NPMA Announces Winner of PWIPM’s Annual Scholarship

FAIRFAX, Va. — The National Pest Management Association’s (NPMA) affiliate organization Professional Women in Pest Management (PWIPM), announces Tami Burkel, owner of Valley Termite & Pest Control in Cincinnati, as the recipient of the 2007 PWIPM Scholarship.

The PWIPM Scholarship is awarded annually to at least one female interested in advancing or securing a career in pest management.

Burkel understands the mission of PWIPM and its goal of strengthening the forces and network of women in the pest management industry. As the winner of the annual scholarship, she will receive funding to further her career and business, as well as a trip to PestWorld 2007 in Orlando, Fla., where she will be formally presented with this award at the PWIPM Wine & Cheese Reception Oct. 18.

As the daughter of a pest management professional and small business owner, Burkel was born into the pest management industry. After graduating from college, she joined her parents to manage the family business. Now as the company’s owner 13 years later, she works alongside her mother and together they face the challenges of running a business wholly owned and operated by women.