NPMA Announces ELP Class of 2025

FAIRFAX, Va. — The National Pest Management Association's (NPMA) Executive Leadership Program (ELP) identifies and trains aspiring association leaders to establish a pipeline of engaged members that represents NPMA’s diverse membership. The two-year curriculum involves professional development, association training, monthly mentoring and attendance at NPMA events.

Each year, NPMA selects a cohort of participants to go through a two-year curriculum with monthly meetings that prepares them for association leadership. NPMA announced the following 10 class members who were selected to represent the ELP 2025:

Amanda Forrestall, Pest-End, Inc., Plaistow, NH
Anneke Cannon, Sage Pest Control, Lindon, UT
Cameron Yamaura, Pointe Pest Control, PestCo, Clayton, MO
Dawn Cooperider, Preferred Pest Control, LLC, Savannah, MO
Greg Canning, Economy Exterminators, Apex, NC
Jason Powell, Waynes Pest Control, Birmingham, AL
Jerry Omoruyi, Adibug Pest Control, Portsmouth, VA
Jonathan Swomley, PermaKill Exterminating, Flanders, NJ
Lee Thompson, Certus Pest, Tampa, FL
Scott Broaddus, Hawx Smart Pest Control, Ogden, UT

The application for the ELP Class of 2026 will open July 15, 2025, and close at 11:59 pm ET on November 15, 2025. For more information about the Executive Leadership Program, contact Jillian Gardner, Director of People and Leadership Programming at jgardner@pestworld.org.