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Florida Mosquito Control Association
86th Annual Meeting
November 9 - 12, 2014
Bonaventure Resort
Weston, Florida
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Previous Award
Recipients
MAURICE W. PROVOST
MEMORIAL AWARD
Presented in recognition of outstanding contributions
to control and/or biology of mosquitoes and other
biting flies.
L. Jack Salmela
1987
Erik T. Nielsen
1988
William L. Bidlingmayer
Carlisle B. Rathburn
1989
1990
James S. Haegar
1991
E. John Beidler
John R. Linley (posthumously)
1994
1995
Jorge R. Rey
2001
James W. Robinson
George F. O’Meara
2003
2007
JOSEPH Y. PORTER AWARD
Presented to scientists who have made significant
contributions to entomology with special emphasis
on the abatement of mosquitoes and other
arthropods of public health importance.
Flora Mae Wellings
Andrew J. Rogers
Burie W. Clements, Jr.
Donald E. Weidhaas
Elisabeth C. Beck
George F. O’Meara
John A. Mulrennan, Jr.
David A. Dame
James C. Dukes
Jonathan F. Day
1989
1990
1991
1994
1996
1999
2000
2001
2002
2005
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FRED STUTZ MEMORIAL AWARD
Presented to individuals involved in mosquito
abatement or the commercial field who through years
of dedication to effective mosquito control,
developing procedures or designing or manufacturing
equipment, have revolutionized control of mosquitoes
and other arthropods of public health importance.
Paul J. Hunt
T. Wayne Miller
James W. Robinson
Donald H. Hogan
William R. Opp
Edsel M. Fussell
1994
1995
1996
2003
2006
2010
JAMES W. ROBINSON
MEMORIAL AWARD
Presented to individuals in recognition of their
innovation and ingenuity in optimizing the safe and
efficient operations of a Florida public health pest
control program.
Art Hodous
2005
Sarasota County Mosquito Mgmt. Svcs.
James Mason
Indian River MCD
2006
James Wynn
Anastasia MCD
2008
Wayne Daniels
Pasco County MCD
2009
Michael Smith
Anastasia Count MCD
2012
Gene Sutton
Lee County MCD
2013
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FMCA MERIT AWARD
Presented to individuals from any field of endeavor for
their contributions to promoting the control of
disease- transmitting and pestiferous mosquitoes or
other arthropods of public health importance, for
scientific advancement of the discipline, or for
developing or extending the public interest in the
control of such mosquitoes or arthropods.
Charlie Morris
Pete Pederson
Richard Baker
Fred Harden
Cari Roth
Joseph P. Ruff
Tom Loyless
Dennis Moore
Edwin W. Irby
E. John Beidler
Shelly Redovan
Kellie Etherson
Mike Greer
Daniel Kline
Carlton Layne
L. Philip Lounibos
George O’Meara
James E. Cilek
Jonas Stewart
Richard F. Darsie, Jr.
Thomas G. Floore
G. Alan Curtis
George Heinlein
Kim Feagley
Neil Wilkinson
Brian Murphy
Florence (Flo) Jones
Lillian Stark
Walter Tabachnick
Angela Weeks-Samanie
Douglas (Doug) B. Carlson
James (Jim) Burgess
1997
1998
1998
1999
1999
2000
2001
2001
2002
2002
2003
2003
2004
2004
2004
2005
2005
2006
2007
2007
2008
2008
2009
2009
2010
2010
2012
2012
2012
2012
2013
2013
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SHERRIE YARBERRY AWARD
Presented to individuals employed in nonadministrative positions by mosquito abatement
programs who have demonstrated exemplary
performance resulting in enhanced unit efficiency or
public recognition of excellence of the parent
organization.
Theresa Sewar
Lee County MCD
1998
William Cleghorn
2000
Miami-Dade County Mosquito Control
Byron Reaves
Indian River MCD
2001
Mike Sherman
Indian River MCD
2003
Ed Hersey
Anastasia MCD
2005
Jack French
Pasco County MCD
2006
Michael A. Nichols
Lee County MCD
2007
Morel Jules
Indian River MCD
2008
Rene Snow
Hernando County MCD
2009
Skip Valdez
Beach Mosquito Control District
2011
Martin West
Manatee County MCD
2012
Bill Gibson
Pasco County MCD
2013
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PRESIDENTIAL CITATION
The President of FMCA may award this to
deserving individuals at his/her discretion.
