When Karina Villaseñor walked onto the stage at the 2026 ISSA VEO Conference in Dallas, she did so from a different spot than the year before. At the inaugural conference in Chicago in 2025, the vice president of human resources for 4M Building Solutions received the VEO Visionario Award. This year she returned as co-host ...
Debbie Sardone never set out to build a business. Early in her marriage, she and her husband were poor enough to qualify for government assistance, though pride kept them from accepting it. He worked three jobs and eventually went back to the police department for a steady paycheck. She started cleaning houses out of the ...
Wade Kemnitz has joined Sellars Absorbent Materials as President and COO. Kemnitz’s new role at Sellars is part of a planned succession as Julie Graverson, the company’s current COO, is retiring at the end of October. “We’re very appreciative of Julie’s dedication, determination and many contributions to our success during her 10 years at Sellars. ...
Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther, Aunt Flow Chief of Staff Jenna Saponaro and Columbus Urban League President and CEO Stephanie Hightower will gather at Huntington Park today to celebrate Columbus becoming the first U.S. city to provide free period products across all of its major professional sports venues and spotlight the next phase of the city’s ...
Frontline turnover in commercial cleaning runs at an estimated 200% a year, and each departure costs roughly $3,500 to replace. Labor is already the largest expense for a building service contractor. Channing Johnson, president of KB Building Services in Nebraska, considers turnover the industry's biggest problem and one it rarely puts enough effort into solving. ...
More than 200 ABM professionals help keep the 1.7-million-square-foot venue ready for Cardinals games, concerts, and major events. As the 2026 NFL season gets underway, ABM (NYSE: ABM), a leading provider of facility, engineering, and infrastructure solutions, is highlighting a longstanding partnership that helps keep State Farm Stadium clean, welcoming, and ready for game days ...
ISSA SHOW ASIA 2026, held September 16-18 in Seoul, Korea, brought together professionals, products, technologies, and skills from across the cleaning, hygiene, and facility management industry from across Asia. ISSA Asia Emerging Leaders of 2026 The Emerging Leaders Program recognizes outstanding professionals who are shaping the future of the cleaning industry through innovation, leadership, and ...
Plenty of cleaning business owners take pride in owing nothing. They’ve paid off the trucks and equipment, and nobody at a bank has a say in how the company runs. Steve Mastin, chief financial officer of 4M Building Holdings in St. Louis, knows owners like that. He described a friend, a local businessman who pays ...
New AI tools show up faster than most cleaning companies can evaluate them. The harder question, according to two speakers at the 2026 ISSA VEO Conference in Dallas, is whether the people expected to use those tools will trust them long enough to make a difference. That question drives “Leading with AI and Humanity in ...
Ahead of National Custodian Day, RCP will host 11 appreciation events nationwide, recognizing more than1,250 custodial and facility maintenance professionals whose work helps keep communities running every day Rubbermaid Commercial Products (RCP) is celebrating the fifth year of the Behind the Scenes of Clean initiative ahead of National Custodian Day on October 2, recognizing the ...
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