Thomas P. Daly, CCCE, CCE
CHS Consulting Group

Thomas Daly has been involved in the cemetery industry for over 30 years. He has served as CEO of cemeteries, with management responsibility for all financial and day-to day cemetery operations, as well as President of the Board of Trustees, with oversight responsibility for its perpetual care trust funds. He has the professional experience to plan, design and construct new cemeteries, community mausoleums and columbaria. He has initiated new sales and marketing strategies to increase awareness and sales for one of Boston's premier cemeteries.

Tom has received his Certified Cemetery Executive designation from the International Cemetery and Funeral Association and his CCCE from the National Catholic Cemetery Conference. He has also received the Professional Achievement Award from the New England Cemetery Association. He has served as President to both the Massachusetts Cemetery Association and the New England Cemetery Association. He has just completed his term serving on the Board of Directors of ICFA.

He has extensive background in cemetery law, serving as chairperson of the Legislation and Consumer Affairs Committee for both the Massachusetts and New England Cemetery Association. He is a Board Officer and the State representative for the Cemetery Consumer Service Council in Reston, Virginia, and a member on the State Government and Federal Trade Commission Committees of the ICFA. He is also the Massachusetts Cemetery Association contact with the Massachusetts Attorney General's Consumer Division.

For National Catholic Cemetery Conference, he has served on the Committee on the Future, Law and Legislation Committee and as a consultant for its Cemetery Evaluation Service.

Tom has a comprehensive background in cemetery layout & design, master plans, mausoleum and columbaria construction, cemetery grounds operation, cemetery forms, budgets and financial planning/cost analysis.

He has been a speaker and instructor at national and local conventions and seminars. Topics include: Rules and Regulations, Policies and Procedures, Cemetery Budget, Perpetual Care Trust Funds, and Contract Procedures.