NPMA announce recipients of Impact Awards for Women in Pest Management

The National Pest Management Association (NPMA) announced the recipients of its inaugural NPMA Impact Awards for Women in Pest Management.

The Impact Awards honor and celebrate exceptional women at all levels within the pest management industry in any role, including management, technical/service, sales or office staff.

Recipients will be honored at NPMA’s Women’s Forum from May 3-5 in Nashville, Tenn.

“NPMA was thrilled to receive such an overwhelming response to our call for nominations. What an exceptional class of women. It’s truly an honor to have them among our colleagues in pest management and we look forward to celebrating each of them.” said Dominique Stumpf, CAE, CMP, CEO of the NPMA.

Women working in any function at a pest control company were eligible for consideration. This includes technical/service, sales, management or office staff and nominations were open to individuals from both NPMA member companies, as well as nonmembers. NPMA encouraged nominations from anyone who has a professional relationship with a potential nominee as well as nominations of individuals who have received state local, or other industry-specific recognition. Each nomination was considered based on the merits of information included in the submissions.

Here is the list of recipients of the NPMA Impact Award for 2022:

• Dawn Marie Aguayo, Orkin Pest Control
• Michelle M. Bennet, Schopen Pest Solutions
• Melissa Benton, HomeTeam Pest Defense
• Hope Bowman, Waltham Services, LLC
• Trish Caples, Orkin Pest Control
• Courtney Carace, Pest-End  
• Bridget Carr, Bug Express Pest Control
• Melissa Charnitsky, Waltham Pest Services
• Linda Ciesienski, Western | Waltham | OPC
• Daniele Collinson, Blades of Green
• Lindsay Cox, Anticimex
• Shakeise Creamer, HomeTeam Pest Defense
• Janice Crisostomo, Terminix
• Emily Cruz, Truly Nolen of America 
• Jill Currie, Ehrlich/Rentokil North America
• Kaye Daughtry, Terminix
• Alexandria Deters, Killingsworth – Anticimex Carolinas
• Karen Edwards, Terminix
• Nadia Flores, Orkin Pest Control
• Lisa Fowler, OPC Pest Services
• Jen Fox, Terminix Global Holdings LP
• Raylene Galloway, Pisgah Pest Control, Inc.
• Stephanie Glenn, Paul’s Termite & Pest Control
• Lindsey Gonsior, Orkin Pest Control
• Jennifer Gray, Wayne’s Pest Control Services
• Amani Halim, Orkin Pest Control
• Sara Heffner, HomeTeam Pest Defense
• Aly Herbst, NaturZone Pest Control
• Yaschica Hill, Killingsworth Environmental
• Genma Stringer Holmes, Holmes Pest Control
• Ana Jansen, Economy Exterminators
• Patty Jimenez, HomeTeam Pest Defense
• Staci Jo Johnston, Ecolab
• Jennifer Kempe, Rentokil – Ambius
• Caroline Kirby, Plunkett’s Pest Control, Inc.
• Dr. Cassie Krejci, BCE, Terminix International
• Tara Leffel, Orkin Pest Control
• Elizabeth Mann, Pisgah Pest Control, Inc.
• Kerry Maples, Orkin Pest Control
• Melanie Matthews, Modern Exterminating Company, Inc
• Jennifer McIntosh, Pestban, Inc.
• Kassandra Mills, OPC Pest Services
• Paula Mismash, Adam’s Pest Control, Inc
• Gretchen Moore, Rentokil
• Breanna N. Neerland, Kwik Kill Pest Control
• Christine Nicholson, O’Connor Pest Control
• Linzi Olson, the bugman Termite and Pest Control
• Shelby Pattison, Pestban dba Advanced Services
• Liz Plunkett, Green Pest Solutions
• Deborah Ragano, Terminix
• Erin Richardson, All-American Pest Control 
• Christina Ritzer, Ritzers ABC Pest Control LLC
• Sharon Roebuck
• Marsha C. Rosch, MC AG Solutions
• Delicia Smith, NaturZone Pest Control
• Robiar Dolores Smith, R.B. Pest Solutions
• Ruby Swann, Rollins Inc
• Bobbie Terry, Bug Lady Pest Control
• Mickey Thomas, Arrow Exterminators
• Rebecca Thornton, Rentokil Ehrlich
• Janet Thrasher, Thrasher Termite and Pest Control, Inc.
• Lauren Thrasher, Thrasher Termite & Pest Control of So Cal, Inc.
• Betsy Vincent, Terminix Global Holdings
• Stacey Von Roden, HomeTeam Pest Defense
• Patricia Wagner, Cook’s Pest Control
• Tomiceana Wilson, Terminix Global Holdings
• Betty Yu, Terminix (Assured Environments)
• Andrea Zahner, American Pest
• Sarah Zanger, Pestban, LLC