program Director 1560 Broadway, Suite 1350 Denver, CO 80202 Office: 303-894-7800 Fax: 303-894-2310 E-mail: joyce.young@state.co.us Website: www.dora.colorado.gov Arapahoe Community College #49 Martha Thayer, Department Chair P.O. Box 9002 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive Littleton, CO 80160-9002 Office: 303-797-5954 Fax: 303-797-5842 E-mail: martha.thayer@arapahoe.edu Website: www.arapahoe.edu Connecticut Department of Public Health Embalmer & Funeral Director Licensing Stephen Carragher, Health Programs Supervisor P.O. Box 340308 Hartford, CT 06134 UPS: 410 Capitol Ave, MS #13 PHO Hartford, CT 06134 Office: 860-509-7603 Fax: 860-509-8457 E-mail: oplc.dph@ct.gov Website: www.ct.gov/dph/license 7

Lincoln College of New England #71 Paul N. Warren, Program Director 2279 Mount Vernon Road Southington, CT 06489 Office: 860-628-4751 or 800-952-2444 Fax: 860-628-6444 E-mail: warrenp@briarwood.edu Website: www.lincolncollegene.edu Delaware Division of Professional Regulation Sheryl Paquette, Board Liaison 861 Silver Lake Boulevard Dover, DE 19904 Office: 302-744-4500 Fax: 302-739-2711 E-mail: customerservice.dpr@state.de.us Website: www.dpr.delaware.gov District of Columbia Occupational & Professional Licensing Administration Kevin Cyrus, Board Liaison Board of Funeral Directors 1100 4th St. SW, Suite 500E Washington, D.C. 20024 Office: 202-442-4339 Fax: 202-698-4329 E-mail: kevin.cyrus@dc.gov Website: www.pearsonvue.com/dc/ funeral_director Community College of the District of Columbia/ University of District of Columbia Van Ness Campus #34 Vincent Hill, MD, Program Director 4200 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Building 44, Room 200 Washington, D.C. 20008 Office: 202-274-6365 Fax: 202-274-5952 E-mail: vhill@udc.edu Website: www.udc.edu 8 Florida Department Financial Services, Division of Funeral, Cemetery and Consumer Services Doug Shropshire, Division Director 200 E. Gaines Street Tallahassee, FL 32399-0361 Office: 850-413-3039 Fax: 850-413-4958 E-mail: doug.shropshire@myfloridacfo.com Website: www.myfloridacfo.com/ funeralcemetery Florida State College at Jacksonville, North Campus #70 Funeral Service Program Robert J. Dean, Faculty Director 4501 Capper Road Jacksonville, FL 32218 Office: 904-766-6622 Fax: 904-766-5573 E-mail: r.dean@fscj.edu Website: www.fscj.edu Miami Dade College #19 Funeral Service Education Program North Campus Loretta Adoghe, Chairperson Joseph Finocchiaro, Program Coordinator 11380 N.W. 27th Avenue Miami, FL 33167 Office: 305-237-1244 Fax: 305-237-8195 E-mail: ladoghe@mdc.edu Website: www.mdc.edu/north/ funeralsciences St. Petersburg College #48 Funeral Services Program Kevin Davis, Program Director P.O. Box 13489 St. Petersburg, FL 33733 UPS: 7200 N 66th Street Pinellas Park, FL 33781 Office: 727-341-3781 Fax: 727-444-6625 E-mail: davis.kevin@spcollege.edu Website: www.spcollege.edu/hec/funeral Minnesota Department of Health, Compliance Monitoring Division Mortuary Science Section Gilbert Acevedo, Division Director P.O. Box 64882 St. Paul, MN 55164-0882 UPS: 85 E. Seventh Place, Suite 300 St. Paul, MN 55101 Office: 651-201-3829 Fax: 651-201-3839 E-mail: