NPMA’s Pest Management Foundation Announces Smart Car Winner

FAIRFAX, Va. — The Pest Management Foundation, the research arm of the National Pest Management Association (NPMA),  announced that the raffle ticket winner of the brand new Smart Cabriolet is Mike Rottler, President of Rottler Pest & Lawn Solutions in St. Louis, Missouri and a Past President of the NPMA. 

The Foundation  reported that over $25,000 in tickets were sold. The winning raffle ticket was pulled by Stephen L. Moloney, treasurer for the City of Fairfax, and the drawing was observed by NPMA Past President Jay Nixon and Gene Harrington, executive director of the Pest Management Foundation.  Click here to see video footage of the raffle drawing.  Click here to see Rob Lederer, NPMA's Executive Director, call Mike and congratulate him on his new car.

“The NPMA greatly appreciates all of those that purchased raffle tickets to support valuable industry funded pest management research, and the continued advancement of the pest management industry,” said Gene Harrington.

Over the last three decades, NPMA’s Pest Management Foundation funded research that includes the effectiveness of residential mosquito control, methods of managing the black widow and hobo spiders, and the effectiveness of yellow jacket trapping.  Most recently, the Foundation supported the World Health Organization’s recently published report on the public health significance of urban pests, as well as several ongoing research projects.

For more information about the Pest Management Foundation, call 703.352.6762 or visit www.npmapestworld.org/PMFoundation