Meet Our Staff - Panama City, FL

Greg Brudnicki

President

Mr. Brudnicki has been with Kent-Forest Lawn Funeral Home/Carriage Services for over 40 years. He has been the Mayor of Panama City, since 2011. Greg is a former Trustee at Bay Medical Center Sacred Heart, where he served for 19 years, and a former Chairman of the Board of the Division of Funeral, Cemetery and Consumer Services, where he served for 10 years.

Joe Lowery

Managing Partner

Brian Gallagher

Location Manager- FDIC

Brian Gallagher has been a licensed funeral director since 1992 and holds licenses in 3 states, Florida, Louisiana and Alabama.  A 1990 graduate of Commonwealth College of Mortuary Science in Houston, TX he then received his A. A. degree in 1991. Brian brings 31 years of experience to serving the families of Bay County. Prior to joining the staff of Kent-Forest Lawn in 2004 Brian managed funeral homes in Louisiana and Alabama. Brian was raised in Alexandria, LA and is the youngest of Richard and Katherine Gallagher’s 7 sons;  When Brian is away from work he enjoys golfing, working in his yard and rooting for his Pittsburgh Steelers.

Bill Jones

Managing Funeral Director

Bill Jones, LFD is the senior funeral director at Kent-Forest Lawn Funeral Home. A 1975 graduate of Gupton-Jones College of Mortuary Science in Atlanta, Bill has over 50 years in funeral service. He recently retired from full-time employment, and now works as needed or requested by one of the many families he has served over the years. Bill lives in Lynn Haven, and is a long-time member of the First Baptist Church of Panama City.

Stephanie Underwood

Licensed Funeral Director

Stephanie is a lifelong resident of the panhandle. She is a graduate of J.R. Arnold High School and Gulf Coast State College. She began her journey in the industry at a young age as an investigator for the medical examiner’s office in 2007. In 2009, she started working as a part-time employee for Kent Forest Lawn alongside her beloved grandfather. She worked in administration and media for 3 years and later moved to Nashville to start a family in 2011. When Stephanie came back to Panama City in 2018, it didn’t take long before she felt pulled back to the funeral industry. She attended St. Petersburg College and obtained her Associate in Science degree in Funeral Services in 2021. Stephanie has a genuine passion for helping others in her community navigate through their loss and grief by honoring and memorializing life. Stephanie lives in St. George Island with her boyfriend, Kevin and her 9-year-old daughter, Nora. She enjoys being outdoors and spending quality time with her friends and family.

John Webb

Licensed Funeral Director

Destiny Moore

Licensed Funeral Director

P. Scott Shank

Licensed Funeral Director

P. Scott Shank, Licensed Funeral Director/Embalmer, is a 2013 graduate of Gupton-Jones College of Funeral Service in Decatur, Georgia. Scott joined Kent-Forest Lawn in December 2015. Scott is a native of DeFuniak Springs, Florida and resides in Panama City with his wife Donna.

Rusty Freeman

Funeral Assistant

Kevin Hall

Funeral Assistant

David Champion

Funeral Assistant

Cathy Gallagher

Administrative Support

Tracie Bachman

Receptionist/Administrative Support

Tracie Bachman joined the family of Kent-Forest Lawn Funeral Home/Carriage Services in 2013.  She brings years of administrative experience while working with the public and has such a passion for serving families.  Tracie, originally from North Alabama, came to the area in 1998 as a result of vacationing here since childhood.  Panama City Beach is where she met her husband, Steve, and during their 23 years of marriage have shared a passion for light tackle fishing. While Tracie is away from work she loves spending time with her grand-daughter, Khloe, and Parti Poodle, Moxie. You will always find them on a beach or somewhere around the water. 

Shaina Gardner

Media Specialist

Shaina Gardner claimed Panama City as her home in 1997 after moving around the world with her military family. She holds an AA in Communications having studied advertising and graphic design. She has worked at Kent-Forest Lawn Funeral Home and Cemeteries since 2014 and caringly creates tribute videos and stationary for our families. In her free time, Shaina enjoys art, photography and traveling.

Shaina, her husband and their daughter are passionate about animal rescue and often volunteer with local animal rescue groups and are foster parents to dogs awaiting their forever homes.

Cherry Figuried

Pre-Need Contract Administrator

Sherry Bradshaw

Administrative Support

Kelsey Johann

Death Certificate Administrative

Russell Enfinger

Administrative Support

Fraser Smith

Family Service Manager

John Byrne

Family Service Advisor

John Byrne has been a Family Service Advisor with Kent-Forest Lawn Funeral Home, Evergreen Memorial Gardens, Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery, and Garden of Memories since 1977. He has assisted thousands of families with pre-arrangement services as well as at-need arrangements. He has over 46 years of experience serving families in the local area. He is our Senior Memorial Counselor and assists in the training and directing of all staff with cemetery and funeral home needs. He has been married to his wife Annice for 53 years. He has two children and five grandchildren. John is a member of Emerald Coast Fellowship and has taught Sunday School class for 35 years. 

Charlie Hertel

Family Service Advisor

Katherine McKenzie

Family Service Advisor

Kiersten Robertson

Family Service Advisor

Jonathan Lowery

Family Service Advisor

Mike Scott

Maintenance Supervisor

Mike Scott is the Maintenance Supervisor for Kent-Forest Lawn Funeral Home & Cemeteries and has been part of the Carriage Services Team for over 29 years. He helps in the direction of our cemeteries, Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery, Evergreen Memorial Gardens, and Garden of Memories Cemetery.