Cleveland Association Honors Mike Grace with Tom Evans Award

CLEVELAND - The Greater Cleveland Pest Control Association (GCPCA) honored Mike Grace, president, TNT Exterminating Company, Akron, Ohio, with the Tom Evans Award at last night’s spring banquet. The award is given annually to an individual who has made significant contributions to GCPCA and the pest management industry.

Grace is a past president of the Ohio Pest Control Association and has been a member of the Ohio Professional Applicators for Responsible Regulation. In accepting the award, Grace said he’s been fortunate to work with great members who have always rallied together for industry-related causes. Grace also said he was humbled to win an award named after Evans. “When I was president of the Ohio Pest Control Association, Tom had approached us about developing scholarships to show the dedication of the industry to education,” Grace said. “He’s someone who always puts his money where his mouth is and has been very visionary.”

Grace has been involved in the pest control industry since the early 1980s, when he would assist his dad, Jerry Grace. In 1988, the Grace family purchased TNT Exterminating, and in 1995 Mike Grace purchased the company from his parents.

TNT currently has 13 employees and services Northeast Ohio.