Pest Management Professional, May 2016

Last month Russell Booth celebrated Booth Exterminatings 50 years of business in Cary N C just as he celebrated the first 49 by going to work While his son in law and grandsonin law handle the day to day business Booth 91 now works part time Yet he continues to hold a steady client list mostly comprised of loyal customers with whom he has built personal relationships such as the Western Wake Fire Department of which he served for nine years My brother Lewis and I opened Booth Exterminating in April 1966 to provide Cary residents and the surrounding communities with professional pest control services along with great customer service for a fair price says Booth As my wife and I have passed down our family values Im fortunate to also pass along a family business I still enjoy working in the community and know that my family works hard to continue providing a valuable service with top notch customer care Booths son in law Brack Lee has worked for the company more than 30 years Tony Crowell Bracks son inlaw signed on in 2012 The company won a 2015 Angies List Super Service Award Orlando Fla based Massey Services employees had a busy spring The company announced Comptroller Marci Baugh was promoted to vice president of finance and accounting Fleet Manager BJ Beard was promoted to director of fleet Executive Vice President of Operations Ed Dougherty was promoted to executive vice president chief operating officer Lynne Frederick president of Massey Communications now known as Moxē the companys advertising and public relations firm was promoted to senior vice president of marketing of Massey Services Suzanne Graham director of government affairs received the Florida Pest Management Associations FPMAs Doug Vander Poest Extra Mile Award Adam Jones vice president of quality assurance was installed as president of the FPMA Stu Lewis sales manager for Orlando Fla based Massey Services Leesburg and the Villages branches was promoted to sales director Adam Scheinberg senior director of information technology IT was promoted to vice president of IT Marci Baugh Brack Lee Tony Crowell BJ Beard The NPMAs Dr Jim Fredericks receives the NPMA Foundation check from Copesan President Deni Naumann From left are Dr Jim Sargent Copesan Alfie Treleven Sprague Pest Solutions Fredericks Naumann and Dr Bennett Jordan Copesan EXtERMINAtING Booth CoPEsAN Photos Lynne Frederick mypmp net Pest Management Professional May 2016 19 Suzanne Graham Adam Jones our partner companies and industry suppliers working together and developing strong future leaders and continuing essential scientific research and development Sponsored by Syngenta the 2016 raffle was held during Copesans annual conference in Scottsdale Ariz in February This years event was attended by more than 330 members of the Copesan Partner network and pest management suppliers who raised 5060 within just a few days Copesan matched this amount for a total donation of 10120 to be equally divided between Pi Chi Omega for scholarships and the NPMA Foundation for research Pi Chi Omega a pest management professional fraternity provides a number of 2000 scholarships each year to deserving entomology students at universities across the country and around the world The NPMA Pest Management Foundation has been providing grants for the research development and refinement of pest management tools and techniques for more than 30 years MOVERS SHAKERS Ed Dougherty Stu Lewis Adam Scheinberg