Dennis Moore
Mark Latham
Dr. Gordon Patterson
Pam Jacobson
Roxanne Connelly
Stephen Sickerman
Stephen Sickerman
Mark Latham
Shelly Redovan and
Lee County MCD
District
Roxanne Connelly
Shelly Redovan
M. Christopher Lyon
2001
2005
2005
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
Roxanne
2013
We Need Your Help!
The list above is still “under construction”.
Please send an email to headquarters and
let us know if you are aware of
additional individuals that have received a
Presidential Citation.
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FMCA 86th Annual
Fall Meeting
Bonaventure Resort & Spa
Weston, FL
November 9 -12, 2014
SUNDAY - NOVEMBER 9
12:00 - 12:45
BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ LUNCH
President’s Boardroom
12:45 - 4:00
BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETING
Chairman’s Boardroom
1:00 - 5:00
12:00 - 5:00
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Marathon, Sanibel, Everglades,
Naples, and Biscayne Rooms
EXHIBITORS’ SETUP
Grand Ballroom A & B
5:00 – 10:00
EXHIBITORS’ SETUP
Grand Ballroom C & D
3:00 - 6:00
REGISTRATION
Registration Desk near Amphitheater
4:00 - 5:00
FMCF BOARD OF DIRECTORS’
MEETING
Chairman’s Boardroom
6:00 - 8:00
EARLY BIRD RECEPTION
SOCIETY LOUNGE
JUST PAST THE AMPHITHEATER
Cash Bar and Hors D’oeuvres
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MONDAY MORNING - NOVEMBER 10
7:00 - 4:00 REGISTRATION – next to Amphitheater
OPENING SESSION
AMPHITHEATER
Neil Wilkinson, Moderator
FMCA President
Florida Gulf Coast University
8:00 - 8:05
CALL TO ORDER & ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Neil Wilkinson, FMCA President.
8:05 - 8:15
M01. Welcome to Broward County.
8:15 - 8:35
M02. FMCA Presidential Address.
Neil Wilkinson, FMCA President.
8:35 - 9:15
M03. Crafting your message. Laura
McGowan, The McGowan Group.
9:15 - 9:25
M04. AMCA: Helping guide mosquito
control into the twenty-first century.
Steve Mulligan, AMCA President.
9:25 - 9:35
M05. Wing Beats: The next generation.
Stephen Sickerman, Editor-in-Chief,
FMCA Wing Beats Magazine.
9:35 - 9:50
M06. Yesterday’s wisdom revisited.
John Beidler, Indian River Mosquito
Control District.
9:50 - 10:00 M07. A new look at old chemistry;
relevancy of fyfanon in modern
mosquito control. Mark Latham,
Manatee County Mosquito Control
District.
10:00 - 10:30
Break and Meet our Exhibitors
in the Grand Ballroom
Silent auction preview slideshow in Amphitheater
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10:30 - 10:40 M08. How I spent my summer
vacation: Rapid fire Australia. Jim
McNelly, Volusia County Mosquito
Control.
10:40 - 10:50 M09. How I spent my summer
vacation: Islands around the world.
Mark Latham, Manatee County Mosquito
Control District.
10:50 - 11:00 M10. How I spent my summer vacation:
Working for MosquitoZone in Papua,
New Guinea. Stephen Sickerman,
Editor-in-Chief, FMCA Wing Beats
Magazine.
11:00 - 11:15 M11. Haiti Mosquito Control
Association: Continuing efforts to
educate citizens about mosquito
control. Morel Jules, Indian River
Mosquito Control District.
11:15 - 11:25 M12. Culex (Culex) interrogator, a
mosquito species new to Florida.
George O’Meara, FMEL, University of
Florida
11:25 - 11:35 M13. Aedes pertinax, a species new to
Florida and the United States. Donald
Shroyer, Indian River Mosquito Control
District.
11:35 - 11:45 M14. Aedes japonicas japonicas
(Theobald): A new emerging vector in
Northwest Florida? Michael T. Riles,
Beach Mosquito Control District.
11:45 - 11:55 M15. A photographic key to the adult
female mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae)
species of Florida. Charles Sither,
Manatee County Mosquito Control
District.
11:55 - 12:00 Announcements
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12:00 - 1:30
Lunch on your own
DIRECTORS’ LUNCHEON
PRESIDENT’S BOARDROOM
Richard Smith, Directors’ Section Chair
12:00 - 1:30
City of Jacksonville Mosquito Control
MONDAY AFTERNOON - NOVEMBER 10
GENERAL SESSION I
AMPHITHEATER
Mark Cothran, Moderator
Vice President
Director, Gulf County Mosquito Control District
1:30 - 1:40
M16. The FMCA web presence – past,
present, and future (Skynet goes live).
