Dr. Robert Corrigan

Owner & President
RMC Pest Management Consulting

A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Corrigan is a graduate of Purdue University, where he earned a master’s and Ph.D. in rodent pest management, as well as the State University of New York at Farmingdale, where he studied under Dr. Austin Frishman. Throughout his distinguished career, Dr. Corrigan also worked as an extension specialist and researcher at Purdue. Early in his career, Corrigan also ran a pest control route for three years, so he understands the challenges faced by pest managament professionals in the field. He is the owner and president of RMC Pest Management Conulsting located in Richmond, Indiana.

Matthew Frye

Community IPM Extension Area Educator
New York State Integrated Pest Management Program

Matt Frye is the Community IPM Extension Area Educator for the New York State Integrated Pest Management program based in Elmsford, N.Y. As an extension educator, he is responsible for enhancing the level of IPM adoption among pest management professionals, educators and the general public. A graduate of Muhlenberg College with a degree in biology, Frye also earned a Master’s and Ph.D. in entomology from the University of Delaware. His primary extension and outreach efforts include rodent IPM, bed bug control and tick management. A frequent speaker at industry events, he is a member of or served on the Nassau County Bed Bug Task Force, Scientific Coalition on Pest Exclusion (SCOPE) and New York State Senator Sue Serino’s Lyme Disease Advisory Board.

Tim Madere

Pest Control Specialist
City of New Orleans Mosquito, Termite and Rodent Control Board

Timmy Madere began his career in the pest control industry early in life, crawling in attics and under houses for his Grandfather’s pest control company every summer. While in college, he drove mosquito fog trucks at night in his home town of Laplace, Louisiana. He went on to work for Terminix as a general pest control specialist for five years. In 2008, Timmy went to work for the City of New Orleans Mosquito, Rodent, and Termite Control Board as a general pest control specialist and research assistant and is still working there today as their special projects coordinator. Timmy has worked on research studies and urban pest issues concerning everything from termites and bedbugs to coyotes and raccoons; but his primary focus is on commensal rodents and urban rodent control. Timmy has been writing articles on rodent biology and control techniques for the National Wildlife Control Operator Association (NWCOA) for the past two years and continues to contribute now. Timmy has a BA in History from the University of New Orleans and is planning to attend graduate school.

Dan Moreland

Group Publisher
PCT Media Group

Dan Moreland, publisher of PCT, is an award-winning journalist who has covered the professional pest management industry for more than three decades. A graduate of Kent State University, where he majored in journalism, Moreland has served as editor of the last three editions of the Mallis Handbook of Pest Control, as well as Rodent Control: A Practical Guide for Pest Management Professionals by Dr. Robert Corrigan. He also serves as Executive Vice-President of GIE Media, a diversified publisher of business-to-business publications based in Valley View, Ohio.