New ACEs, BCEs announced
The Entomological Society of America (ESA) Certification Corp. offers two certification programs, the Associate Certified Entomologist (ACE) and the Board Certified Entomologist (BCE). This winter, the organization recorded the following:
- 9 people passed their BCE;
- 2 ACEs added a BCE to their credentials;
- 2 people passed the BCE-Intern exam; and
- 23 people passed the ACE exam.
In addition, on Feb. 12, Siu Ming Leung of Christian Environmental Health Ltd., Kowloon, Hong Kong, became the first person to pass the new ACE-International exams. He is now certified as an ACE-I.
Congratulations to Siu, as well as to the following newly certified entomologists:
- Vlad Apostolow, ACE, Accurate Pest Control, San Antonio, Texas
- Jack Reynolds Brewer III, BCE, Lewis Pest Control / Critter Gitter Pest Control, Thomasville, Ala.
- Richard Brill, ACE, Advantage Pest Control, West Orange, N.J.
- James J Butler, BCE, U.S. Army Public Health Command Region North, Fort Meade, Md.
- Robert Byer, ACE, Terminix, Newtown, Pa.
- Timothy J Ciarlo, BCE, U.S. Navy, Newark, Del.
- Robert Corrado, ACE, Advanced IPM, Roseville, Calif.
- Thomas K. Davis, ACE, Terminix International, Ocean, N.J.
- Steven Matthew Dykema, BCE, Rose Pest Solutions, Grand Rapids, Mich.
- Ethan Kiger Estabrook, BCE-Intern, Fumigation Service & Supply, Inc., Westfield, Ind.
- Johnnie Erskine, BCE, ACE, Colonel Exterminating Service, Mount Vernon, N.Y.
- Gail M. Getty, BCE, La Crescenta, Calif.
- Peter V. Hamill, ACE, Ecolab Pest Elimination, Saint Paul, Minn.
- David Alan Harmon, ACE, Woods Pest Control, Redding, Calif.
- David Alan Harmon II, ACE, Woods Pest Control, Redding, Calif.
- Jacqueline Louise Harmon, ACE, Woods Pest Control, Redding, Calif.
- Patrick J. Kelley, ACE, BCE-Intern, Insects Limited, Inc., Westfield, Ind.
- Curtis A. Lilleodden, ACE, Fumigation Service & Supply, Inc., Westfield, Ind.
- Edward A. McConnell, ACE, Western Pest Services, Paramus, N.J.
- Molly E. Moran, BCE, Greenhow Inc., East Walpole, Mass.
- Perry Russell Nettles, ACE, Food Protection Services LLC, Bay, Ark.
- Dr. Gary Nielsen, BCE, JP Pest Services, Milford, N.H.
- Curtis Craig Pratt, ACE, Western Pest Services, Newtown Square, Pa.
- Glen C. Ramsey, BCE, Allgood Pest Solutions, Duluth, Ga.
- Nicholas Umberto Raschella, ACE, Ace Exterminators, Belington, W.Va.
- William M. Runkle, Jr., BCE, U.S. Air Force, Cibolo, Texas
- William Clay Schmidtke, ACE, ABC Home and Commercial Services, College Station, Texas
- Michael R Scimeca, ACE, ChemTec Pest Control, Saddle Brook, N.J.
- Paul Michael Stockton, ACE, Woods Pest Control, Redding, Calif.
- Jeffery Jean Waggoner, ACE, Fumigation Service & Supply, Inc., Westfield, Ind.
- E Jay Wells, ACE, Atlanta Pest Control, Marietta, Ga.
- Kelly R. Wilden, ACE, Home Team Pest Defense, Las Vegas
- Fred A. Willey III, ACE, Invader Pest Management, Glendale, Ariz.
- James Richard Willix, ACE, Viking Pest Control, Bound Brook, N.J.
- Christopher Brian Zuckschwerdt, ACE, Joshua’s Pest Control, San Diego, Calif.