2020-2021 Committees

Northwest Exterminating
830 Kennesaw Ave
Marietta, GA 30060

Garry Adams is the Director of Real Estate and Market Development for Northwest Exterminating. He is responsible for overseeing the Northwest real estate schools in Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee. In addition, he oversees the team of Instructors that are responsible for teaching Continuing Education to Northwest real estate partners in those markets. He is also part of the Northwest Acquisition Team to generate further growth in strategic markets. His team assists the Northwest sales force in developing new relationships throughout the Southeast. Away from work, Garry’s passions are his wife, Nancy; daughter, Suzanne and husband, Adam; daughter, Katie and husband, Travis and their children, Ryder and Finley; and daughter, Erin, a Freshman in college.  He enjoys driving and restoring antique and muscle cars in his spare time. Garry and Nancy reside in East Cobb.

Cliff Baird is the Assistant Branch Manager at Compass Pest Management at the Cornelia, Ga. branch. Cliff has been with Compass since August 1^st of 2006 and has been in the pest control industry for 20 years. Cliff has served as the Region 2 Director for GPCA as well as co-chair of the North West Georgia Conference, a leadership graduate in 2017, and served on various committees.

    Cliff has been married to his wonderful wife Misty for 27 years, and they have 3 children and 1 son-in-law Shelby (Brandon) Lynch, Faith, and Joshua Baird. Cliff serves as a deacon at Level Grove Baptist Church in Cornelia, Ga, where he volunteers with different activities.

   During his spare time, Cliff enjoys spending time with his family doing various activities. Cliff is passionate about volunteering to help the youth in his community. He volunteers for his local high school The Habersham Central Raiders by fundraising for the athletic department to help student/athletes, he also works in the press box for the baseball and football program for home games and drives the teams to away games.

• Education - Attended School at Southern Tech for 2 years before pursuing a career in the Pest Control Industry.
• Present Employer and number of years Arrow Exterminators Inc. 33 years
• Senior VP of Operational Risk Management
• Industry Experience– Years in the Industry 42 years
• GPCA affiliation past and present-example-GPCA Leadership graduate, GPCA Committee Member, etc. Past President , currently serving on NPMA Fumigation committee, Quality Pro Certification, Certified in HPC-WDO and Fumigation in Georgia. PPMA Guardian and GPCA Guardian

Adam Vannest is a leading team member at Northwest Exterminating, a growing lawn care, pest and termite control business headquartered in Marietta, GA.

Vannest began his career with Northwest Exterminating as a sales inspector. He was rapidly promoted to a Service Center Manager, where he quickly gained recognition as a top performer. In 2012 he was promoted to the Director of Pest Services where he worked to expand service offerings.  Today, Vannest is the Director of Training and Technical Services for Northwest Exterminating, a company with over 500 team members and services Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina and Alabama.

Vannest is a proud father of two Leo & Lyla, and married to his best friend Elica.  He’s passioante about lifelong learning, helping others grow, and Notre Dame football. 

Lee Tubbs is President of Enviroguard Pest Solutions where he works closely with his leadership team to deliver a full range of pest control services in Georgia and Tennessee. Lee served as President of the Georgia Pest Control Association from 2010-2011.

Lee has been involved in the community serving as Chair of the Catoosa County Chamber of Commerce for two years, past Chair of the City of Ringgold Planning and Zoning Commission, past President of Rotary Club of Ringgold, Chattanooga Pest Control Association and the Greater Memphis (TN) Area Pest Control Association. He currently serves on the Board for Georgia Northwestern Technical Colleges’ Business Advisory Council, as a board member of the Strategic Visioning Committee for the City of Ringgold and a board member for the Georgia Northwestern Workforce Development Board.

He is a second generation pest management professional, starting his career in 1979 as a technician in the family business Atomic Pest Control in Memphis, TN. Lee is a graduate of the University of Memphis with a degree in Pest Control Management. His prior industry experience includes working as a pest control inspector for the Tennessee Department of Agriculture and as a sales representative for Oldham Chemicals Company. His wife Marilyn is the Dean of the Wright School of Business at Dalton(GA) State College. They reside in Ringgold.

