CRN Elects New Slate of Board Directors

Washington, D.C., January 7, 2016—The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the leading trade association for the dietary supplement and functional food industry, today announced the election by the CRN membership of a slate of eight Board members to CRN’s Board of Directors. Following is CRN’s 2016 Board of Directors, with those noted in bold newly elected (or re-elected) as part of the Board-recommended slate.

CRN Board of Directors 2016

Finished Product Manufacturers/Marketers

  • Michael Bentley, SierraSil Health Inc.
  • John Blair, The Juice Plus+ Company, LLC
  • Kristen Blanchard, Nutramax Laboratories
  • Paul Bolar, Pharmavite LLC
  • Michael Bradley, Perrigo Company              
  • David Campbell, Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC
  • Marjorie Fine, Shaklee Corporation
  • Bill Frankos, Herbalife, Ltd.
  • Ron Fugate, ReNew Life Formulas
  • Connie Hallquist, Healthy Directions, LLC
  • Harvey Kamil, NBTY, Inc.   
  • Randy King, Procter & Gamble
  • Paul Konney, Metagenics, Inc.
  • Gary Kuchta, Pfizer Consumer Healthcare   
  • Mark LeDoux, Natural Alternatives International
  • Allison Levy, AdvoCare International, LP
  • David Morrison, The Vitamin Shoppe
  • Al Powers, NOW Foods
  • Scott Ravech, Deerland Enzymes
  • Barry Ritz, Atrium Innovations, Inc.
  • Craig Sheehan, Church and Dwight Co. Inc.
  • Girard Smith, Bayer HealthCare
  • Jennifer Spalding, Abbott Nutrition
  • Nancy Steely, Arbonne International, LLC
  • Michelle Stout, Amway/Nutrilite
  • Ken Strick, Glanbia Performance Nutrition, Inc.
  • Paul Valas, Arizona Nutritional Supplements, Inc.
  • John Venardos, Bodybuilding.com
  • Tyler Whitehead, Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc.

Ingredient Suppliers

  • Tobe Cohen, DSM Nutritional Products
  • Mike DeGennaro, Lonza, Inc.
  • Paul Dijkstra, InterHealth Nutraceuticals, Inc.
  • Andrea Ferrenz, Innophos, Inc.
  • Jim Hamilton, Neptune Technologies & Bioressources Inc.
  • David Henstrom, Cargill Health & Nutrition
  • Jim Hyde, Albion Laboratories, Inc.
  • Jeremy Moore, Stratum Nutrition
  • Kevin Salerno, HORN Nutraceuticals
  • Mike Satow, Nutrition 21
  • Bret Scholtes, Omega Protein/Nutegrity
  • Anne van Gastel, BASF Corporation
  • Jim Watson, Watson Inc.

For a complete list of CRN member companies, visit CRN’s website. For information on membership with CRN, please contact Carl Hyland, director, membership development, CRN, at 202-204-7674 or chyland@crnusa.org


Note to Editor: The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), founded in 1973, is a Washington, D.C.-based trade association representing 150+ dietary supplement and functional food manufacturers, ingredient suppliers, and companies providing services to those manufacturers and suppliers. In addition to complying with a host of federal and state regulations governing dietary supplements and food in the areas of manufacturing, marketing, quality control and safety, our manufacturer and supplier members also agree to adhere to additional voluntary guidelines as well as to CRN’s Code of Ethics. Visit www.crnusa.org. Follow us on Twitter @crn_supplements and @wannabewell and on Facebook.