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Iowa Pest Management Association

Conference Agenda 2022

FFA Enrichment Center ** Ankeny IA

Subject to Change

Thursday November 10, 2022

12:30 – 1:30 Registration
1:30 – 2:30 Managing for Growth, Quality, and Customer Satisfaction. Pete
Schopen
2:30 – 3:20 Making Friends with Finances - Dan Gordon
3:20 – 3:30 Platinum Sponsor Updates
3:30 – 3:45 Break
3:45 – 4:30 Don’t Let Difficult Clients Bug You - Jody Green
4:30 – 6:30 Reception and Vendor Displays

Friday November 11, 2022

7:30 – 8:15 Registration / Vendor Displays
8:15 – 8:45 Welcome, Vendor Introductions & IPMA Annual Membership Meeting
Board Updates
Election of Board Members
8:45 – 9:30 Do City Rats Get Tired of the Rat Race? - John Murphy
9:30 - 10:00 Taking the Buzz out of Mosquito Control – Stan Cope
10:00 – 10:45 Break/Vendor Displays
10:45 – 11:30 Taking the Sting Out of Wasp & Bee Control – Jody Green
11:30 - 12:00 Carpenter Ants Are on the Top of the World - Pete Schopen
12:00 – 1:15 Lunch / Last Chance Vendor Visits
1:15 – 2:00 Understanding Pesticide Formulations in Urban Pest Control –
Caroline Kirby
2:00 – 2:30 IDALS Pesticide Bureau Update – Gretchen Paluch & Mark Smith
2:30 – 2:45 Break
2:45 – 3:30 Powderpost Beetles Can Let You Down - TBD
3:30 Silent Auction Results, Evaluation, and Adjourn

About your conference speakers:

Pete Schopen, Jr. is the founder and president of Schopen Pest Solutions in McHenry,
Illinois, serving northern Illinois and southeastern Wisconsin for more than 30 years.

Phone: 815-669-4097. Website: www.schopenpest.com

Dan Gordon, CPA, is the owner of PCO Bookkeepers, an accounting and consulting
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specializing in accounting, CFO service, tax planning, and generational and exit
planning, among others. Phone: 973-300-0288. Email: info@pcobookkeepers.com

Jody Green is an Urban Extension Entomologist with Nebraska Extension in Douglas-
Sarpy Counties. Address: 8015 W. Center Rd, Omaha, NE 68124-3175. Email:
jgreen17@unl.edu | Twitter: @JodyBugsMeUNL

John Murphy has been with LiphaTech for 20 years and is the CO2 Development and
Implementation Manager. Phone: 732-670-3346.

Stan Cope (aka the Mosquito Man) is Vice President of Technical Service for
CatchMaster. Through education, military service, and professional stewardship,
Stan has become the “go-to” person for all things mosquito. Phone: (800) 458-
7454. Email: INFO@CATCHMASTER.COM

Caroline Kirby is the Technical Director and Training Coordinator for Plunkett’s Pest
Control and a member of the Copesan Technical Committee.

Gretchen Paluch is the Chief for the Pesticide Bureau with the Iowa Department of
Agriculture and Land Stewardship, and Mark A. Smith, is a Program Planner with
the IDALS Pesticide Bureau. Address: Wallace State Office Building, Des Moines
IA 50319.
Phone 515-281-8591.