Meet Our Staff

Joseph Waterwash

Funeral Director, Managing Partner

Joe joined Baird-Case Funeral Homes as a licensed funeral director in 2004, bringing 26 years of experience as a funeral director from his position in Cleveland, Ohio. Joe graduated from The Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science and the National Foundation of Funeral Service. He served on the Board of Trustees for 18 years for Hospice of Western Reserve in Cleveland, Ohio. Joe is an active member of Unity of Fort Lauderdale Church, the Florida Funeral Directors Association, the Ohio Funeral Directors Association, The Executives' Association of Fort Lauderdale, Kiwanis of Oakland Park and the Lauderdale-by-the-Sea Chamber of Commerce. "I feel blessed to have the privilege to help families create a unique and meaningful tribute to their loved ones."

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Tarin Armstrong

Office Manager

Tarin joined our staff at Baird-Case Jordan-Fannin  in 2014. Tarin was born in Boston, but has spent most of her life growing up in the Pompano beach, light house point area. Tarin likes to spend her free time at the local beaches, and parks engulfing herself in nature. She also enjoys spending time with her rag doll cat Taia. 

Telephone: 1-954-492-4000

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T. Jason Gulley

Funeral Director & Embalmer

Jason, a Kentucky native has been serving families as a Licences Funeral Director and Embalmer since 2005.

Jason graduated from Morehead State University with a bachelors in  Education and then Mid-America College of funeral services with a bachelors in mortuary science.

Jason is an active member of the Oakland Park business association and the Lauderdale-by-the-sea Chamber of commerce. In his free time Jason likes spending time with friends and his two dogs Oliver and Maxwell. 

  " Serving families in their time of need is a true honor and passion."  - Jason  

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James Sweeney

Funeral Ambassador

After owning and operating a family bakery in Wilmington, Delaware, James and his husband, Mike, relocated to sunny south Florida.

Service is very familiar and important to James. He is happy to have found his second career serving the Fort Lauderdale community with Baird-Case Jordan-Fannin Funeral Home and Cremation Service.

Tim Conley

Funeral Ambassador

Tim, of Wilton Manors, Florida, joined our staff in 2016.  He is retired from the United States Postal Service and an Ohio native.

Maureen Alford

Funeral Ambassador

Born and raised in the Philadelphia suburbs, Maureen has lived in Fort Lauderdale for over thirty years with her husband and “fur babies." After fifteen years as a Senior Flight Attendant and fifteen years as a Marketing /Advertising Executive,  she joined the Baird-Case Jordan-Fannin team in 2009.

"It is an honor to assist our Baird Case families as they celebrate their loved ones." -Maureen

Mark Rodd

Funeral Ambassador

Mark, a licensed funeral director, joined our staff in our in 2014.

He and his wife, Lisa reside in Coconut Creek and enjoy fishing, boating and visiting the Florida Keys.

Michael Fishman

Funeral Ambassador

Michael attended Florida International University school of Hospitality Management where he studied Travel & Tourism. While interning in Miami Beach for the Tourism & Convention Coordinator and working for various caterers, he noticed a need for professionaly trained wait staff at the local eateries and catering companies, so he put together a staffing company with an "edge" using models as trained wait staff & bartenders. 

After moving to Connecticut his entrepreneurial spirit surfaced once again as he built a boutique Pet Care business in Stamford, CT. 

Michael's management skills and customer service knowledge has come from years working in leadership roles for Kenneth Cole and Gap Inc. 

More recently he found his passion assiting families in their time of need. After studying Mortuary Science at the W.L. Philbrick School of Funeral Science at Miami Dade College, he interned as a Funeral Director & Embalmer. Michael is a licensed preneed counselor & is preparing to take the National Boards to complete his Funeral Directors license.