CRN STARTS NEW YEAR WITH NEW CHAIR
AND NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS
WASHINGTON, D.C., January 12, 2009—The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the dietary supplement industry’s leading trade association, is pleased to announce Mark LeDoux, CEO of Natural Alternatives International, Inc., has been elected chair of the association’s Board of Directors. Mr. LeDoux, who will hold the office through 2010, succeeds Marjorie Fine, senior vice president and general counsel, Shaklee Corporation. Ms. Fine will continue to serve on the Board of Directors as immediate past chair.
Mark LeDoux has been a highly regarded leader for the dietary supplement industry for over 20 years since he founded Natural Alternatives International, Inc. in 1980. A visible and active leader in CRN, Mr. LeDoux has served as the chair-elect of the Board during 2007-2008, chair of the CRN Political Action Committee (PAC) since its inception in 2004, and previously served as chair of the association’s International Trade and Market Development Committee.
“I have been an avid supporter of CRN for more than a decade and look forward to continuing the association’s aggressive agenda and initiatives,” said Mr. LeDoux. “During my two-year term, my goal is to strengthen CRN’s position as the responsible, leading voice of the dietary supplement industry. This association and its members are advocates for reasonable regulation that promotes unfettered consumer access anywhere in the world to well-made, properly labeled dietary supplements at any potencies that are demonstrated to be safe by appropriate scientific measures.”
Working with Mr. LeDoux on CRN’s Board of Directors will be 27 member company representatives and CRN President & CEO Steve Mister. The Board will include the following newly elected officers: Chair-elect—Janice Binger, Archer Daniels Midland Company; Treasurer—David Christensen, Bayer HealthCare; Secretary—Kristen Blanchard, Nutramax Laboratories, Inc.; Immediate Past Chair—Marjorie Fine, Shaklee Corporation.
Additionally the following committee chairs have been appointed:
- Government Relations Committee, Howard Scholick, Abbott Nutrition
- International Trade and Market Development Committee, John Venardos, Herbalife International of America, Inc.
- Media Relations Committee, Doug Jones, Pharmavite LLC
- Membership Committee, Chuck Brice, Kemin Health, L.C., and Dave Eckert, Cognis Nutrition & Health (co-chairs)
- Regulatory Affairs Committee, Heidi Horn, Perrigo, and Paul Bolar, Pharmavite LLC (co-chairs)
- Senior Scientific Advisory Council, Zoraida DeFreitas, Kemin Health, L.C.
The newly elected Executive Committee is comprised of the Board officers and additional Board
members: (Executive committee is in bold.)
- Janice Binger, Archer Daniels Midland Company
- John Blair, NSA, Inc.
- Kristen Blanchard, Nutramax Laboratories, Inc.
- Paul Bolar, Pharmavite LLC
- Michael Bradley, Perrigo Company
- David Christensen, Bayer HealthCare
- Bruce Daggy, GlaxoSmithKline
- Jodi Drexler-Billet, Country Life Vitamins
- Larry Esposito, Innophos, Inc.
- Marjorie Fine, Shaklee Corporation
- Jim Hamilton, DSM Nutritional Products, Inc.
- David Henstrom, Cargill Health & Nutrition
- Byron Johnson, Amway Corporation
- Harvey Kamil, NBTY, Inc.
- Don Kerrigan, Wyeth Consumer Health
- Mark LeDoux, Natural Alternatives International, Inc.
- Doug Lioon, Douglas Laboratories
- Kathy McKnight, Natural Factors Nutritional Products, Inc.
- David Morrison, The Vitamin Shoppe
- Greg Ris, Indena USA, Inc.
- Nick Shackley, BASF Corporation
- Robert Sinott, Mannatech, Inc.
- Don Stanek, Linnea, Inc.
- David Sullivan, General Nutrition Centers, Inc.
- Bill Van Dyke, B&D Nutritional Ingredients, Inc.
- John Venardos, Herbalife International of America, Inc.
- Tyler Whitehead, Pharmanex LLC
- Bruce Wood, Schiff Nutrition International
“This is a particularly strong Board representing the diversity of the industry, with company representatives from large companies, small companies, ingredient suppliers, finished product manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies with supplement divisions and companies that make only natural products. Under Mark’s leadership, we expect to continue our growth and aggressive representation of the industry,” said Steve Mister, president & CEO, CRN.
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Note to Editor: The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), founded in 1973, is a Washington, D.C.-based trade association representing dietary supplement manufacturers and ingredient suppliers. CRN members agree to adhere to voluntary guidelines for manufacturing, labeling and marketing and CRN’s Code of Ethics. Visit www.crnusa.org.