gilbert.acevedo@state.mn.us Website: www.health.state.mn.us/divs/ hpsc/mortsci University of Minnesota #35 Program of Mortuary Science Michael LuBrant, Program Director MMC 740 Mayo 8740 420 Delaware Street SE Minneapolis, MN 55455 UPS: Room A275 Mayo Office: 612-624-6464 Fax: 612-626-4163 E-mail: mortsci@umn.edu Website: www.mortuaryscience.umn.edu Mississippi Mississippi State Board of Funeral Service Dolores B. Kenney, Executive Director 3010 Lakeland Cove, Suite W Flowood, MS 39232 Office: 601-932-1973 Fax: 601-932-1901 E-mail: dkenney@msbfs.state.ms.us Website: www.msbfs.ms.gov East Mississippi Community College #09 Funeral Service Technology Don Webb, Program Director P.O. Box 158 1512 Kemper Street Scooba, MS 39358 Office: 662-476-5100 or 662-476-5101 Fax: 662-476-5086 E-mail: dwebb@eastms.edu Website: www.eastms.edu Holmes Community College #44 Funeral Service Technology Program Ridgeland Campus Tommy Garrett, CFSP, Program Director 412 W. Ridgeland Avenue Ridgeland, MS 39157 Office: 601-605-3323 Fax: 601-605-3410 E-mail: tgarrett@holmescc.edu Website: www.holmescc.edu Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College #17 Funeral Service Technology Department Bill D. Harvey, MLA, Director P. O. Box 548 Perkinston, MS 39573 UPS: US Hwy 49 South, 51 Main Street Perkinston, MS 39573 Office: 601-528-8919 Fax: 601-528-8422 E-mail: bill.harvey@mgccc.edu Website: www.mgccc.edu Northwest Mississippi Community College #25 Funeral Service Technology Program DeSoto Center Larry Anderson, Program Director 5197 W. E. Ross Parkway Southaven, MS 38671 Office: 662-280-6137 Fax: 662-280-6161 E-mail: landerson@northwestms.edu Website: www.northwestms.edu 13

Manitoba The Funeral Board of Manitoba Robert Clarke, Registrar 254 Portage Winnipeg, MB R3C 0B6 CANADA Office: 204-947-1098 Fax: 204-945-0424 E-mail: funeralboard@gov.mb.ca Website: www.gov.mb.ca/ funeraldirectorsboard Maryland Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors Ruth Ann Arty, Executive Director 4201 Patterson Avenue, 5th Floor Baltimore, MD 21215 Office: 410-764-4792 Fax: 410-358-6571 E-mail: ruth.arty@maryland.gov Website: www.dhmh.maryland.gov/bom Community College of Baltimore County #02 Catonsville Campus Brian Burke, Program Director 800 South Rolling Road, Room D-205 Catonsville, MD 21228 Office: 443-840-4924 Fax: 443-840-5547 E-mail: bburke@ccbcmd.edu Website: www.ccbcmd.edu Massachusetts Board of Embalming & Funeral Directing Helen Peveri, Executive Director 1000 Washington Street, 7th Floor Boston, MA 02118 Office: 617-727-1718 Fax: 617-727-1627 E-mail: helen.peveri@state.ma.us Website: www.mass.gov/dpl/boards/em 12 FINE Mortuary College, LLC #54 Dr. Louis Misantone, President & Manager Susan Burke, Program Director 150 Kerry Place Norwood, MA 02062 Office: 781-762-1211 Fax: 781-762-7177 E-mail: sburke@fine-ne.com E-mail: fine@fine-ne.com Website: www.fine-ne.com Mount Ida College #23 Dept. of Funeral Service Education Jeffrey Megna, Executive Director 777 Dedham Street Newton Centre, MA 02459 Office: 617-928-4714 Fax: 617-928-4713 E-mail: jmegna@mountida.edu Website: www.mountida.edu Michigan Department of Licensing & Regulatory Affairs