Nutrawomen Wednesday

NutraWomen Wednesday: Kristie Hall, founder & CMO, True Grace

01-Feb-2023 By Danielle Masterson

"We got told 'no' a lot and we just really stayed true to our mission. And in the end, it ended up working out.”

NutraWomen Wednesday: Najla Guthrie, President & CEO, KGK Science

25-Jan-2023 By Danielle Masterson

Najla Guthrie, president and CEO, KGK Science Inc. has been hailed as a global leader and sought-after spokesperson in the nutraceutical trade. She is also a lobbyist for the advancement of policy changes in the supplement and cannabis industries.

NutraWomen Wednesday: Crystal Webber, MS, RD, Founder, Niche Nutrition

18-Jan-2023 By Danielle Masterson

Crystal Webber, MS, RD, started off as a registered dietitian working with populations from oncology to eldercare and even methadone clinics. She later shifted from clinical and sports nutrition to food science and product development. Webber said her...

Kriti Chaudhary, Head of Business Development, Vedic Lifesciences

11-Jan-2023 By Danielle Masterson

Kriti Chaudhary manages sales, marketing and business development for one of the most experienced contract research organizations in the dietary supplement industry. With a passion for science and innovation, she is the Head of Business Development at...

NutraWomen Wednesday: Melanie Avalon, AvalonX brand owner

04-Jan-2023 By Danielle Masterson

Melanie Avalon is a SAG-AFTRA actress, author of What When Wine: Lose Weight and Feel Great with Paleo-Style Meals, Intermittent Fasting, and Wine (W.W. Norton Countryman Press 2018), and host of the top iTunes podcasts The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast...

NutraWomen Wednesday: Dawna Salter-Farfan, PhD, RD, Senior Manager of Clinical Research, PLT Health Solutions

07-Dec-2022 By Danielle Masterson

Dawna Salter-Farfan, PhD, RD, spent over a decade at Amway, providing expert scientific and technical guidance for product formulation, labeling and advertising claims. After 14 years at Amway, Salter-Farfan joined PLT Health Solutions to support the...

NutraWomen Wednesday: Muriel Gonzalez, EVP, Chief Merchandising & Marketing Officer, The Vitamin Shoppe

30-Nov-2022 By Danielle Masterson

Muriel Gonzalez spent four decades in the fashion and beauty industries, holding senior roles at Macy's, Bergdorf Goodman, Estée Lauder, Saks 5th Avenue and Ann Taylor before landing her current role as Executive Vice President, Chief Merchandising...

NutraWomen Wednesday: Rachel Jones, MS, RDN, Sr VP, Chief Product Innovation & Science Officer, GNC

23-Nov-2022 By Danielle Masterson

Rachel Jones, MS, RDN, has been climbing the ladder at GNC for nearly two decades. She started off as a project manager nearly 19 years ago. Nine roles later, she is now the Senior Vice President, Chief Product Innovation and Science Officer.

NutraWomen Wednesday: Joni Hanson Davis, CEO & founder of Beli

16-Nov-2022 By Danielle Masterson

After a successful career leading Fortune 500 companies and tech startups to IPO, Joni Hanson Davis founded a femtech company to address the growing infertility crisis with Beli prenatal vitamins for him and her.

NutraWomen Wednesday: Asli Samanci, PhD, CEO of BEE&YOU

09-Nov-2022 By Danielle Masterson

The award-winning biologist, food scientist and natural bee products provider sat down to discuss how her company, BEE & YOU, is a family affair.

NutraWomen Wednesday: Nicole Smith, CEO, The Functional Chocolate Company

26-Oct-2022 By Danielle Masterson

Nicole Smith is an accomplished entrepreneur and a pioneer in the botanical product development space. She co-founded Mary’s Medicinals, co-authored the first patent issued in the legal cannabis market in the US and spearheaded the launch of new lines...

NutraWomen Wednesday: Paula Simpson, Nutribloom Consulting

19-Oct-2022 By Danielle Masterson

Paula Simpson is a nutritional scientist, herbalist and product development expert in the beauty wellness and healthy aging channel. As the Innovation, Product Development & Branding Consultant at Nutribloom Consulting, she is also a sought-after...

NutraWomen Wednesday: Diana Morgan, What’s Up with Supps founder

12-Oct-2022 By Danielle Masterson

For Diana Morgan, it all started at a CRN conference in 2007 when the What’s Up with Supps founder took the ‘How to Fascinate’ test by Sally Hogshead.

NutraWomen Wednesday: Cashtyn Lovan, Aker BioMarine

05-Oct-2022 By Danielle Masterson

Cashtyn Lovan is the new Regional Marketing Director in Aker BioMarine’s Human Health & Nutrition department. She has over 10 years of marketing experience in the dietary supplement industry, including strategy and brand development, digital marketing,...

