Jackie Mitchell
Senior Editor of PCT magazine
Recent Articles
Envu Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire In2Care
The acquisition will further diversify the Envu mosquito management portfolio, offering pest control operators, lawn care companies, mosquito abatement professionals and other customers more nature-positive solutions for nuisance mosquito control and preventing the spread of vector-borne diseases.
Bird-X Introduces PCO Select
Designed to make the purchasing process easier, PCO Select offers access to professional-grade bird control products with the assurance of same-day shipping.
PWIPM Presents Grants to Women in Pest Control at Networking Breakfast
Caroline Kohnert, A.C.E., technical director at Plunkett's Pest Control, and Jullee Johnson, administrative executive assistant and project coordinator at Terminix Services, received the 2023 Deni Naumann Women in Pest Management Empowerment Grant.
A Busy Year of Raising the Industry's Profile to the Public for PPMA
At the Professional Pest Management Alliance (PPMA) Board of Directors meeting, PPMA Executive Director Jim Fredericks provided updates on the organization’s work and reminisced on his first day on the job at NPMA in 2010 — which happened to be at PestWorld in Honolulu.
Vulnerability Starts at the Top
A technician’s suicide jolted the team at Thrasher Termite & Pest Control and prompted a company-wide examination of mental health.
PPMA Approves $2.5 Million Budget, Looks Toward Future with New Leadership
The Professional Pest Management Alliance’s Board of Directors meeting at PestWorld 2022 included a farewell to retiring board members Mark Neterer and Trace McEuen and executive director Cindy Mannes, as well as a welcome to new board member Bob Dold and to Mannes’ successor, Jim Fredericks.
Goodbye, Large Flies
Exclusion and sanitation measures can go a long way in ridding your customer’s food facility of disease-carrying large flies.
Rentokil's Dave Fisher on How Sellers Can Make the M&A Process Go Smoothly
During "A Conversation with Rentokil," a fireside chat with Rentokil North America Senior Vice President David Fisher and PCT Publisher Jodi Dorsch at the PCT Top 100 Awards Ceremony and Executive Summit in Orlando, Fisher gave advice on mergers and acquisitions.
Wisconsin Women Launch PWIPM Chapter
Breanna Neerland of Kwik Kill Pest Control, Madison, Wisc., was inspired to organize a local chapter after attending Professional Women in Pest Management virtual events during the pandemic.
Cockroaches Chow Down on Bait
Ron Turner, Turner Pest Control, Jacksonville, Fla., captured this video of cockroaches consuming Control Solutions Inc.'s Doxem Precise bait.