PCT, Syngenta Recognize 2023 Crown Leadership Winners

PCT and Syngenta recognized (left to right) Ted Brayton, Justin McCauley, Eve Pappas, Jim Fredericks and (not pictured) Changlu Wang as 2023 Crown Leadership Awards during a special reception Wednesday, at NPMA PestWorld in Hawaii.

2023 Crown Leadership honorees (left to right): Ted Brayton, Justin McCauley, Eve Pappas and Jim Fredericks. Not pictured: Changlu Wang.
2023 Crown Leadership honorees (left to right): Ted Brayton, Justin McCauley, Eve Pappas and Jim Fredericks. Not pictured: Changlu Wang.
HONOLULU - PCT and Syngenta recognized five industry professionals as 2023 Crown Leadership Awards during a special reception Wednesday at NPMA PestWorld. The Class of 2023 includes:

Ted Brayton, Griggs & Browne, Abington, Mass.

Jim Fredericks, PPMA, Fairfax, Va.

Justin McCauley, McCauley Services, Bryant, Ark.

Eve Pappas, Hoffman’s Exterminating, Mantua, N.J.

Changlu Wang, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J.

Since 1988, the Crown Leadership Awards have been presented annually to pest management professionals, university educators, consultants, industry distributors and association officials who uphold the highest standards of industry ethics, while contributing their time and talent to a wide range of professional and civic organizations.

Also at this year’s Leadership ceremony, PCT and Syngenta posthumously presented a “Lifetime Achievement Award” to past Crown Leadership Award winner Bob Rosenberg. Rosenberg, who spent 27 years with the National Pest Management Association, including serving as CEO (2013 – 2016), passed away on Sept. 10, at 72The award was voted on by past Leadership winners. 

Check back on the site in coming weeks as PCT will provide video coverage of the ceremony.

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