Corporations, Securities & Commercial Licensing Bureau Licensing Division Board of Examiners in Mortuary Science Sarah Rock, Licensing Analyst P.O. Box 30018 Lansing, MI 48909 Office: 517-241-9288 Fax: 517-373-2162 E-mail: rocks@michigan.gov Website: www.mi.gov/mortuaryscience Wayne State University #37 Dept. of Fundamental and Applied Sciences Mark Evely, Program Director 5439 Woodward Avenue Detroit, MI 48202 Office: 313-577-1202 Fax: 313-577-4456 E-mail: evely@wayne.edu Website: www.mortsci.wayne.edu Georgia Georgia State Board of Funeral Service Steve Lindsey, Executive Director 237 Coliseum Drive Macon, Georgia 31217 Office: 478-207-2440 Fax: 866-888-2440 E-mail: slindsey@sos.ga.gov Website: www.sos.georgia.gov/plb/funeral Gupton-Jones College of Funeral Service #11 Walter Crox, President 5141 Snapfinger Woods Drive Decatur, GA 30035 Office: 770-593-2257 Fax: 770-593-1891 E-mail: wcrox@gupton-jones.edu Website: www.gupton-jones.edu Ogeechee Technical College #56 Funeral Service Education Program Michele Rupar, Program Director 1 Joe Kennedy Boulevard Statesboro, GA 30458 Office: 912-871-1134 Fax: 1-800-218-2392 E-mail: mrupar@ogeecheetech.edu Website: www.ogeecheetech.edu Hawaii Sanitation Branch Department of Health Peter Oshiro, Program Manager 591 Ala Moana Boulevard Honolulu, HI 96813 Office: 808-586-8000 Fax: 808-586-8040 E-mail: peter.oshiro@doh.hawaii.gov Website: www.health.hawaii.gov Idaho Idaho Board of Morticians Bureau of Occupational Licenses Mary Miles, Technical Records Spec. I 700 W State Street PO Box 83720 Boise, ID 83720-0063 Office: 208-334-3233 Fax: 208-334-3945 E-mail: mary.miles@ibol.idaho.gov Website: www.ibol.idaho.gov Illinois Illinois Dept. of Financial & Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation Keri J. Ginger, Board Liaison 320 W. Washington Street, 3rd Floor Springfield, IL 62786 Office: 217-785-5966 Fax: 217-782-7645 E-mail: keri.ginger@illinois.gov Website: www.ild.pr.com Carl Sandburg College #51 Timothy J. Krause, Educational Coordinator 2400 Tom L. Wilson Boulevard Galesburg, IL 61401 Office: 309-345-8501 Fax: 309-341-1040 E-mail: tkrause@sandburg.edu Website: www.sandburg.edu Malcolm X College #40 Karen Scott, Program Director 1900 West Van Buren Street, Room 3224 Chicago, IL 60612-3197 Office: 312-850-7214 Fax: 312-850-7453 E-mail: kscott56@ccc.edu Website: www.ccc.edu/malcolmx 9

10 Southern Illinois University #31 Mortuary Science & Funeral Service Program Anthony Fleege, Program Director MC 6615 - CASA Carbondale, IL 62901-6615 UPS: 1365 Douglas Drive Carbondale, IL 62901 Office: 618-453-7212 Fax: 618-453-7020 E-mail: afleege@siu.edu Website: www.siuc.edu Worsham College of Mortuary Science #38 Karl F. Kann, President Stephanie J. Kann, Program Director 495 Northgate Parkway Wheeling, IL 60090-2646 Office: 847-808-8444 Fax: 847-808-8493 E-mail: skann@worshamcollege.com Website: www.worshamcollege.com Indiana Indiana Professional Licensing Agency Tracy Hicks, Director 402 W. Washington Street, Room W072 Indianapolis, IN 46204 Office: 317-234-3031 Fax: 317-233-4236 E-mail: pla12@pla.in.gov Website: www.in.gov/pla Ivy Tech Community College Central Indiana #64 Brian Miller, Program