Mark is the owner of LandMark Pest and Wildlife Solutions... he also serves many pest companies in Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee providing CEU hours. Mark’s  duties with GPCA includes Past President 1994-1995 and has served as co-chair on many other committees.  He lives in Bolingbroke, Ga. with his wife Yvonne.  Mark has one daughter named Kelly Hunter Hardy, a past recipient of the GPCA Glenn Burnett Scholarship.  Mark and his wife Yvonne enjoy spending time with their grandchildren Karlie, Willa Kate and Ryan.

• 40 plus years in the industry
• Started in 1979 for Swat, Inc. – Forest Park, GA
• 1985 became a Georgia Certified Pest Control Operator.
• 2001 Joined Terminix as a Service Manager
• 2003 began co-training with Jim Chase
• 2006 promoted to Quality Assurance Specialist
• 2008 Passed exams and became one of a few industry-trained Board Certified Entomologists
• 2008 -2018 Several promotions through the Technical and Compliance ranks
• 2018 became Louisiana licensed in GPC, CVC, TC
• 2020 Technical Support Manager

1997 - Present      Bayer Crop Science

                                Chemical Manufacturer

                                Eastern Regional Sales Managers                                            

1990 - 1997          Central Garden and Pet Company

Chemical Distributor.

                                District Sales Manager, Consumer Chemicals

EDUCATION

1983 - 1987          University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.

                                BSA in Agricultural Economics: December 1987.

Eunice Hall is retired from Dow AgroSciences (now Corteva), where she was a Senior Sales Specialist. Eunice earned her BS degree in Agriculture from Berea College in Kentucky. She began her career working as a Youth Conservation Corp Leader with the US Forest Service in the Daniel Boone National Forest. She went on to become a Lab Technician at the University of KY, doing research in Entomology. That job led her into the pest control industry when she became a Sales Representative with Forshaw Distribution – opening their Cincinnati location. Eunice then joined Dow Chemical (which became DowElanco, then Dow AgroSciences & now Corteva), initially working as a sales representative in their pest control, lawn care and formulations businesses – living in Texas, Michigan, Indiana and finally moving to Georgia over 30 years ago.

Eunice has always been active in the GPCA. Throughout the years, she has served on several committees. She has Co-Chaired PR, Education and WDO (now Industry Affairs). Although retired, she still serves on the Education and PR Committees and is Co-Chair on the Golf Committee. Eunice is a past recipient of the GPCA Pioneer Award and Committee Chair of the Year Award. She is a member of the GPCA Hall of Fame and is a Guardian. Eunice is an approved speaker for the Georgia Department of Agriculture and has taught numerous re-registration classes over the years. While she Co-Chaired the Education Committee, she helped to create the first Employee Registration Manual for Georgia.

Now that Eunice is retired, she is able to devote more of her time to one of her passions – helping animals. She has volunteered with the Humane Society of Cobb County for over 15 years and strives to do all she can to help animals in need. She currently serves as Vice President on their Board of Directors.

Eunice and her Buggie Lou (a Peek-A-Poo) now reside in Canton, GA.

Dan has been with Ensystex for 21 years developing their Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee markets.  He covers most of Georgia, most of Alabama, the Cleveland and Chattanooga areas of Tennessee and Hawaii.  Before joining Ensystex he worked with First Quality Exterminating as branch manager.  He has over 35 years in the pest control industry and has served as president and vice president of the Atlanta Pest Control Association. Dan has been married to his wife Lagena for 45 years and they have 3 boys  and 7 grandchildren.

 At Northwest, Jeff Dunn is approaching his twentieth year, and currently serves as Chief Progression Officer.

 Jeff is a GPCA Past President and a GPCA Pioneer Award Recipient.  He has served as an Instructor for the UGA Pest Management Certificate Program since its inception in April 2006.  

He currently serves as Chairman of NPMA's ByLaws Committee and as NPMA's State Policy Affairs Representaive for the State of Georgia. 

Jeff resides in the Atlanta area with his wife and children.

Sinyard is owner and president of Adams Exterminators located in Albany. and Southwest GA. Sinyard currently serves on the Georgia Structural Pest Control Commission. He is past Chairman and serves on the Board of Directors of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Sinyard also serves on the Board of Truist Bank South Georgia, the Board of Governors and a member of the Board of Georgia Chamber of Commerce. Sinyard served as the Past Charmain of the Georgia Quail Hunt, the Dougherty County Commission, Albany Dougherty Economics Development Commission, and has served since 1992 on the Georgia Military Affairs Coordinating Committee.

Bodine is married to Lillie with three sons, three daughter in laws and two wonderful grandchildren.