Gregory Ross, FMEL, University of
Florida.
1:40 - 1:50
M17. New database software with
smart phone for Anastasia Mosquito
Control Districts operation. Richard
Weaver, Anastasia Mosquito Control
District.
1:50 - 2:05
M18. Computer methods to maximize
larviciding. David DeMay, Florida Keys
Mosquito Control District.
2:05 - 2:15
M19. Then versus now – how new
software has brought Charlotte County
Mosquito Control out of the dark ages.
Beth Kovach, Charlotte County Pest
Management Division.
2:15 - 2:30
M20. Implementation of innovative
field technologies at Volusia County
Mosquito Control. Jesse Julien and Tim
MacHardy, Volusia County Mosquito
Control.
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2:30 - 2:40
M21. Eastern equine encephalitis in
Escambia County, Florida. Kimberly
Sargent, Escambia County Mosquito
Control Division.
2:40 - 2:50
M22. Challenges of the 2014 mosquito
season in Pinellas County. Brian
Lawton, Pinellas County Mosquito
Control.
2:50 - 3:00
M23. Detection of arbovirus by
sentinel chickens and a novel
survellance system in St. Johns
County, Florida. Jennifer Gibson,
Anastasia Mosquito Control District.
3:00 - 3:30
Break and Meet our Exhibitors
in the Grand Ballroom
Silent auction preview slideshow in Amphitheater
3:30 - 3:45
M24. Response to possible disease
cases. Jim McNelly, Kirsten Smith and
Miranda Lauth Tressler, Volusia County
Mosquito Control.
3:45 - 4:00
M25. No dry ice? Exploring
alternative methods of carbon dioxide
production with automatic timed
release. Erik Blosser, FMEL,
University of Florida.
4:00 - 4:05
M26. Small bites of summer. Cindy
Mulla, Beach Mosquito Control District.
4:05 - 4:20
M27. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
international data on spray capacity.
Jane Bonds, Bonds Consulting Group.
4:20 - 4:30
M28. Larviciding with a remotecontrolled unmanned aircraft.
Lawrence J. Hribar, Florida Keys
Mosquito Control District.
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4:30 - 4:45
M29. Electronic gate controller for
aerial granular applications. Rob
Chouinard, Citrus County Mosquito
Control District.
4:45 - 5:00
M30. One districts experience with
social media. Adrian Salinas, Collier
County Mosquito Control District.
6:30 - 8:00
PRESIDENT’S RECEPTION
GRAND BALLROOM
Cash Bar and Hors D’oeuvres
Silent auction preview slideshow
TUESDAY MORNING – NOVEMBER 11
7:00 - 4:00
REGISTRATION - next to Amphitheater
GENERAL SESSION II
Suzanne Bartlett, Moderator
FMCA President-Elect
Volusia County Mosquito Control
8:00 - 8:05
CALL TO ORDER & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Neil Wilkinson, FMCA President
8:05 - 8:20
T01. FMCA’s participation at the
AMCA’s 16th Annual Washington
Conference. Doug Carlson, Indian River
Mosquito Control District.
8:20 - 8:35
T02. Tallahassee Days 2014 legislative
update. Flo Jones, Jones Consulting.
8:35 - 8:50
T03. DACS regulatory update. Michael
Page, Florida Department of Agriculture
and Consumer Services.
8:50 - 9:00
T04. Midge fly (family Chironomidae)
surveillance and control program: Lake
Monroe, Florida. Edward Northey,
Volusia County Mosquito Control.
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9:00 - 9:15
T05. The aerial calibration of Natular
G-30 and Metalarv S-PT and its
operational use in our rotational
larviciding program. Leanne Lake,
Pinellas County Mosquito Control.
9:15 - 9:25
T06. Evaluation of power breezer and
misting citronella oil against Aedes
albopictus. Rui-De Xue, Anastasia
Mosquito Control District.
9:25 - 10:00 T07. FMCA Business Meeting and
Nominations for Office.
Neil Wilkinson, FMCA President.
10:00 - 10:30
Break and Meet our Exhibitors
in the Grand Ballroom
Silent auction preview slideshow in Amphitheater
10:30 - 10:45 T08. Aedes aegypti in California year
2: What we now know and where do
we go now? Jodi Holeman,
Consolidated Mosquito Abatement
District.
