CURRICULUM VITAE OF
SHUN NEWBERN, CFSP, BS

6551 Warner Ave. Unit 47

Huntington Beach, CA  92647

Email address: shunnewbern@aol.com

Website:  www.shunnewbern.com

Contact Telephone: (562) 607  5281

FUNERAL SERVICE  CONSULTANT AND EXPERT WITNESS

Education

• Master of Science in Leadership and Management (MSLM)

          University of La Verne, Orange County Campus, Irvine, CA
          College of Business & Public Administration

          Graduation January 2012

• Bachelor of Science in Organizational Management (BS)

University of LaVerne, Orange County Campus, Irvine, CA 
      College of Business & Public Administration

Dean's List each semester

            January 30, 2010, With Honors

• Contact Hours of Advance Training

      Fountain National Academy of Restorative Art

      Springfield, MO

      June 2009

• Certified Funeral Service Practitioner (CFSP)

Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practices, Springfield, IL

            March 2003

• Mortuary Science Studies

San Francisco College of Mortuary Science, San Francisco, CA,

October 1992

Professional Experience

Embalmed approximately 15,000 decedents (including major and minor Restorative Art), Funeral Profession Consultant, Certified Eye Enunciator, Past Department of Consumer Affairs – Cemetery and Funeral Bureau Subject Expert, Professional Case Review and Expert Witness opinion in the fields of California Funeral Service and Embalmers Law,

Local and National Lecturer on many subjects.  Has worked 50% plaintiff and 50% defendant on less than 50 cases nationwide.

 Professional Societies and Organization

§         Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practices

§         American Society of Embalmers

§         California Funeral Directors and Embalmers Association

§         California Funeral Directors Association (Corporate)

§         Epsilon Nu Delta Mortuary Fraternity, Inc, National Officer

§         Funeral Ethics Association

§         International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association

§         Los Angeles County Funeral Directors Association, Officer

§         National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association

§         National Funeral Directors Association (Corporate)

§         Orange County Funeral Directors Association (Corporate) 

Occupation

Rose Hill’s Memorial Park and Mortuary, Whittier, CA

June 2003 – Present

Quality Control Embalmer Supervisor

• Supervised all aspects for decedent care and preparations. 
• Hired and trained apprentice embalmers.
• Coordinated all Local, State and Federal regulations and guidelines. 
• Planned risk, preventive maintenance, risk management  and safety meetings.
• Supervised 32 embalmers, 2 non- licensed staff.

Inglewood Cemetery Mortuary, Inglewood, CA

March 1995 – May 2003

Embalming Supervisor

• Managed preparation operations for funeral establishment.
• Trained apprentices and cosmetic applications. 
• Implemented personal property and casket inventory system. 
• Wrote removal and decedent identification procedures resulting in reduced hazards.
• Supervised 4 embalmers, 3 non- licensed staff.

C.P. Bannon Mortuary, Oakland, CA

March 1993 – March 1995

Apprentice Embalmer

• Helped supervisor embalmer with daily embalming task.
• Wrote articles for company newsletter

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

License Obtained

Embalmer                    March 1995

Funeral Director          June 2002

Cemetery Manager      October 2002

Crematory Manager    October 2002

Notary                         December 2003

Embalmer / FD (TN)   February 2003

Plenary Presentations and Publications

Speaker and Writer.  Over 50 articles published in international trade magazines, websites and over 50 lectures or seminars conducted at funeral service state association meetings, conferences and conventions.  Subject matters included embalming challenges, shipping methods, cremation issues, funeral ethics,  funeral home management, standard of care in funeral service, restorative art techniques and many others.  A full list of presentations and articles are available upon request.