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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.

Karen Akaratovic - Distribution Expansion of Culex nigripalpus (pdf)Download
Karen Akaratovic - House of 1,000 Corpses, Pesticide Resistance Testing in Suffolk, VA (pdf)Download
Kyle Brinson - The Eastern Shore’s Triple Threat, Changes in Land and Mosquito Habitat (pdf)Download
Brian Byrd - AMCA Update (pdf)Download
Ture Carlson - Relesing Mosquitoes (pdf)Download
Robert Christian - VDACS Pesticide Spill Response (pdf)Download
Robert Christian - VDACS Update (pdf)Download
Andy Davidson - Predator Biocontrol of the Rock Pool Mosquito (pdf)Download
Tim Dubois - VMCA Turns 75 (pdf)Download
Gillian Eastwood - Vector-borne Disease Ecology Investigation in the Eastern United States (pdf)Download
Holly Gaff - State of the World of Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens (pdf)Download
Jeff Hottenstein - Reflection and Lessons Learned from Implementing a Portfolio-wide Packaging Transition (pdf)Download
Jay Kiser - Culex pipiens Bloodmeal Analysis from Suffolk Virginia (pdf)Download
Jay Kiser - Dude, Where's my Culex (pdf)Download
Jay Kiser - VMCA Social Events (pdf)Download

Chuck Berg - Polymerase Mosquito Testing (available here: https://vimeo.com/666076122)

Stephen Panossian - Seasonal Adult Mosquito Abundance Datasets (pdf)Download
Brian Prendergast West Nile in MD (pdf)Download
Janice Pulver - Fieldwork and Turkey Hunting (pdf)Download
Janice Pulver - The Future of Trapping (pdf)Download
Peter Schiff - Surveillance of Pathogens in Blacklegged Ticks from Southwest Virginia (pdf)Download
Melanie Turner - Phenology of Container-Breeding Mosquitoes in SW Virginia (pdf)Download
Liza Fleeson Trossbach - Pollinators and Pesticides (presented by Clint Shettle) (pdf)Download
Lisa Wagenbrenner - WNV in Chesapeake 2021 (pdf)Download

2022 Annual Conference Photo Gallery

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    Website Chair Karen Akaratovic (kakaratovic@suffolkva.us) 

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