10:45 - 11:00 T09. Area wide IPM for Asian Tiger
mosquito. Ary Faraji, Salt Lake
Mosquito Abatement District.
11:00 - 11:15 T10. Update of dengue in Martin
County Florida. Gene Lemire, Martin
County Mosquito Control District.
11:15 - 11:25 T11. High density ovi-trap surveillance
for chikungunya virus and dengue virus
vectors: MosquiTrap®. Jonathan
Hornby, Lee County Mosquito Control
District.
11:25 - 11:40 T12. Transgenic mosquitoes: trials
and tribulations. Derric Nimmo,
Oxitec Ltd.
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11:40 - 11:50 T13. Evaluation of 3 backpack
sprayers against Aedes aegypti. Kay
Gaines, Anastasia Mosquito Control
District.
11:50 - 12:00 T14. The residual effects of two
Bacillus thuringiensis israeliensis
products assayed against Aedes
aegypti in a container study.
Catherine Pruszynski, Florida Keys
Mosquito Control.
12:00 - 1:30
Lunch on your own
Silent auction preview slideshow in Amphitheater
12:10 - 1:30
COMMISSIONERS’ LUNCHEON
PRESIDENTS BOARDROOM
Derric Nimmo for Stephen Smith,
Commissioners’ Section Chair
TUESDAY AFTERNOON - NOVEMBER 11
DENGUE/CHIKUNGUNYA SYMPOSIUM
AMPHITHEATER
JIM CILEK, Moderator
Navy Entomology Center of Excellence
and
BARRY ALTO, Moderator
Florida Medical Entomology Lab
1:30 - 1:45
T15. Intro to dengue/chikungunya
symposium. Jim Cilek, Navy
Entomology Center of Excellence.
1:45 - 2:00
T16. The public health response to
the chikungunya outbreak in Puerto
Rico. Tyler Sharp, Center for Disease
Control and Prevention.
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2:00 - 2:15
T17. Transmission of chikungunya
virus in Haiti. Bernard Okech, Emerging
Pathogens Institute, University of Florida.
2:15 - 2:30
T18. Resurgence of Aedes aegypti
in peninsular Florida. Irka Bargielowski,
FMEL, University of Florida.
2:30 - 2:45
T19. Chikungunya: the Florida
experience. Danielle Stanek, Florida
Department of Health.
2:45 - 3:00
T20. New theory of mosquito-borne
pathogens: impacts on transmission
and control. Jennifer Lord, University
of Florida.
3:00 - 3:15
T21. Susceptibility to infection and
transmission in dengue and
chikungunya virus vectors. Barry Alto,
Florida Medical Entomology
Laboratory, University of Florida.
3:15 - 3:30
T22. Chikungunya and dengue vector
control strategies: Evaluation of two
side-area mosquito-control strategies
targeting Aedes aegypti and albopictus
populations. Christopher Lesser,
Manatee County Mosquito Control.
3:30 - 4:00
Break and Meet our Exhibitors
in the Grand Ballroom
Silent auction preview slideshow in amphitheater
4:00 - 4:15
T23. Impact of domestic aerial
larviciding on ground operations in
Key West, FL. Andrea Leal, Florida Keys
Mosquito Control District.
4:15 - 4:30
T24. Can adult mosquito traps play a
larger role in a dengue/chikungunya
response plan? Aaron Lloyd, Pasco
County Mosquito Control District.
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4:30 - 4:45
T25. A broadly neutralizing epitope
vaccine for dengue. Scott Michael,
Florida Gulf Coast University.
4:45 - 5:00
T26. ChikV: Changing the PR game
plan. Laura McGowan, McGowan Group
5:00 - 5:15
T27. Outcomes from the 2014 UF/FMEL
chikungunya and dengue workshop.
Roxanne Connelly, FMEL, University of
Florida.
5:15 - 5:30
T28. Panel/questions. Jim Cilek, Navy
Entomology Center of Excellence.
5:30
Adjourn
6:00 - 7:30
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7:30 - 9:00
AWARDS BANQUET
FLORIDA BALLROOM
Awards will be presented during dessert.
Silent auction results will be on screen after awards.
Auction item retrieval will open after the banquet.
