NFDA Elects Cozine to Executive Board

Brookfield, Wis. - The National Funeral Directors Association Policy Board met on July 9 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and elected Charles Childs Jr., W. Ashley Cozine and Patrick Patton to serve as at-large representatives on the association's Executive Board.

Cozine and Patton will begin two-year terms of service immediately following the 2011 NFDA International Convention & Expo, October 23-26 in Chicago, Illinois. Childs was elected to a one-year term of service that begins immediately following Convention.

Cozine, a third-generation funeral director with Broadway Mortuary in Wichita, Kansas, is currently serving as his state's representative to the NFDA Policy Board. He also serves NFDA as a member of the Heritage Club, Spokesperson Team, National-State Relations Work Group, Federated Insurance Safety & Risk Management Advisory Group and Professional Development Committee; he was the leader of the Role of the Policy Board Task Force. Cozine is an NFDA Political Action Committee (PAC) contributor and a regular participant in the NFDA Advocacy Summit, Leadership Conference and annual Convention. Broadway Mortuary is a six-time recipient of the NFDA Pursuit of Excellence Award.

Cozine has extensive experience as a volunteer leader with the Kansas Funeral Directors Association (KFDA). He has served in every role on the KFDA Board of Directors, including a term as president. He has been a member of the KFDA Convention, Legislative, Nominating and Young Professionals committees.  He is a KFDA PAC contributor and was honored as the Kansas Funeral Director of the Year in 2009.

Cozine and Patton will replace current NFDA At-large Reps. Jzyk Ennis, CFSP of Trussville, Alabama, and Mark Mortimore of Mortimore Funeral Home in Thermopolis, Wyoming.