New Jersey State Funeral Directors

“Members of the organization are licensed funeral directors who pay dues.”

“Those members who pay dues have voting privileges to elect all members of the board of directors in two ways.”

“As members of one of the eleven district associations, they participate in electing their own district president who serves on the board of directors. Additionally, they elect eight officers of the association in open elections. Two officers automatically succeed each year to their positions based on prior year election outcomes, e. G., the president and immediate past president. In the event of two or more nominations for any contested office, an election is held via an electronic ballot, which is distributed to all of the members who have voting privileges. The returns are tabulated and the results reported by an election committee.”

“The irs form 990 is reviewed by the chief financial officer and then is submitted to the audit committee for final approval. The form 990 is then distributed to each board member prior to filing.”

“Officers, directors, and key employees are required to annually complete a "disclosure of conflict of interest" document. The results are surveyed for existing conflicts, reported to the board and made part of the governance documents. The process is overseen by the director of governance.”

“The current executive director's contract was developed and approved in 2016 by a contract committee comprised of a cross section of board members. Data was compared to other association ceos and like positions using compensation surveys, job descriptions and length of service, among other factors. The results were discussed and analyzed and recommendations were made to the njsfda board for final approval of the contract. The contract allows for two subsequent 3-year extensions (from january 1, 2020 through december 31, 2022 and from january 1, 2023 through december 1, 2025) provided that the njsfda board then in office reappoints the executive director by adopting a resolution to that effect for each subsequent 3 - year term. The board approved the 1st and 2nd renewals of the executive director's contract for two additional 3-year terms starting january 1, 2020 through and including december 31, 2022, and january 1, 2023 through and including december 31, 2025, respectively.”

“The njsfda form 990 is available for public inspection upon request.”

“Njsfda is committed to transparency as well as the highest ethical standards in its operations. Accordingly, the njsfda constitution and bylaws, code of business conduct & ethics, conflict of interest policy, whistleblower policy and record retention policy are all posted on the website for public viewing. The audited financial reports are available upon request.”