FMCA Awards
Presented by Mark Latham, Committee Chair
Joseph Y. Porter Distinguished Achievement
Award
Presented by Nominator Lawrence J. Hribar
Fred Stutz Memorial Award
Presented by Nominator Bob Bonnett
FMCA Merit Award
Presented by Nominator Marcia Gaines
Sherrie Yarberry Award
Presented by Nominator Peter Jiang
James W. Robinson Memorial Award
Presented by Nominator Doug Carlson
Cy Lesser Memorial Scholarship
Presented by Neil Wilkinson, President
T. Wainwright Miller, Jr. Scholarship
Presented by Neil Wilkinson, President
Presidential Citation
Presented by Neil Wilkinson
FMCA congratulates all the winners of these
prestigious awards and scholarships.
We also wish to thank all the volunteers that devote
their valuable time and effort in making our meeting
and FMCA a success!
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WEDNESDAY MORNING - NOVEMBER 12
7:00 - 12:00 REGISTRATION - next to Amphitheater
GENERAL SESSION III
AMPHITHEATER
Jane Bonds, Moderator
Bonds Consulting Group
8:00 - 8:10
W01. Field trial efficacy evaluation of
Bayer - DeltaGuard (deltamethrin) upon
field collected Ae. aegypti, Ae.
taeniorhynchus and Cx. nigripalpus in
Manatee County, Florida. Christopher
Lesser, Manatee County Mosquito
Control District.
8:10 - 8:25
W02. Development and introduction of
deltamethrin for ULV application to
control adult mosquitoes in the United
States. Gordon Morrison, Bayer.
8:25 - 8:35
W03. A new barrier machine with a
high penetration to spray bifenthion
against adult mosquitoes. Mike Smith,
Anastasia Mosquito Control District.
8:35 - 8:45
W04. Thermal fogging and barrier
spraying benefit adult mosquito control
program in AMCD. Rui-De Xue,
Anastasia Mosquito Control District.
8:45 - 9:00
W05. Developing a chemical lure to
trap the vectors of river blindness in
West Africa. Nathan Burkett-Cadena,
FMEL, University of Florida.
9:00 - 9:10
W06. Effective mosquito control
methods and their interaction with
mosquito bionomics. Dagne Duguma,
FMEL, University of Florida.
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9:10 - 9:25
W07. Efficacy of duet mosquito
adulticide against natural population of
Aedes alpobictus with backpack
sprayer. Peter Jiang, Gainesville
Mosquito Control.
9:25 - 9:35
W08. Overview of an operational trial
of Duet® brand adulticide applied by
aerial ULV equipment against Aedes
taeniorhynchus in New Smyrna Beach,
Florida. Edward Northey, Volusia
County Mosquito Control.
9:35 - 9:45
W09. Impact of application site on the
efficacy of two topically-applied
insecticides to Culex quinquefasciatus
(Say). Robert Aldridge, USDA-ARSCMAVE
9:45 - 9:55
W10. Spatial repellent mosquito control
device causing knockdown, morbidity,
and mortality. Christopher Bibbs,
Anastasia Mosquito Control District.
9:55 - 10:00 Announcements
10:00 - 10:30
Break and Meet our Exhibitors
in the Grand Ballroom
GENERAL SESSION IV
AMPHITHEATER
Flo Jones, Moderator
Jones Consulting
10:30 - 10:40 W11. Natural solutions - why should we
look for alternatives in how we control
mosquitoes? Nicole Williams,
Application Dynamics.
10:40 - 10:50 W12. Weather - little known tools that
can make life easier. Nicole Williams,
Application Dynamics.
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10:50 - 11:00 W13. Tidal wetlands water management
and restoration efforts in Volusia
County, Florida. Bill Greening, Volusia
County Mosquito Control.
11:00 - 11:10 W14. Molecular tools for developing
novel pesticides against mosquitoes.
Liming Zhao, FMEL, University of
Florida.
11:10 - 12:00 W15. FMCA Business Meeting,
Regional Elections, and Installation of
New Officers.
Neil Wilkinson, FMCA President
11:30
ADJOURN
12:00 - 3:00
FMCA Board of Directors’
Meeting and Lunch
CHAIRMAN’S BOARDROOM
Suzanne Bartlett, FMCA President
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Florida Mosquito Control
Association
Past Presidents
Yr
President
Meeting City
1922
Dr. Joseph Y. Porter (D)
Daytona Bch
Florida’s First State Health Officer
1923
Dr. Joseph Y. Porter (D)
1924
George W. Clements (D)
Cocoa Beach
Mosquito Representative of Polk Co.
