PPMA Approves $2.5 Million Budget, Looks Toward Future with New Leadership

BOSTON — The Professional Pest Management Alliance (PPMA) Board of Directors unanimously approved a $2.5 million budget at its Oct. 11 meeting at PestWorld 2022 in Boston.

“It’s an aggressive budget,” said Chair Bobby Jenkins, ABC Home & Commercial Services. “The more we raise as an industry, the more we can do, and the more we can get our message out there, which means the more impressions we’re inevitably going to have.”

Separate from the $2.5 million budget, the board also approved $100,000 for a redesign of the organization’s website, which will launch next fall. The website was designed in 2016 and refreshed in 2021.

PPMA is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, and Jenkins said he and the board were bursting with excitement.

“Any organization being around for 25 years is a big, big deal, and something like ours, an initiative that can go for 25 years and get to where we are and still have as bright a future as we’ve got — that’s powerful,” he said.

To commemorate the anniversary, PCT Publisher Jodi Dorsch presented PPMA with a check donating 10 percent of advertising revenue from PCT’s PPMA 25th anniversary supplement to the organization. The supplement will run in the December 2022 issue of PCT.

Jenkins recognized two members who are retiring from the board, Mark Neterer, Corteva Agriscience, and Trace McEuen, Veseris. He also welcomed Bob Dold, Rose Pest Solutions, to the board, who will fill the seat formerly held by his mother, Judy Dold.

The board also honored PPMA Executive Director Cindy Mannes, who recently announced that she will retire at the end of the year, with a champagne toast and a silver necklace.

“Cindy has brought to this association and this group an incredible amount of passion, knowledge and focus,” said Jenkins. “… We would not be where we are today without Cindy Mannes and her leadership, her passion and her conviction about what we do and why it’s so important.” 

Said Mannes, “I love this industry, and I love the people. … I’m going to miss the people. I’m going to miss this room. I’m going to miss the NPMA dinner last night. I’m going to miss all of you. But I know that you’re in good hands, and I know that this organization will be better in 25 years.”

The board closed the meeting by naming Mannes’ successor, Jim Fredericks, Ph.D., B.C.E., senior vice president of technical and regulatory affairs for the National Pest Management Association. Read more about his appointment here.