Pat VanHooser - General Manager / BugBabe

Pat VanHooser grew up in the Washington, DC area and got her start in the pest control industry with the Department of Defense in the mid1970s. The government had a program to get women into non-traditional jobs and Pat applied for, and was accepted to, the Pest Control program. There she obtained experience in every type of pest service that included not only the "usual" rats, roaches, ants and termites, but also the more exotic bats, birds and wildlife control. There is never a typical day on a military reservation and some days it involved a helicopter ride to get to a training area to eliminate stinging insects that were keeping the troops from doing their job! This was great training to take into the private sector.

In 1990 Pat moved to the CSRA to look after her parents who had retired down south some years before. She landed a position as the first female technician with Advanced Services in early 1991 and fit right in with the Annis family tradition. She proved her dedication to professionalism and customer service and quickly was promoted to supervisor and then branch manager of the Aiken office. In 1998 she became the general manager of the entire company and remains in that position today.

Pat is always available to our customers to answer questions and solve problems. She will take phone calls about pest control and offer advice for "do it yourselfers" ...just ask the Bugbabe! And, if you want, Pat will come speak in person to your civic club, school or other meeting. This is just one more way she has become part of the family tradition of customer and community service.