1926
Vida L. MacDonell (D)
St. Augustine
President, FL Federation of Women’s
Clubs, instrumental in establishing FAMA
1927
George W. Simmons, Jr. (D) Hollywood
Chief Sanitary Engineer of State Board of
Health
1928
W.E.A. Wyman (D)
Jacksonville
Head of St. Petersburg Anti-Mosquito
League, 1923
1929
William I. Fee (D)
Ft. Pierce
St. Lucie MCD Board Member
1930
William I. Fee (D)
1931
William J. Burns (D)
Perry
Mosquito Representative of Sarasota Co.
(Delegate to 1929 FAMA meeting)
1932
Alex MacWilliams (D)
Clearwater
Charter Board Member - Indian River MCD
Bartow
Sarasota
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1936
George W. Simmons, Jr. (D) Orlando
Chief Sanitary Engineer of State Board of
Health
1937
Alex MacWilliams (D)
Tampa
Charter Board Member - Indian River MCD
1938
Fred H. Stutz (D)
Director, Dade Co. MC
1939
M.J. Mackler (D)
Daytona Bch
Col. (Ret.) USPHS
Asst. Health Officer, Tampa
1940
W.V. King (D)
West Palm Bch
Entomologist - USDA
Principal Author: King, Bradley & McNeal,
Jacksonville
Mosquitoes of the Southeast US
1941
Dr. E.J. Elmendorf, Jr. (D) Jacksonville
Director, Malaria Control Bureau
State Board of Health
1942
Norman G. Platts (D)
Tampa
WPA Sandfly Research Project
Director, St. Lucie Co. Sanitary District
1946
H. Duke Peters (D)
West Palm Bch
Director, MC - Jacksonville Health Dept.
1947
David B. Lee (D)
St. Petersburg
Chief, Bureau of Sanitary Engineering
State Board of Health
1948
Claude Strickland (D)
Ft. Pierce
Sanitarian, Superintendent
MC Pinellas Co. Health Department
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1949
Dr. J.A. Mulrennan, Sr. (D) Mount Dora
Chief, Malaria Control in War Areas
Director, Office of Entomology
State Board of Health & Dept. HRS
1950
Edwin L. Seabrook (D)
Ft. Myers
Director, Palm Beach Co. MC
1951
Samuel A. Harper (D)
Director, Brevard Co. MC
1952
John M. Hirst (D)
Jacksonville
Lt. Crd. (Ret.)
US Navy Malaria Control Unit
1953
Samuel Minnich (D)
Daytona Bch
Director, East Volusia Co. MC
1954
J. Melton Williams (D)
Naples
Director, Sarasota Co. MC
1955
Dr. Maurice W. Provost (D) Panama City
First Director FMEL
1956
William W. Warner (D)
Director, Monroe Co. MC
Ft. Pierce
1957
Mark W. Witham (D)
Director, Martin Co. MC
Miami Beach
1958
Robert L. Kemp (D)
Clearwater
Director, Manatee Co. MC
1959
Robert E. Bartnett (D)
Pensacola
Director, Anastasia Island MCD
1960
Henry C. Crowell, Jr. (D)
Tampa
Director, Hillsborough Co. MC
1961
James S. Haeger (D)
Entomologist, FMEL
Key West
Key West
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1962
Nina Branch (D)
Entomologist, FMEL
Silver Springs
1963
T. Wainwright Miller, Jr.
Jacksonville
Engineer, State Board of Health
Director, St. Lucie Co. Sanitary District
Director, Lee Co. MCD
1964
E. John Beidler
St. Augustine
Entomologist, State Board of Health
Director, Indian River MCD
UF Distinguished Alumnus
1965
A. Nelson Davis, Jr. (D)
Tampa
Director, Monroe Co. MCD
EPA, Director, Broward Co. MC
1966
James H. Heidt (D)
Director, Dade Co. MC
1967
Andrew J. Rogers (D)
Panama City Bch
Director, Panama City Lab
Director, Office of Entomology
DHRS
1968
L. Jack Salmela (D)
Director, Brevard Co. MC
1969
Paul J. Hunt (D)
Winter Park
Head, Pest Control
State Board of Health,
Director, East Volusia MCD
1970
Claude D. Souder, Jr. (D) Ft. Lauderdale
Director, Broward Co. MC
1971
John B. O’Neil
Reddington Bch
Representative, American Cyanamid
Daytona Bch
Naples
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1972
Frank L. Wilson
Miami Beach
Florida Dept. of Agriculture Entomologist,
State Board of Health
Director, Polk Co. MC
1973 Ernest A. Philen (D)
Panama City
Engineer, Office of Entomology
1974
James D. Gorman
Key West
Director, Hillsborough Co. MC
1975
Brandt G. Watson (D)
Director, Collier MCD
1976
William Dryden (D)
Longboat Key
Commissioner, Lee Co. MCD
1977
Lawrence M. Rhodes
Atlantic Bch
Anastasia Island MCD
Director, Manatee Co. MCD
1978
Elisabeth C. Beck
Lake Buena Vista
Entomologist, Office of Entomology
Executive Director, FMCA
1979
Herbert J. Friedman (D)
Tampa
President, Southern Mill Creek Products
1980
Dr. Carlisle B. Rathburn, Jr. (D)Ft. Walton
Bch.
