Brown-Chudzinski earns national advance planning certification

The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) has granted the nationally-recognized Certified Preplanning Consultant (CPC) designation to Shelly A. Brown-Chudzinski of David C. Brown Funeral Home in Belleville.
The CPC certification program is considered the standard of excellence in funeral service for individuals who help families plan funerals, memorial services and other life tribute events in advance.
NFDA’s Certified Preplanning Consultant program, established in 1997, recognizes qualified, knowledgeable individuals who are committed to provide ethical and caring advance planning services for all families.
“Those who have earned the CPC designation have achieved a unique career distinction that is highly valued by families that want to plan meaningful funerals in advance,” said Carmella Hansen, NFDA’s director of education.
In order to become a Certified Preplanning Consultant, candidates must meet specific program requirements and pass an examination based on a standards manual. CPCs must demonstrate their ongoing professional commitment by fulfilling specific requirements as they renew their certification every four years.
Shelly has been in the business since she was 8 years old, helping her dad with cleaning and landscaping. She grew up in the apartment above the funeral home. She has been working full time with her father since 1999.
She received her Bachelor of Mortuary Science degree from Wayne State University in 2001. She has earned several achievements through the Death Care Industry. She’s also a Certified Crematory Operator and a Certified Funeral Service Practitioner. She is currently working on achieving her NFDA Green Funeral Practices Certificate.
For more information on Pre-Planning, Cremation Options, or Green Burials, call Shelly Brown-Chudzinski, at (734) 697-4500.
NFDA is the world’s leading and largest funeral service association, serving 19,700 individual members who represent more than 10,000 funeral homes in the United States and 49 countries around the world.
NFDA offers funeral professionals comprehensive educational resources, tools to manage successful businesses, guidance to become pillars in their communities and the expertise to foster future generations of funeral professionals.
NFDA is headquartered in Brookfield, WI, and has an office in Washington, D.C. For more information, contact (800) 228-6332 or visit www.nfda.org.