ORLANDO – The National Pest Management Association (NPMA) presented the Pinnacle Award to Harvey Massey, founder and CEO of Massey Services, on Thursday at PestWorld. NPMA’s Pinnacle Award is the association’s highest honor and it is presented annually in recognition of an individual for their outstanding contributions to both NPMA and the industry.
A former executive at Orkin and Terminix, Massey purchased Walker Chemical and Exterminating Company in 1985 and two years later he renamed it Massey Services. He took a modest $3.9 million operation and turned it into a $230 million business with 142 service centers throughout Florida, Louisiana, South and North Carolina and Texas.
Harvey Massey has been a leader at NPMA and was instrumental in the founding of the Professional Pest Management Alliance, the public outreach arm of the National Pest Management Association (NPMA) that has made significant strides in raising public awareness about the value of professional pest management services.
Massey also is well known for his philanthropic endeavors. In 2014, the Harvey and Carol Massey Foundation was formed to further solidify the company’s personal and professional commitment and mission of being contributing members to their community.
In accepting the award Massey thanked Carol and the couple’s family for their support, and he shared the spotlight with the entire Massey team. “This type of recognition is not something I accept personally and privately. You don’t do these things alone. We have 2,100 team members in our organization and this award is theirs.”
Other industry awards that were presented this morning included:
Women of Excellence Award: Amy Chapman, Corteva AgriScience
Young Entrepreneur Award: Kevin Thorn, Thorn Pest Solutions
NPMA Gives Award: EnviroPest of Loveland, Colorado
Global Ambassador Award: Xiaoyun Huang, Chinese Pest Control Association
2017/2018 Committee of the Year: The Public Policy Committee
2017/2018 Committee Chair of the Year: Bobby Jenkins, chair of the Blue-Ribbon Membership Task Force