Research Entomologist WFARL, Panama
City
1981
Norman E. Thomas
Ft. Lauderdale
Entomologist, WFARL, Panama City
Entomologist, Polk Co. MC
Director, Sarasota Co. MC
Resource Recovery, Alachua Co.
Alachua Co. MC
Ft. Myers
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1982
Lester E. Scherer
Director, Martin Co. MC
Port St. Lucie
1983
Dan F. Boyd (D)
Lake Buena Vista
Southern Mill Creek Products
LECO/Adapco/Danco Products
1984
Dr. John A. Mulrennan, Jr. Key West
Entomologist, USN
Director, Office of Entomology
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Pest
Control, DACS
1985
Dr. Donald E. Weidhaas (D) Sarasota
Director, USDA, Insects Affecting Man
& Animals Laboratory
1986
James W. Robinson (D)
Director, Pasco Co. MCD
1987
Burie W. Clements, Jr. (D) Palm Beach
Director, WFARL, Panama City
1988
Dr. Ray E. Parsons
Pensacola
US Army Medical Service Corps
Entomologist, Polk Co. MC
Director, Sarasota Co. MC
1989
William R. Opp
Orlando
Engineer, DER
Engineering, HRS Office of Entomology
Director, Lee Co. MCD
1990
Frank D.S. Evans
Ocala
FMEL
Director, St. Lucie Co. MCD
1991
J. Clarke Hudson (D)
Clearwater
Representative, Chevron/Valent
Jacksonville
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1992
Dr. T. Oscar Fultz (D)
Cocoa Beach
Asst. Director, Indian River MCD
Director, Polk Co. MC
Director, Chatham Co. Georgia MC
1993
George J. Wichterman
Ft. Myers
Entomologist, Lee Co. MCD
1994
Dr. Richard H. Baker
Sandestin
Director, FMEL, University of Florida
1995
Robert V. Ward
Key West
Director, Charlotte Co. MC
Manager, Polk Co. MC
1996
W. Gene Baker
Director, Leon Co. MC
1997
G. Alan Curtis
St. Augustine
Research Entomologist, Indian River MCD
1998
Dr. David Dame
Clearwater
Entomologist, USDA
Consultant, Entomological Services
1999
Joseph Ruff
Daytona Bch
Entomologist, JAMSRL, HRS
Director, Dog Fly Control Program, DACS
2000
Jonas Stewart
Panama City Bch
Director, East Volusia MCD
2001
Edward C. Hunter
Director, Beach MCD
2002
Mark Latham
Amelia Island
Director, Manatee Co. MCD
2003
Dr. George O’Meara
Miami
Professor, FMEL, University of Florida
Kissimmee
Ft. Myers
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2004
Kellie Etherson
Lake Buena Vista
Director, Gainesville MC
Executive Director, FMCA
2005
Douglas Carlson
Duck Key
Director, Indian River MCD
2006
Edsel Fussell
Hutchinson Is
Director, Florida Keys MCD
Director, Office of Entomology, HRS BEPC (FLDACS)
Administrator, Mosquito Control – DACS
2007
William Reynolds
Adapco, Inc.
