Ferncliff Cemetery Association (Hartsdale) appointed Philip J. Tassi as president and CEO, effective January 1, 2025. Tassi has held various leadership positions since joining the cemetery in 1998 and will continue as its treasurer, chief financial officer and chief operating officer. He has also served for more than a decade as a member of the Ferncliff Board of Directors and Investment Committee. Prior to 1998, Tassi, a certified public accountant, worked at Peter J. Repetti & Company, a public accounting firm that then served as the independent auditor for Ferncliff.

Tassi is a past president of both the New York Metropolitan Cemetery Association and the New York State Association of Cemeteries, where he continues to serve on the board of directors as treasurer and on the Government & Legal Affairs, Nominating, Finance, and Annual Conference committees. He is also a member of the board of directors of the International Cemetery, Crematory & Funeral Association and serves on both its Finance and Sales & Marketing committees.

Ferncliff Cemetery performs more than 4,000 cremations and 1,200 interments annually in its 65-acre memorial park and in the 500,000 square feet of floor area (combined) in its three community mausoleums. The cemetery employs approximately 50 full- and part-time employees, including almost 20 union maintenance staff.