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| OPMA 2011 Winter Meeting & Training School December 5-6, 2011   Networking Opportunities The key to true business networking is the establishment of a mutually beneficial relationship, and that's an incredibly rare event at the standard shake-hands-and-exchange-your-business-card events that are touted as business networking "opportunities". That’s why this benefit is the most difficult to qualify or quantify, but rest assured that this is the benefit you will get the most out of as a member of the Ohio Pest Management Association. OPMA’s Winter Meeting is designed to draw together suppliers and pest control companies alike, along with bringing in industry legislators and regulators in the spirit of bettering the pest management industry as a whole. Meetings like this are your opportunity to forge new personal and business relationships that could last a lifetime. Don’t let this opportunity go to waste! Be sure to sign up for both Monday night and Tuesday’s events right now! 2nd Annual Legislative, Regulatory & Political Summit Back by popular demand, attendees are invited to attend OPMA’s Annual Business Meeting and the Legislative, Regulatory & Political Summit on Monday, December 5, 2011. This summit will feature industry insights from NPMA’s Senior Vice President, Bob Rosenberg, and OPARR’s current President Lonnie Alonso from Columbus Pest Control. In addition, OPARR Executive Director and Lobbyist, Belinda Jones of Capitol Consulting will be in attendance to share their knowledge on the industry. The pest management industry is always brimming with legislative and regulatory issues at all levels of government and this event is the perfect opportunity for you to learn about what is and what could be affecting your business! After this informal gathering, attendees can enjoy a “working dinner” with our vendors before heading to the Hospitality Suite for some Monday Night Football! Past President’s Scholarship Raffle The Past President’s Scholarship Fund has benefited many college students with scholarships from $1,000 to $1,500! Any student who works for or has a family member employed by an OPMA member company, has a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 and is attending a college or university full-time in the USA qualifies. Preference will be given to the students with an interest in pursuing a career in urban pest management or structural pest management but all majors qualify. For more information or to apply for the 2012 scholarships, visit www.ohiopma.org. This scholarship is partially funded by raffle ticket sales at the annual Winter Meeting! Haven’t donated yet? Call the OPMA offices at (937) 424-3300 or email your donation information to info@ohiopma.org right now! Schedule
About the Speakers and TopicsIntroducing the iPad into Your Business 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Bed Bugs (Category 10A) After 20 years in public health entomology at the Mississippi Department of Health, Dr. Jerome Goddard is now an Associate Professor of Entomology at Mississippi State University in Starkville. As bed bug infestations continue to increase around the country, so also are health concerns related to their bites increasing. Bed bug attacks on humans lead to a variety of actual and potential health issues. These include: 1) nuisance effects from bites, 2) emotional and psychological effects, 3) allergic reactions, 4) anemia (in severe infestations), and 5) disease transmission. This presentation explores these negative health effects from bed bugs in detail, with tips and strategies for prevention and mitigation of those effects. The Increasing Prevalence of Bed Bugs in Greater Columbu Paul Wenning, R.S. is Special Projects Coordinator for Franklin County Public Health in Columbus, Ohio, and the Chair of the Central Ohio Bed Bug Task Force. He is charged with collecting data about the spread and incidence of bed bugs in Greater Columbus. He is a Registered Sanitarian, and has worked for 3 Ohio health departments since 1982. Mr. Wenning received a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology from the Ohio State University. In this presentation, Mr. Wenning will discuss which agencies in metropolitan Columbus track bed bugs, Franklin County Public Health data, Columbus Code enforcement data, Central Ohio Bed Bug Task Force data, and bed bug incidence trends in Central Ohio. Ohio Regulatory Information (CORE Category) Ms. Joanne Kick-Raack is the State Coordinator for the Pesticide Education Program for The Ohio State University Extension and has been with the program since 1989. In 1992 she served in Washington D.C. as Interim National Program Leader for the Pesticide Applicator Training program at the USDA. She was in charge of the development of the six national core slide sets in the early 90’s to accompany the last edition of the national EPA core manual produced at The Ohio State University. She holds a B.S. in Plant Pathology from Cornell University and an M.S. in Agricultural Education with an emphasis in IPM from the Ohio State University. Joanne also served on the national exam committee for the Certified Crop Advisor Program, was chair of the Ohio CCA exam committee, and currently serves as an ex-officio member of the Ohio Certified Crop Advisor Board. NPMA Update and National Bed Bug Surveys Bob Rosenberg has