OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE VIRGINIA MOSQUITO CONTROL ASSOCIATION
Happy 75th Anniversary, VMCA!
2022 Annual Conference
75th Anniversary of Virginia Mosquito Control Association (1947-2022)
Our annual conference was held as a combination in-person and virtual event January 25-27, 2022 at the Newport News Marriott at City Center. Thank you to all who supported and attended to celebrate this milestone for our organization!
See below for select pdf presentations from the conference, a photo gallery, and more.
Thank you, 2022 Sustaining Members!
Election Results
The Virginia Mosquito Control Association is governed by a dedicated group of individuals on the Executive Board. Thank you to everyone who took the time to vote in our 2022 election.
Due to the departure of the 2021 First Vice President, there were two vacant positions to be filled—that of First Vice President and Vice President. Additionally, this year's ballot included two votes on proposed changes to the VMCA Bylaws.
Congratulations to our new board members,
Vice President Rachel Stradling and First Vice President Carla Caulkins!
See the complete 2022 Executive Board.
The results from the two votes on the Proposed Bylaws changes that took place via the ballot were determined to be invalid according to the last sentence in Article XIII Section 1 of the VMCA Bylaws which states the following:
"Any proposal to amend the bylaws shall be submitted to the president at least four months prior to the date of the annual meeting. The president will subsequently submit this to the members of the executive committee for review. The recommendation report will be sent to each VMCA member at least thirty days prior to the annual business meeting. A two-thirds vote of the members present shall be needed for approval."
Thus, another vote was held for those in attendance at the annual business meeting.
- The proposed changes which focused on grammar and clarification were passed unanimously.
- The proposal to change the name of the association to Virginia Mosquito and Vector Control Association failed to pass with 19 in favor and 18 opposed.
You can find the updated document on the Bylaws page.
Student Competition Committee's 6th Annual Student Poster Competition
Congratulations to our winner, Rebecca Trimble of Virginia Tech for their poster titled, "Pathogen spillover into the Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis in Virginia"
Check out the top 5 posters here along with past years' winners.
Thank you to all participating students and judges!
Thank you also to everyone who donated and bid on items at the silent auction and to all who participated in the 50/50 raffle. The SCC was able to raise considerable funds for future student poster competition awards.
VMCA Merchandise For Sale
Thank you to everyone who purchased VMCA merchandise! If you weren't able to attend in person or forgot to get that item you were eyeing, purchases can still be arranged for local pickup in Norfolk, VA or through customer-paid shipment. Check out current inventory and ordering information on the Merchandise Page.
List of Speakers
- Karen Akaratovic, kakaratovic@suffolkva.us Suffolk Mosquito Control
- Sara Benham, smcdo010@odu.edu Old Dominion University
- Joshua Bernick, joshua.bernick@vdh.virginia.gov Virginia Department of Health
- Randy Buchanan, buc06@henrico.us Henrico County Public Works
- Chuck Berg, c.berg@codiagnostics.com Co-Diagnostics
- Matt Batdorf, bat073@henrico.us Henrico County Public Works
- Kyle Brinson, kyle.brinson@maryland.gov Maryland Department of Agriculture
- Dr. Brian Byrd, bdbyrd@email.wcu.edu Western Carolina University
- Ture Carlson, tacarlson@chathamcounty.org Chatham County Mosquito Control
- Robert Christian, robert.christian@vdacs.virginia.gov Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- Andy Davidson, davidsonat@vcu.edu Virginia Commonwealth University
- Joe Davis, jwdavis6@catamount.wcu.edu Western Carolina University
- Timothy DuBois, duboist@portsmouthva.gov Portsmouth Mosquito Control
- Gillian Eastwood, geastwood@vt.edu Virginia Tech
- Holly Gaff, hgaff@odu.edu Old Dominion University
- Stephanie Grizzard, spere004@odu.edu Old Dominion University
- Jeff Hottenstein, jhottenstein@clarke.com Clarke
- Wayne Jones, wjones@suffolkva.us Suffolk Department of Public Works
- Jay Kiser, jkiser@suffolkva.us Suffolk Mosquito Control
- Kattie Morris, kmorris@clarke.com Clarke
- Brian Prendergast, brian.prendergast@maryland.gov Maryland Department of Agriculture
- Janice Pulver, janice.pulver@yorkcounty.gov York County Mosquito Control
- Stephen Panossian, stephen.panossian@maryland.gov Maryland Department of Agriculture
- Peter Schiff, peterfs@vt.edu Virginia Tech
- Clint Shettle, clinton.shettle@vdacs.virginia.gov (on behalf of Liza Fleeson Trossbach, liza.fleeson@vdacs.virginia.gov) Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- Rebecca Trimble, trebecca@vt.edu Virginia Tech
- Melanie Turner, melaniet19@vt.edu Virginia Tech
- Keith Tignor, keith.tignor@vdacs.virginia.gov Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- Forde Upshur, uforde96@vt.edu Virginia Tech
- Lisa Wagenbrenner, lwagenbrenner@cityofchesapeake.net City of Chesapeake Mosquito Control
Conference Presentations
Select presentations from the VMCA 2022 Annual Conference are available below with permission from respective speakers.
If you gave a presentation and would like it shared, please contact the Website Chair listed at the bottom of the page.
Chuck Berg - Polymerase Mosquito Testing (available here: https://vimeo.com/666076122)
2022 Annual Conference Photo Gallery
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Website Chair Karen Akaratovic (kakaratovic@suffolkva.us)
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