The Professional Pest Management Alliance (PPMA), which serves as the consumer education and marketing arm of the National Pest Management Association, announced that Tommy Fortson of Terminix Service, Columbia, S.C., will retire from his position of Chairman on the PPMA Board of Directors at the conclusion of PestWorld 2017.
“It has been the honor of my life to work in such a wonderful industry and to help grow PPMA into the powerful organization it is today along with my fellow board members,” said PPMA Chairman Tommy Fortson. “What a handful of industry leaders once dreamed of twenty years ago has come to fruition, and I know it will continue to grow as companies continue to work together to promote, protect and defend the professional pest management industry.”