A Tacoma Business Gem - Sprague Pest Solutions

Larry Treleven, Vice President of Tacoma-based, Sprague Pest Solutions will share how the family owned company went from humble beginnings in a garage on North G Street to a leader in commercial pest control that covers the West Coast.

By his own account, Larry Treleven has been associated with the pest management industry in some way since he “was old enough to fog a mirror.” And maybe even longer than that when you consider, after his birth in 1948, he was driven home from the hospital in his father’s Sprague Pest Solutions service vehicle. In his early days at Sprague, he served as a technician, sales associate and branch manager and Sprague president and then co-president with his brother Alfie Treleven. In addition to his leadership roles at Sprague, Larry has Served as president of the Washington State Pest Control Association, the Oregon Pest Control Association and the National Pest Management Association (1994-1995); founding member of the Professional Pest Management Alliance (PPMA). Larry is also recognized as a founding member of the Professional Pest Management Alliance (PPMA) and continues to serve as a state public affairs representative (SPAR) of NPMA for Washington, Oregon and Idaho. In 2016, Larry was inducted into the Pest Management Professional (PMP) Hall of Fame.