OUR CIRCLE IS GROWING
Add Your Voice.
Together, we go further. Funeral service professionals are pooling their giving to build something bigger than any one of us — a stronger profession, better-supported communities, a future shaped by the people who know it best. Join the class of 2026.
Your contribution, combined with others, will help build a more resilient, better-supported funeral service community for years to come.
THE FOUNDING CLASS IS SET. THE IMPACT IS JUST BEGINNING.
Over 100 funeral professionals joined IMPACT 1000 in year one. Now it’s your turn to shape what comes next. Join now to be a part of our growing circle.
WELCOME IMPACT 1000 CLASS OF 2026
The circle is growing. The members below have joined the IMPACT 1000 community in 2026, adding their voices and their commitment to something bigger than any one of us.
Interested in joining them? There’s still time to become part of this year’s class.
Bill Hudson
Kevin McKay
Rachel Moring
FOUNDING CLASS – 2025
It started with a belief: that funeral professionals, giving together, could do something none of them could do alone. The members below were the first to act on that belief — and their early commitment made IMPACT 1000 real. We honor the Founding Class who made it all possible.
Jimmy Altmeyer
Tyler Anderson
Thomas Antram
Bob Arrington
Jack Attfield
Matthew Bailey
Lisa Baue
Jarod Bernat
Will Bischoff
Cameron Black
Rob Brice
J. Mark Busch
Teresa Carlson
Todd Carlson
Rehan Choudhry
Chris Christian
Alex Cole
Jim Cortner
Laurie Covington
Ashley Cozine
Hillard Cozine
Darren Crouch
John Croxton
Chris Cruger
Jessica Czachor
Kevin Czachor
Marty Czachor
Ethan Darby
Jay Dodds
Homer Elwood
John Faulk
Reuben Feuerborn
E.J. Fielding
Joseph Finnocchiaro
Daniel Ford
Curtis Funk
Corie Gabriel
Adam Ginder
Doug Gober
Courtney Gould-Miller
Lauren Guido
John Heald
David Hernandez
Michele Heusel
Bryant Hightower
Cason Hightower
John Horan
Bob Horn
Kenneth Howe
Jerry Hubbard
Cy Hume
Jake Johnson
Steven Johnson
Anthony Kaniuk
Jennifer Kaset
Joey Kelley
Kathy Kelley
Jessica Koth
Mark Krause
Nicole Krause
Jedd Lapid
Melissa Loose
Paul Lovelace
Jimmy Lucas
Todd Lumbard
C.R. Lyons
Scott MacKenzie
Allan MacKinnon
Victor March, Sr.
Carmalita March-Harris
Colton Marshall
Leili McMurrough
Melissa McNamara
Jamie Meredith
Jack Mitchell
Martin Mitchell
Dan Moloney
John Newcomer
Dutch Nie
Anthony O’Donnell
Jimmy Olson
Matt Outcalt
Mark Owen
George Owens
Robbie Pape
Mark Parrish
Jenn Parvin
Christine Pepper
Kenn Peterson
Amanda Pontone
Scott Pontone
Thomas Pontone
Stephanie Ramsey
Christopher P. Robinson
Timothy Schramm
Drew Seale
Kris Seale
Steve Shaffer
Jeff Smith
Michael Soper
Steve Spann
Ashlee Theising
Matt Thompson
Thomas Tierney
Chris Trainor
Jessica Wakefield
William Wappner
Russell Weeks
Erin Wilson
Ellen Wynn-McBrayer
Together, we can amplify our efforts and ensure that the Funeral Service Foundation’s mission continues to thrive.
Mission Statement—IMPACT 1000 is a collective initiative that unites individual Funeral Professionals to champion change and raise funds to support the overarching mission of the Funeral Service Foundation—lifting up grieving communities by investing in people & programs that strengthen funeral service.