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The national office is located in the Omega World Center Headquarters Building at 3951Snapfinger Parkway, Decatur, Georgia. NFD&MA moved to this location in 1996 after being at 3390 Peachtree Road from 1993-1995.
The office is managed full time and has a number of membership services available to it's members. |
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NFD&MA has plans in motion to build its own national headquarters south of interstate 85 at Flat Shoals and Shannon Parkway in South Fulton County, Georgia, just 20 minutes from downtown Atlanta, Georgia. It will be the first time in the history of the association that allows ownership of a main office. |
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The staff is composed of full time, part-time and contracted employees to assist the office with its operation of membership services. Most of the staff has been with the association over 3-years which are an asset for the association. Below will you find staff members and their positions with the organization. |
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Sharon L. Seay, CMP
is the Executive Director and has been in charge of the day to day operations of the national office since 1996.
Ms. Seay’s most important responsibility is to advise and
consult the national president on issues affecting
membership and funeral service. With years of experience in
a number of professional arenas, Ms. Seay also directs all
meetings, conventions and related events for the
association. She is the first full-time female executive
hired by the Board of Directors to oversee the association.
She is also the first to serve as Executive Director of a
professional Funeral Service Association. Outside of her
work with NFD&MA she serves on a number of professional
boards and advisory committees for the funeral industry as
well as the hospitality industry, such as national
association boards and convention and visitors bureaus. She
is a graduate of Clark Atlanta University, in Atlanta,
Georgia. Ms. Seay’s most important responsibility is to advise and consult the national president on issues affecting membership and funeral service. With years of experience in a number of professional arenas, Ms. Seay also directs all meetings, conventions and related events for the association. She is the first full-time female executive hired by the Board of Directors to oversee the association. She is also the first to serve as Executive Director of a professional Funeral Service Association. Outside of her work with NFD&MA she serves on a number of professional boards and advisory committees for the funeral industry as well as the hospitality industry, such as national association boards and convention and visitors bureaus. She is a graduate of Clark Atlanta University, in Atlanta, Georgia. |
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Salfu Sapateh
is the Accountant/Bookkeeper. He initially came on board as a Conventions Coordinator, in 2000, and became Bookkeeper in
2002. He oversees the financial services for the association working in conjunction with the national treasurer. Sal is a native of West Africa and speaks several languages. He is a graduate of Rutgers University, in Camden, New Jersey where he earned a BS degree in Accounting. He is also the Night Manager and Chief Night Auditor for the Omni Hotel at CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia. |
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Ella M.
Young
joined the NFD&MA staff in May 1995 where she was hired as
the assistance to the Executive Director and Office
Administration. In 2008 she was promoted to the Meeting and
Convention Planner for the Association. In her new role she
will assist the Executive Director with overseeing and
managing the meetings and conventions department for the
association. She has over 15 years of experience in
administration and office management. Ms. Young is attending
college with a major in Business Administration. She is
expected to graduate in the Spring of 2011. |
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Chantelle D. Jones,
Atlanta native, serves as the Office Administrator and
Assistant to the Executive Director. Chantelle started as
Convention Coordinator in 2007 in Philadelphia as she brings
over thirteen (13 years) of church leadership and education,
meetings/ convention planning and funeral service/cemetery
planning. She has worked for some of Atlanta’s prominent
businessmen and women in meeting planning. She has also
worked with several funeral firms and cemeteries throughout
the greater metro Atlanta and Decatur areas. Chantelle is
very active in her church where she serves as pastoral aide
and the Director of the Children’s and Youth Development
Ministries. She is a graduate of Morris Brown College in
Atlanta and a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,
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Crystal
K. Amos
serves as the
Trade Show /New Business Development Manager.
Crystal Amos joined the NFD&MA in May 2005 as the
Convention and Meeting Planner. Her professional background
is in hotel convention services. She transferred from the
Meetings and Conventions department and became the new Trade
Show/ New Business Development Manager in January 2005.
Crystal along with the Meeting Planner and Executive
Director manages the overall Trade Show component for the
annual national convention and exposition. Crystal is also
responsible for developing new business for the annual trade
show by soliciting companies that have a common interest in
funeral service and products. She is a graduate of Tuskegee
University in Tuskegee, Alabama with a degree in Business
Administration. She is a former employee of the Hilton
Hotel, Atlanta. |
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Brenda Shelton
is a Convention Coordinator. She works with the association each year, overseeing the pre registrations. Brenda has been with the association since 1998.
She is a business owner in Chattanooga where she owns and operates a Private Pedicure Salon and Spa. She holds an Associate’s degree in Cosmetology from Chattanooga State Community College.
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Franchesca Brown
is a Convention Coordinator. Her role is to manage the on site convention office. She has been with the association since 1997.
Franchesca has an extensive background in executive administration and is a graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. |
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Garfield Haynes
is the General Counsel for the association and is also a Licensed Funeral Director. He has been with the association as the attorney for a number of years. |
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