Forest Lawn Group has named a former top executive with the health insurance nonprofit HealthNow New York as its new CEO.
The Buffalo City Cemetery’s board of trustees has appointed Julie R. Snyder to the post, effective Sept. 11, the cemetery announced Wednesday.
“The questions, concerns and issues raised in The Buffalo News’ reporting concerning Forest Lawn depict a nonprofit that has serious problems and little to no accountability,” Erie County Comptroller Kevin Hardwick said in a letter to state agencies.
Snyder will oversee the 269-acre Forest Lawn, Buffalo’s pre-eminent cemetery, and its crematory; eight additional cemeteries within the group in Western New York; and the Forest Lawn Heritage Foundation.
Snyder replaces Joseph Dispenza, Forest Lawn’s longtime president, who resigned Feb. 2, seven months after he was placed on administrative leave over accusations that he bullied cemetery employees,…
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