Chair 9301 E. 59th Street Indianapolis, IN 46216 Office: 317-921-4325 Fax: 317-916-7608 E-mail: bdmiller@ivytech.edu Website: www.ivytech.edu/indianapolis Ivy Tech Community College Northwest #72 Nhemya Ward, Program Chair 410 E. Columbus Drive East Chicago, IN 46312 Office: 219-392-3600 Fax: 219-392-3609 E-mail: nward4@ivytech.edu Website: www.ivytech.edu/northwest Mid-America College of Funeral Service #20 James Shoemake, Interim President 3111 Hamburg Pike Jeffersonville, IN 47130 Office: 812-288-8878 Fax: 812-288-5942 E-mail: macfs@mindspring.com Website: www.mid-america.edu Vincennes University #36 Funeral Service Education Program Jonathan E. DeHart, Chair/Assoc. Professor 1002 North 1st Street Vincennes, IN 47591 Office: 812-888-5469 Fax: 812-888-4550 E-mail: jdehart@vinu.edu Website: www.vinu.edu Iowa Iowa Department of Public Health Bureau of Professional Licensure Hudy Manning, Board Administrator Lucas State Office Building, 5th Floor 321 E. 12th Street Des Moines, IA 50319-0075 Office: 515-281-5234 Fax: 515-281-3121 E-mail: Judith.manning@idph.iowa.gov Website: www.idph.state.ia.us/licensure Des Moines Area Community College #61 Kevin Patterson, Program Chair 2006 South Ankeny Boulevard Ankeny, IA 50023 Office: 515-965-7171 Fax: 515-965-7082 E-mail: kepatterson@dmacc.edu Website: funeral.dmacc.edu Kansas Kansas State Board of Mortuary Arts Mack Smith, Executive Secretary 700 S. W. Jackson Street, Suite 904 Topeka, KS 66603-3733 Office: 785-296-3980 Fax: 785-296-0891 E-mail: boma1@ksbma.ks.gov Website: www.kansas.gov/ksbma Kansas City Kansas Community College #16 School of Mortuary Science Wiley Wright, Program Director P.O. Box 12951 Kansas City, KS 66112-9978 UPS: 7520 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112-9978 Office: 913-288-7607 Fax: 913-288-7677 E-mail: wwright@kckcc.edu Website: www.kckcc.edu Kentucky Kentucky Board of Embalmers & Funeral Directors Letricia Chandler, Executive Director 8412 Westport Road Louisville, KY 40242 Office: 502-426-4589 Fax: 502-426-4117 E-mail: letriciar.chandler@ky.gov Website: ww.kbefd.ky.gov Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College #76 Funeral Service Program Denise Shumate, Director 700 College Road Cumberland, KY 40823 Phone: 606-248-3141 E-mail: denise.shumate@kctcs.edu Website: www.southeast.kctcs.edu Louisiana Louisiana State Board of Embalmers & Funeral Directors Kim W. Michel, Executive Director 3500 N. Causeway Boulevard, Suite 1232 Metairie, LA 70002-3527 Office: 504-838-5109 Fax: 504-838-5112 E-mail: kmichel@lsbefd.state.la.us Website: www.lsbefd.state.la.us Delgado Community College #08 Department of Funeral Service Education Connie Green Daugherty, Director City Park Campus 615 City Park Ave New Orleans, LA 70119 Phone: 504-671-6245 Fax: 504-483-5609 E-mail: cgreen@dcc.edu Website: www.dcc.edu Maine Maine State Board of Funeral Service Torrey Gray, Board Administrator Merica Tripp, Prof. Licensing Supervisor 35 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333-0035 Office: 207-624-8626 Fax: 207-624-8637 E-mail: torrey.j.gray@maine.gov E-mail: merica.a.tripp@maine.gov Website: www.maine.gov/ professionallicensing 11