Executive Vice President,
National Pest Management Association
Since joining the National Pest Management Association (NPMA) in 1995, Executive Vice President Rob Lederer has successfully re-engineered the association that oversees the country's pest management industry, leading it to record growth.
Under Lederer's direction, NPMA is reshaping the image of the pest management professional in the minds of consumers and government decision-makers. Today, the pest management industry brings to mind values of reliability, experience and professionalism. Most notably, NPMA has solidified a positive working relationship with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a relationship that would not have been possible 10 years ago.
Lederer has aggressively worked toward this goal of protecting the reputation of the pest management industry as well as increasing the size of the pest management market. Toward this end, in 1997 NPMA instituted the Professional Pest Management Alliance (PPMA), a consumer awareness initiative that serves as a proactive, unified voice of the industry.
Lederer personally speaks to state pest management associations and listens to their needs. He then recommends a course of action, expertly guiding them to their goals. This level of individual attention has enhanced the value of NPMA to its membership. Additional achievements include increasing NPMA membership, expanding its State Partnership Alliance program with pest management associations throughout the nation, and developing pestworld.org, NPMA's comprehensive online source of pest management information.
As a partner of the Association Management Group (AMG), a consulting firm specializing in association management, Lederer honed his marketing and management skills by overseeing six of the firm's 12 associations. Prior to AMG, Lederer served as the Executive Director of the Association of Wall and Ceiling Industries. The self-described "association brat" grew up relishing work that could impact entire industries and began his career as General Manager of the National Truck Stop Association. Lederer's "sum" now boasts nearly 25 years in the nonprofit sector.
Lederer graduated from the University of Richmond, earning his bachelor's degree in Business Administration with a minor in Marketing. When he isn't spearheading positive image building programs for NPMA, Lederer can be found working with residents and business owners on issues of importance to the City of Fairfax (VA), where he serves as Mayor.
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