worked for the National Pest Management Association since February 1989. Since December 2001 he has served as the Association’s Senior Vice President. Prior to that, he worked as Director of Government Affairs and Manager of State Government Affairs. At NPMA, Bob is involved with a wide array of federal, state and local legislative and regulatory issues that affect the structural pest control industry. Before moving to Washington, Bob was employed by the State of Florida as Director of Pari-Mutuel Wagering, where he was responsible for regulating the horse racing, dog racing and jai-alai industries. Bob graduated from the University of Florida and has graduate degrees from the University of Chicago and Florida State University in Government and Political Science. Canadian Goose Management (Category 7) Marne A. Titchenell started at the School of Environmental and Natural Resources as a undergraduate student in 1999 where she earn her Bachelor of Sciences in Natural Resources, and continued as a graduate student earning her Master’s of Science degree in 2004. She became a Wildlife Extension Program Specialist in 2007. With both degrees she chose to specialize in wildlife and forestry. Today she will be giving an in depth presentation on Canadian Goose Management. The Treating of Bed Bugs: Heat, Chemicals, Freezing and More! Dr. Susan C. Jones, Associate Professor in the Entomology Department at The Ohio State University, is the OSU Extension State Specialist on household and structural insect pests. In the past five years, she has worked extensively on bed bugs, and currently serves on two bed bug task forces in Ohio. Dr. Jones has published more than 80 papers in scientific journals, proceedings, and trade magazines. Dr. Jones received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in entomology from Louisiana State University and a Ph.D. degree in entomology from the University of Arizona. Patrick Boland is the Technical Director for Scherzinger Termite Pest Control, and a Past-President of the Future Pest Managers of Ohio. Boland has been in the industry for 13 years as a technician, field supervisor and service manager. He is an Associate Certified Entomologist and a member of the Entomological Society of America. He has assisted with field studies through manufacturers such as Dow AgroSciences, Dupont and Whitmire Microgen. Boland has presented for organizations such as Dayton Metropolitan Housing, Hamilton County MRDD and the Council on Aging. The Brown Recluse Spider (Category 10A) Originally from Long Island, New York, Rick Vetter went to Adelphi University in New York to earn his B.S in Biology and to Arizona State University in to earn an M.S. in Zoology. His professional career led him to the University of California Riverside in 1980, where he has been a staff research associate ever since. Mr. Vetter has published over 115 peer-review articles in scientific and medical journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, the Lancet, Annals of Emergency Medicine and the Journal of Medical Entomology. About 30 of these articles involve the brown recluse spider and misdiagnoses of skin lesions as spider bites. Additionally, he has rewritten the spider chapter for the 10th edition of Mallis’ Handbook of Pest Control, coauthored the spider chapter in the textbook Medical and Veterinary Entomology and revised the PCT Guide to Management of Urban Spiders. During that time he has named two spider species and has had two arachnids named in his honor. Termite Update (Category 10B) Carl L. Hinderer of Univar USA received his Bachelor of Sciences from Purdue University in 1980. Previously the COO of Southern Mill Creek Products of Ohio, Carl now serves as the Sales Administration Manager for Univar USA in Eastlake, OH. He has had the experience of training PCO’s in 11 state association and numerous local associations in a variety of topics from safety, IPM and other areas of structural pest control. Ohio Update Jim Belt from the Ohio Department of Agriculture is an Ohio State University graduate that has been with the Department of Agriculture for 19 years in the Pesticide and Fertilizer Program. Belt is currently the Inspection Manager in charge of Enforcement of the Ohio Pesticide and Fertilizer Laws. Mosquito Management in Ohio (Category 10D) Mike Leahy received his BA from University of Illinois in 1985, is currently the Public Health Industry Specialist for Univar in Ohio and has over twenty-five years of experience in the vector control industry. He has served as director, vice president and president of state associations in Georgia and Alabama as well as being a member of several state/national associations. Mr. Leahy has produced and presented training classes that lead to licensure and/or CEU’s in the following states: MN, IA, MO, WI, IL, MI, IN, OH, KY, TN, GA, AL, FL, NC, SC. He recently moved from the Atlanta, GA area and now makes his home in Wilmington, OH with his wife and five children. Fumigation 2010 Update (Category 10C) Marty Morgan of Dow AgroSciences, LLC is a 1989 graduate of OSU with a B.S. degree in Agriculture. He has 19 years experience as a field sales specialist for the company and is currently the Eastern U.S. representative for the industrial fumigation business unit covering training, product stewardship and sales activities.
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