New officers were installed during the New York State Funeral Directors Association Annual Convention in Verona August 12-15: President Jeffrey A. Jennings, CFSP, owner of Jennings Nulton & Mattle Funeral Home in Penfield and Harloff Funeral Home in East Rochester; President-Elect Richard J. Sullivan, owner of Quigley Bros. Funeral Home in Cornwall-On-Hudson; Secretary/Treasurer William J. Villanova, general manager of Frank E. Campbell-The Funeral Chapel in New York City; Immediate Past President Wesley A. “Andy” Powell, CFSP, vice president of Powell Funeral Home in Amityville; and Continuing Past President Walter J. Kent, owner of Walter J. Kent Funeral Home in Elmira.

For more information, contact Randy McCullough or Rana Huber at 518-452-8230.

In other news, NYSFDA is pleased to announce the latest graduates of the Leadership Academy: Anthony Cartagena, Plaza Jewish Community Chapel, New York City; David A. Conley, Granby’s Funeral Service, Bronx; Nicolas D. DeCelle, William J. Burke & Sons Funeral Home/Bussing & Cunniff Funeral Homes, Saratoga Springs; Michael J. Gorton Jr., McManus-Lorey Funeral Home, Medford; Stephen S. Karboski Jr., McGrath, ­Myslinski, ­Karboski & Nunn Funeral Directors, Utica; Michelle Ironside Kinville, Ironside Funeral Home, Oneida; Marika McMeans, Miller Funeral and Cremation Services, Rochester; and Brandi A. Reed, Lakeside Memorial Funeral Home, Hamburg.

Following a competitive ­application process, these NYSFDA-member funeral directors attended a series of development workshops, participated in web-based trainings, researched an emerging issue facing the funeral service profession and presented their findings during the recent NYSFDA convention.