PHILADELPHIA, PA ? J. Daniel Hutcheson, CFSP, Past President of the Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice, recently installed the Officers and new Board members of the Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice at the Fall Board meeting {{more:Read more…}}held on October 23, 2016, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The officers serve for a two-year term and Board members are elected to a six-year term.
Zach Carnley, CFSP, of Kennedale, TX was installed as a member of the Board of Trustees, along with Ernest C. Adams, Jr, CFSP, of Greenville, SC; Jenni Bryant, CFSP, of Maryville, TN; and Dr. Daniel Simone, CFSP, of Freehold, NJ.
Zach, a member of the Academy since 2013, currently serves as General Manager and Funeral Director/Embalmer at Emerald Hills Funeral Home and Memorial Park in Kennedale. He is a graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University and Dallas Institute of Funeral Service.Zach is the chair of the TFDA Young Professionals/Emerging Leaders Committee and serves on the Membership Committee. He is active in his community as a member of the Kiwanis Club, Rotary Club, UT Southwest Transplant Service Board, Kennedale and Mansfield Chamber of Commerce and Creekwood Church. Mr. Carnley has been recognized as the TFDA?s Young Funeral Professional of the Year.
Incorporated in 1976 and celebrating our 40th year, the Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice is one of the oldest organizations providing a program for professional certification in the United States. With almost 2,800 active members worldwide, 1,650 of whom have achieved the designation of Certified Funeral Service Practitioner, the Academy offers a voluntary certification program for funeral service practitioners to accomplish educational, professional, and community oriented goals in an organized fashion, recognizing funeral directors who raise and improve the standards of funeral service. The CFSP designation is recognized as the highest voluntary designation offered today.
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