Ron has college degrees in Public Health, Environmental Health and Entomology. His first job after college was as a Corporate Sanitarian for the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co where he conducted pest management, sanitation and safety audits at company owned operations in 27 states and Canada. For the last 27 years, he has been involved in research and Extension Education at three Land Grant Universities including Purdue and the University of Minnesota. He is currently employed as a Senior Extension Associate at Cornell University in the Pesticide Management Education Program where his primary job is the education of New YorkÕs Private and Commercial Pesticide Applicators. He has written several training manuals for pesticide applicators including the manuals used to certify applicators in the Termite, Food Processing, Cooling Towers and Right-of -Way management applicator categories. Ron is a Past President of the New York State Association of Milk and Food Sanitarians, is Chairman of the Northeast Pesticide Coordinators, and is a member of the American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators.