Day 1 Speakers
Niamh Quinn
Niamh Quinn is the new University of California Cooperative Extension Area Vertebrate Pest Advisor, based at the UC ANR South Coast Research and Extension Center in Irvine.
She facilitates interactions and information exchange among campus based academics, CE advisors and community stakeholders. Her focus is directed on the coordination of Cooperative Extension programming regarding human-wildlife conflicts, particularly within the residential and industrial areas within Southern California where significant human-wildlife conflicts are occurring, with concentration in Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego Counties. Human-wildlife conflicts include increasingly critical issues such as negative impacts of wild or feral mammals and birds in agricultural production, food safety, public health and safety, forestry, and natural resource conservation.
Niamh's previous research efforts have focused on human-wildlife conflicts in California nut crops and lowland rice ecosystems in Southeast Asia. She earned a BS in zoology and PhD in small mammal ecology, both from National University of Ireland, Galway.
Laura Krueger
Laura Krueger Prelesnik is a Vector Ecologist and Board Certified Entomologist (Medical and Veterinary Specialty) supervising a medical entomology and vertebrate pathology laboratory specializing in vector-borne disease surveillance and control. The laboratory conducts insect surveillance and identification, pesticide efficacy trials, mosquito resistance determination, disease surveillance, human case investigation, ULV and pesticide equipment calibration, and pesticide application rates and dilutions to control mosquitoes, rats, fire ants, flies and fleas. Laura previously worked as an entomologist & technical trainer with Western Exterminator Company and the California Department of Public Health. Laura is certified as a CDPH Vector Control Technician (Category A,B,C,D), CDPR Agricultural Pest Control Adviser (Category A, D), and Qualified Applicator (Category A, K).
Gregg Gransie
Gregg is a graduate of the University of Arizona and has worked in pest control industry for nearly 30 years, with 19 of those years as the Assistant Manager at Arizona Pest Control. Currently, Gregg is a sales representative and consultant with Target Specialty Products.
Warren Hanussak
Warren has been in the industry for over 30 years. He has been a technical director of multiple Pest Control companies, including Mission Pest Control in San Clemente for many years. He has also held positions as a manufacturer representative with numerous firms, and has been with Univar as a Technical Outside Field Rep for nearly 13 years. Warren is also a licensed PCA in CA and holds numerous Structural and Ag licenses.
Efrain Velasco, Lloyd Pest and Termite Control
Efrain Velasco has been involved in entomology and pest control for over 20 years. He received his degree in entomology from Cal Poly Pomona and is currently technical director at Lloyd Pest Control.
Ashley Freeman, Bell Laboratories
Ashley Freeman is the Northwestern technical representative with Bell Laboratories. She has an extensive background in the pest control industry and holds a Master's degree in Public Health from Tulane University and a Bachelor's degree in Cultural Anthropology from the University of New Orleans.
Scott Broaddus, Bayer
Scott Broaddus is the Sales & Business Lead with Bayer Crop Science and has been with the company for more than ten years. In his role he is responsible for the sales and business development of Bayer’s Digital Pest Management platform. Scott received his Bachelor's degree in business from the University of Kentucky and his Master's degree in business administration from NC State University.
Day 2 Speakers
Ed Dolshun
Ed has been employed with Atlantic Paste & Glue since 2006 as the Northeast and Canada Regional Sales Manager. Recently adding Technical Director to his title at AP&G, Ed possesses a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Science and a Master’s Degree in Administrative Science. Ed came to the industry after serving many years as an Environmental Specialist, Program Administrator and Labor Standards Compliance Specialist for federally funded projects. He also taught Environmental Issues courses in the Graduate program at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, NJ.
Ed has a passion for the pest management industry where he enjoys spending time in the field learning from pests and truly enjoys the problem solving nature of the business. Ed was born and raised in Bergen County, NJ and enjoys spending time with his family.
Sylvia Kenmuir
Sylvia is a Board Certified Urban and Industrial Entomologist and chair of the West Coast Rodent Academy. She is currently the Western US Technical Specialist with BASF where she is responsible for product support. Previously, Sylvia spent 30 years in distribution as a National Technical Director for Target Specialty Products. Sylvia has a Master of Science in Entomology from the University of Nebraska Lincoln and CDPR Agricultural Pest Control Adviser (Category A), and Qualified Applicator (Category A, B, C, K).
Robert Corrigan
Bobby Corrigan, Ph.D., has been a consulting urban rodentologist for over 25 years. He specializes in rodent IPM designs and rodent -borne disease prevention for city governments, mega-malls, international airports, and many applications within the food and pharmaceutical industries on a national and international basis. Bobby holds a BS degree in urban entomology, and his MS and PhD degrees in rodent pest management, all from Purdue University. rodent -borne disease prevention for city governments, mega-malls, international airports, and many applications within the food and pharmaceutical industries on a national and international basis. Bobby holds a BS degree in urban entomology, and his MS and PhD degrees in rodent pest management, all from Purdue University.
Jim Hartman
Jim is the Deputy Commissioner Sealer in the Los Angeles County Department of Agriculture.