Funeral Service Education Seminars and Consulting

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As I am a full time funeral service education educator, my services for seminars and consulting are performed outside of my regular work hours at the college or on my personal leave.  Therefore, my availability varies.  Please contact me for more information.

Convention & Seminar Speaker

Embalming & Funeral Service Subject Matter Consulting (Legal)

I have presented across the United States, and internationally, to a wide range and size of national, state, and local funeral associations. I can speak on a wide variety of topics (see Services tab).  Participants of previous seminars have commented that the seminars were engaging, educational, and  entertaining.  I bring my deep, Southern drawl, conversation style presentation, and "Ennis version," to challenging concepts so that all participants can take away something of value for application to their workplace and to the families that they serve.  Please see my list of references on the "Services" tab located at the top of the navigation bar.

I have consulted with attorneys, insurance companies, and licensed funeral directors, and embalmers involved in litigation regarding standards of care, negligence, and professional practice.

I have also consulted with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) regarding regulations for importation of human remains into the United States. 
 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/07/15/2020-12931/control-of-communicable-diseases-importation-of-human-remains)

​I am currently serving as an embalming consultant to the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) for research and response to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) review of formaldehyde. As a part of this consultation, I assisted in a national research study of modern day exposures for embalmers.  I co-authored a peer-reviewed article, Assessment of Formaldehyde Exposures Under Contemporary Embalming Conditions in U.S. Funeral Homes, that was published in the Journal of Occupational and  Environmental Hygeine in 2022.  Jul;19(7):425-436. 
doi: 10.1080/15459624.2022.2076861. Epub 2022 Jun 3.

​I am also currently serving as the funeral profession liaison to the U.S. Department of Defense Performance Work Group reviewing and suggesting changes to the current (March 2019) Performance Work Statement (PWS) for DOD Contracted Mortuary Services.

Published Author

I have published three books.  Two cover the subject of embalming and one is about the life lessons that I have learned from my father.

"I believe that funeral service is a noble profession and a calling.  I also believe that every funeral service professional has the capacity to learn. No one wants to sit in boring continuing education sessions.  My mission is to take important information and meet the attendee in a place where learning is engaging and fun. If successful, the attendee has something to take home for application to those we serve.  After all, it really is all about them, the families that we serve."