VPMA Mission

The mission of the Virginia Pest Management Association is to safely protect the health and property of the Commonwealth's general public by promoting ethical and environmentally responsible business and pest management practices among our members through education, coalition and professionalism.

Association Services

Established in 1948, the Virginia Pest Management Association has been serving the information and business needs of Virginia's pest management professionals for nearly 60 years. The pest management services provided by our members in Virginia help to protect the health and property of every citizen of the Commonwealth by insuring that homes, restaurants, hospitals, office buildings, and other public spaces are pest free. VPMA strives to achieve our mission working jointly with regional pest control associations and the National Pest Management Association.

VPMA represents:

• Approximately 250 member companies
• 3,000 Pest Management Employees
• $250 million in revenue in Virginia

We provide:

• Training and education - VPMA makes available the highest level of training that exceeds the state requirements for member and non-members.
• Professional conferences - VPMA conducts professional conferences several times a year that enable members to learn from experts and network with each other.
• High level continuing education - The Master Technician Series provides pest management professionals with in-depth, hand-on training in Ants, Termites, Occasional Invaders and Rodents & Cockroaches provides using state-of-the-art microscopes and identification techniques. A Master Technician designation is awarded to technicians completing all four pest groups in the series.
• Voluntary Certification Program - Wood Destroying Insect Inspectors can attain voluntary certification through a training program developed by the Association to raise the standards of WDI inspections in Virginia. Inspectors must attend an intensive training program and pass a written exam; with recertification required every two years.
• Professional magazine - The PMP Reporter, a premium 24 page publication, keeps members up-to-date on current happenings on a quarterly basis.
• Scholarships - Students who are working on new technologies in urban pest management are awarded scholarships twice a year. VPMA has issued nearly $100,000.00 in scholarships since 1977.
• Legislative lobbying - Lobbyists monitor and influence legislation and how it affects the pest management industry and its customers.
• Regulatory representation - VPMA attends all meetings of the Pesticide Control Board and communicates closely with the Office of Pesticide Services in matters dealing with education and regulations of pest management professionals.
• Dispute resolution services for homeowners and pest management professionals.

Executive Staff & Office Information

Andrea Coron is the Executive Director of the Virginia Pest Management Association. She has 17 years experience in association management and meeting planning, with the last 13 years being spent in the pest management industry. She has a B.S. degree in business administration and a Masters degree in education. She has coordinated all educational programming for the Association, including the IPM in Schools training Workshops, the VPMA Wood Destroying Insect Inspector Certification Program and the Master Technician Workshop Series.

Kristin Coron, Associate Secretary

Kristin Coron serves as the Associate Secretary of the Virginia Pest Management Association. She specialized in not-for-profit program coordination and development before joining the Virginia Pest Management Association. For the last 12 years she has been involved in all aspects of managing the Association, but concentrates her efforts on membership relations, publication development, finance, and newsletter management.