LEA Team
2008
Dr. Frank Van Essen
Director, Collier MCD
2009
Dennis Moore
Director, Pasco Co. MCD
2010
Shelly Redovan
Duck Key
Deputy Director, Lee Co. MCD
Executive Director, FMCA
2011
Dr. Roxanne Connelly
Jacksonville
Professor, FMEL, University of Florida
Past President AMCA
2012
Dr. Lawrence J. Hribar
Miramar Bch
Entomologist, Florida Keys MCD
2013
Bob Betts
Cape Coral
Director, Escambia Co. MCD
Jacksonville
Panama City Bch
Tampa
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2014 Government Sustaining
Members
Amelia Island Mosquito Control
Anastasia Mosquito Control District of St. Johns
County
Bay County Mosquito Control District
Beach Mosquito Control District
Bradford County Mosquito Control District
Brevard Mosquito Control District
Broward County Mosquito Control
Buckhead Ridge Mosquito Control District
Charlotte County Pest Management
Citrus County Mosquito Control District
City of Jacksonville Mosquito Control
Collier Mosquito Control District
Columbia County
Dixie County Mosquito Control
East Flagler Mosquito Control District
Escambia County Mosquito Control
Florida Keys Mosquito Control District
Franklin County Mosquito Control
Ft. Myers Beach Mosquito Control
Gulf County Mosquito Control
Hernando County Mosquito Control
Indian River Mosquito Control District
Lake County Mosquito Management
Lee County Mosquito Control District
Manatee County Mosquito Control District
Moore Haven County Mosquito Control
North Walton Mosquito Control
Orange County Mosquito Control District
Pasco County Mosquito Control District
Pinellas County Mosquito Control
Polk County Mosquito Control
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Putnam County Mosquito Control
Sarasota County Mosquito Management
South Walton County Mosquito Control District
St. Lucie County Mosquito Control
Sumter County Mosquito Control
Volusia County Mosquito Control
2014 Committee Chairs
Aerial Training - Mark Latham
Arbovirus Surveillance - Jon Day
Archives - Roxanne Connelly & Gordon Patterson
Awards - Mark Latham
BuzzWords Newsletter - Roxanne Connelly
Bylaws - Chris Lesser
Commissioners’ Section - Steve Smith
Directors’ Section - Richard Smith
Dodd Short Courses - Roxanne Connelly,
Aaron Lloyd, Flo Jones, Eric Jackson, &
Chris Lesser
Exhibits - James Clauson
Fall Program - Suzanne Bartlett
Finance - Judy Avril & Richard Smith
Florida Mosquito Control Handbook Roxanne Connelly
Legislative - Flo Jones & Jeff Stivers
Local Arrangements - Debra Parker Smith
Membership - Neil Wilkinson
NPDES - Jeff Stivers
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Necrology 2014 - Mark Cothran
Nominating - Bob Betts
Pesticide Application - Jonathan Hornby
Public Information - Brian Murphy
Research Advisory - Mark Latham &
Jack Peterson
Resolutions - Mark Latham
Silent Auction - Bob Betts
Site Selection - Shelly Redovan
Technical Bulletins - Jim Cilek
Technology & A/V - Gregory Ross
Wing Beats Magazine - Stephen Sickerman
2013 – 2014 FMCA Officers
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2013-2014 Officers
Neil Wilkinson – President
Florida Gulf Coast University
Suzanne Bartlett - President-Elect
Volusia County Mosquito Control
Mark Cothran - Vice President
Gulf County Mosquito Control
Bob Betts - Immediate Past President
Escambia County Mosquito Control
Debra Parker Smith - Executive Director
Regional Representatives:
Northwest Region
Ben Brewer, South Walton County MCD
Northeast Region
James McNelly, Volusia County MCD
Southwest Region
Jim Burgess, Lee County MCD
Southeast Region
Eric Cotsenmoyer, Lake County Mosquito
Management
Member-at-Large
Tom Unnasch, University of South Florida
Industry Representative
Derek Wright
ADAPCO, Inc.
Commissioners’ Representative
Stephen Smith
Florida Keys MCD
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2014 Sustaining Industry
Members
ADAPCO, Inc.
Sanford, Florida
AllPro Vector Group
Northville, Michigan
AMVAC Environmental
Los Angeles, California
Application Dynamics
Cape Coral, Florida
Bayer
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
Becker Microbial Products, Inc.
Parkland, Florida
Central Life Sciences
Schaumburg, Illinois
Cheminova, Inc.
Lenexa, Kansas
Clarke Mosquito Control Products, Inc.
Roselle, Illinois
Curtis Dyna-Fog
Westfield, Indiana
Leading Edge Associates
Waynesville, North Carolina
Lewis, Longman & Walker, PA
Tallahassee, Florida
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London Fog, Inc.
Long Lake, Minnesota
NationAir
West Chicago, Illinois
Univar USA, Inc.
Kirkland, Washington
Valent Biosciences
Tampa, Florida
Thank you for your support!
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