Jay D. Dodds has been Chief Operating Officer of PLC since May 2018. Mr. Dodds was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer and as a Director of the Company on June 22, 2020. Mr. Dodds has over 40 years of experience in the funeral and cemetery profession. He holds a funeral director’s and embalmer’s license in both Texas and New Mexico. In addition, he is a certified cremation operator. Mr. Dodds served as founder, owner and President/Chief Operations Officer of Signature. Prior to founding Signature, he was the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of another U.S. publicly traded deathcare company where he served in a senior operations leadership role for 17 years. Over his career, he has directly managed funeral and cemetery businesses in every region of the U.S. Mr. Dodds currently serves as Past President of the International Cemetery Cremation and Funeral Association (ICCFA), Trustee Emeritus for the Funeral Service Foundation, Trustee Emeritus for the ICCFA Educational Foundation and as a board member of the Pierce Mortuary Colleges.