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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.
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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 and became the bookkeeper/accountant 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 2005 as the Office Administrator. She has over 10 years experience in administrative and office management capacities.
She has over 15 years of experience in administration and office management. Her daily responsibility is to ensure the efficiency and the smooth operation of the national office as it relates to general membership services to the meetings and convention planning. Ms. Young is attending college with a major in Business Administration. She is expected to graduate in the Spring of 2009.
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Kim Bogard is the Membership Services Coordinator. Kim has over 20 years of hospitality management and housing experience in the association and hospitality industry, which also includes extensive customer service knowledge. Her main responsibility is to oversee the general membership services for the association. Kim is involved in her community and has been a Girl Scout leader, tutor, works with her community Newsletter as an Event Calendar Editor and functions as a the chair of the Newsletter Management Team. She enjoys association work and is excited about being a part of the NFD&MA’s national staff. |
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Crystal
K. Amos serves as the Convention Planner.
She began with the organization in May of 2005.
Her professional background is in hotel convention
services. Crystal along with the executive director manages the meetings and convention department for the association. She is a graduate of Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama with a degree in Hotel/Hospitality Management. 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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