company directories: Global Pest Management Coalition selects 2023 council members

Wednesday, November 9, 2022

Global Pest Management Coalition selects 2023 council members

Logo: Global Pest Management Coalition

The Global Pest Management Coalition announced the officers and members of its 2023 Council.

The full list of officers and members include:

Chair

Alberto Ponjoan (Catalonia, Spain)
ADEPAP – the Pest Management Association of Catalonia
Past President, ADEPAP
DEPEC

Past Chair

Vasilios Tsoutouras (Australia)
Australian Environmental Pest Managers Association (AEPMA)
Past President of FAOPMA
Allstate Pest Control

Treasurer/Secretary

Dominique Stumpf (USA)
National Pest Management Association (NPMA)
CEO, NPMA

Council Members

M.V.Z. Mario Aguilar Parra (Mexico)
Asociacion Nacional de Controladores de Plagas Urbanas, A.C. (ANCPUAC)
Treasurer, ANCPUAC 2021-2022, President-elect, ANCPUAC 2023-2024
Director Desinfestaciones Y Desinfecciones de Occidente

Ian Andrew (United Kingdom)
British Pest Control Association
CEO, BPCA

Mirko Baraga (Argentina)
CONINPLAG – Asociación de Profesionales del centro
Cleaning Desinfecciones SRL

Manuela Cordeiro (Portugal)
Confederation of the European Pest Management Associations (CEPA)
Executive Secretary of the Agrochemical and Pest Management and Environmental Health Divisions (GROQUIFAR)

Raju Parulkar (India)
Federation of Asia Oceania Pest Managers Association (FAOPMA)
Pestokem Industries Pvt. Ltd.

Carlos V. Peçanha (Brazil)
Federation of Pest Control Associations of Brazil (FEPRAG)
Director and Former President of FEPRAG
Former President of Rio Grande do Sul Pest Management Association

Jaldhi Trivedi (India)
Indian Pest Control Association
Past President, IPCA
CEO, Elite Corporation
Fumigation Master Trainer by Goverment of India
Ministry of Agriculture, DPPQS

Corporate Member

Chris Gorecki (USA)
Rollins Inc.
Past President, NPMA

Council terms will begin January 1, 2023.

The Council also recently announced the release of global standards for the pest management industry. Titled A Global Framework for Pest Management Standards, this document serves as a guide all around the globe and gives the Global Coalition members a tool that can be used to promote legislation in their countries and professionalize the pest management industry around the world.

“We’ve worked to develop the standards with colleagues that we believe represent our industry worldwide,” Ponjoan, who also served on the task force, said in the release. “We also include what the companies need to achieve to follow this path. The endpoint is to make sure that only professionals work in our industry and that regulators, customers, and the general public see us all as real professional technicians and technical directors, and see the companies that provide pest management services as professional companies.”