PCT, Syngenta Announce 2025 Crown Leadership Award Winners

CLEVELAND - PCT and Syngenta are proud to recognize five industry professionals in a commemorative edition of PCT magazine and at a special Crown Leadership Awards reception during NPMA PestWorld, in Orlando.

The Class of 2025 includes:

• Ed Dougherty, Massey Services, Orlando, Fla.

• Tom Forshaw IV, Forshaw Inc., Charlotte, N.C.

• Marie Horner, Arrow Exterminators, Greensboro, N.C.

• Jim McHale Jr., JP McHale Pest Management/Anticimex, Buchanan, N.Y.

• Court Parker, Bug Busters, Woodstock, Ga.

“Since 1989, PCT and Syngenta have been honored to recognize a distinguished group of members of the pest management industry. While their experience and roles are often very different at their organizations, they all do the same thing day in and day out: protect public health and property,” said PCT Publisher Jodi Dorsch. “We are thrilled to spotlight the Class of 2025, sharing their journeys in PCT’s pages and celebrating their accomplishments together in Orlando.”

Marshall Gaster, head of marketing for Professional Pest Management at Syngenta, said, “Honoring the 2025 Crown Leadership Award recipients highlights how innovation, commitment, and passion can transform an entire industry. It’s a privilege to stand with these trailblazers. Their relentless drive for excellence reflects Syngenta’s dedication to innovation. Their influence encourages all of us to push boundaries and elevate industry standards. Congratulations to this year’s Crown Leadership Award honorees. Your work has left a lasting mark on pest management and serves as a guiding light for the next generation of leaders.”

The Crown Leadership Awards have been presented annually to pest management professionals, university educators, consultants, industry distributors and association officials who uphold the highest standards of industry ethics, while contributing their time and talent to a wide range of professional and civic organizations.

Also at this year’s PCT/Syngenta Leadership ceremony, PCT and Syngenta will present a “Lifetime Achievement Award” to a past Crown Leadership Award winner. The award is voted on by past Leadership winners.