Todd has been with McCrery & Harra since 2004. A graduate of Unionville High School and Elon University, Todd graduated summa cum laude from the American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral Service where he was the recipient of the Dr. John McAllister Memorial Award.

Todd is a member of the Academy of Professional Service Practice, having earned the Certified Funeral Service Practitioner designation. Todd received certification in Advanced Postmortem Reconstruction from the Fountain National Academy of Professional Embalming Skills. Additionally, he is a NFDA Certified Crematory Operator, and licensed in the state of Maryland. Todd is the past president of the Delaware State Funeral Directors Association and a member of the National Funeral Directors Association where is he a graduate of the National Emerging Leaders Program and a former member of the Workforce Development Task Force.

Todd is a member of the Brandywine Hundred Rotary Club, where he is a past president, the Lincoln Club of Delaware, and president of the Devon Civic Association, and a member of the Wilmington Writers Group.

Todd has authored several books about the funeral profession. His latest book, Last Rites: The Evolution of the American Funeral, was selected as a contestant for Malcolm Gladwell’s Next Big Idea Club and End of Life University’s 2023 reading list. His lecture on President Lincoln’s Funeral (Chapter 1 of Last Rites) to the Lincoln Club of Wilmington was broadcast by CSPAN-2. Todd is a former associate editor/staff writer for Southern Calls magazine “The Journal of the Funeral Profession” and has written pieces for Delaware Communion Magazine and the Globe and Mail.

Todd resides in Wilmington with his family. They are parishioners of Saint Mary Magdalen Catholic Church.