Executives

J. Bradley Green has served as the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of PLC since June 22, 2020.  Prior to that time, Mr. Green served as President of the Company from May 2018 through March 31, 2020 wherein he was appointed the Interim Chief Executive Officer.  Mr. Green has over 16 years of experience in the funeral and cemetery profession.  Before, Mr. Green served as a founder, owner and the Chief Executive Officer of Signature. Prior to founding Signature, he was the Executive Vice President and General Counsel of another publicly traded funeral and cemetery industry consolidator.  During that time, he was responsible for many corporate functions, including acquisitions.  In addition to his industry experience, Mr. Green is a licensed attorney with an extensive legal background, including work at two international law firms and serving as the General Counsel for a large, international transportation company.

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.  

Daniel Millett was appointed Chief Financial Officer of PLC on September 8, 2020.  Prior to joining PLC, Mr. Millett served as Chief Financial Officer of Agellan Commercial REIT and, prior to that, was a Senior Manager at KPMG LLP, in their building, construction and real estate industry group. Mr. Millett has proven expertise in financial controls, risk management, financial reporting and financial modeling for mergers and acquisitions in a public company setting. In addition, Mr. Millett has cross-border experience in Canada and the U.S., and has been involved in over $3 billion of real estate and capital markets transactions. Mr. Millett holds a Chartered Professional Accountant, Chartered Accountant designation, and earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University.

Jeff Parker joined PLC as an executive officer and Chief Technology Officer in June 2018. He brings over 40 years of IT experience and 20 years of funeral and cemetery experience. Mr. Parker began his IT career with IBM in the late 1970s, wrote code to guide the Maverick Missiles in the 1980s, joined his father in the energy industry in the 1990s, and started in the funeral and cemetery business at one of the largest publicly traded death care consolidators in the industry in 1998. Mr. Parker’s 20 years in the industry includes roles such as Manager of Offsite Systems, Manager of Application Development and Director of Information Systems. He was also the principal architect of the software system that currently runs one of the largest public funeral and cemetery businesses in the U.S.

Jennifer Hay joined PLC in 2018 as Associate General Counsel, was appointed General Counsel in February 2020 and Chief Strategy Officer  and General Counsel in September 2022. She has been a licensed attorney since 2001 and has approximately 10 years of experience working directly within the funeral and cemetery industry.  Ms. Hay has a wide-breadth of legal expertise, with over 13 years of in-house experience advising and serving as counsel for public companies, including two international companies.  Prior to joining PLC, she served in numerous capacities for Whole Foods Market, Inc., LDR Spine USA, Inc. and Carriage Services, Inc.  In these roles, she has developed, led and had oversight over various functions including Legal, Human Resources and Safety and Risk Management.

Lorie Johnson joined PLC as VP, Human Resources in May 2018. Ms. Johnson has over 16 years of experience in the funeral and cemetery profession, and she joined Signature Group in 2014 as its Chief Administrative Officer. Ms. Johnson has over 32 years of experience in all aspects of organizational administration, human resources, training and people development. In her role as VP, Human Resources she leads, facilitates and participates in organizational development and effectiveness across an employee’s full life cycle with the company. At Signature Group, she had oversight over all aspects of Human Resources, Training, Safety and Risk Management, as well as Administration and Information Technology. Ms. Johnson is an HRCI and SHRM certified Senior Human Resource Professional.

W. Clark Harlow joined PLC as VP, Finance-USA in May 2018, and was appointed Senior Vice President, Operational Finance and Accounting in January 2022.  Mr. Harlow has over 29 years of experience in various accounting and executive roles across several industries, of which 22 years have been in the funeral and cemetery profession.  Mr. Harlow joined Signature Group in 2015 as an owner and its Chief Financial Officer.  He has previously led the finance, accounting and M&A functions in private and publicly listed companies.