NutraWomen Wednesday: Jen Palmer, ND, Dietary Supplement Education Consultant

28-Sep-2022 By Danielle Masterson

Jen Palmer is a naturopathic doctor with 20 years’ experience in the dietary supplement industry and integrative medicine profession.

NutraWomen Wednesday: Karin Hermoni, PhD, Global Head of Science and Product at Lycored

21-Sep-2022 By Danielle Masterson

Karin Hermoni, PhD is passionate about beauty – inside and out.

The pursuit of gender equality in mentoring

19-Sep-2022 By Danielle Masterson

New research found gender inequities in mentoring may disproportionately affect women researchers. We tapped several nutrition and health researchers to see how their experiences compared to new findings that examine these disparities.

NutraWomen Wednesday: Ayla Barmmer, founder & CEO of FullWell

14-Sep-2022 By Danielle Masterson

Ayla Barmmer is a registered dietitian nutritionist and functional medicine practitioner who specializes in the fertility space. After two decades of providing in-depth education to fellow practitioners on family health issues and working on thousands...

NutraWomen Wednesday: Audrey Ross, Senior National Educator at Country Life Vitamins

03-Aug-2022 By Danielle Masterson

Audrey Ross, ND, MH is a naturopath, educator and master herbalist. She joined Country Life Vitamins over a decade ago and serves as the Senior National Educator.

NutraWomen Wednesday: Amber Cerda, Director of Marketing at NOW

13-Jul-2022 By Danielle Masterson

Amber Cerda started working in the natural products industry in 2001, but left to work in higher education. This industry does get under your skin and into your heart, however, and in 2012 she came back to work at NOW Foods.

NutraWomen Wednesday: Charlotte Traas, Director of Sales Education and Training, New Chapter

06-Jul-2022 By Danielle Masterson

Charlotte Traas is a board certified master herbalist, ashwagandha expert and a self-described rebel. As the Director of Sales Education and Training at New Chapter, she’s developing content for training and representing the company as a national trainer...

NutraWomen Wednesday: Annick Mercenier, Chief Innovation Officer, NutriLeads

29-Jun-2022 By Danielle Masterson

Throughout her career, Annick Mercenier managed to co-invent more than 50 patents and authored more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific publications.

NutraWomen Wednesday: Melanie Bush, VP Science and Research, Artemis International

08-Jun-2022 By Danielle Masterson

Melanie Bush says she had a bone to pick with cancer. So when she had an opportunity to utilize a social impact initiative through the Miss America scholarship Organization, she decided to use her platform to focus on cancer prevention and awareness.

NutraWomen Wednesday: Rachel Fresco, CEO Bio-Botanical Research

01-Jun-2022 By Danielle Masterson

Rachel Fresco used her background in naturopathy, Traditional Chinese medicine and clinical nutrition to found Bio-Botanical Research. As a formulator, she also creates herbal remedies, including Biocidin, the company’s flagship product.

NutraWomen Wednesday: Elyse Lovett, Founder, Lovett Marketing and Advertising

18-May-2022 By Danielle Masterson

Elyse Lovett has a number of years of dietary supplement and food ingredient marketing experience with her last tenure as VP of Marketing at Nutrition21. Previously, she managed the marketing departments at Kyowa Hakko USA and AarhusKarlshamn (AAK.) But...

NutraWomen Wednesday: Eliza Ganesh, CEO and Co-Founder, Sunwink

11-May-2022 By Danielle Masterson

Research suggests only about 1 in 5 C-suite executives are women, and while the issue of gender equity touches nearly every industry, female leadership in the food and beverage industries presents its own unique challenges, like mass-market heritage brands...

NutraWomen Wednesday: Renee Deehan, PhD, VP of Science, InsideTracker

04-May-2022 By Danielle Masterson

Renee Deehan, PhD, leads a science team that builds and mines the world's largest dataset of blood, DNA, fitness tracking and phenotypic data from healthy people to find actionable insights for health. She is a molecular biologist by training and...

NutraWomen Wednesday: Larisa Pavlick, VP, Global Regulatory & Compliance, UNPA

27-Apr-2022 By Danielle Masterson

Larisa Pavlick has devoted her entire career to the supplement industry. She spent nearly a decade at FDA focused on consumer safety and also experienced the full product life cycle from the development phase, through purchasing, into manufacturing, brand...

NutraWomen Wednesday: Pooja Nair, partner at Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

20-Apr-2022 By Danielle Masterson

Attorney Pooja Nair is a Harvard-educated business litigator who has an eagle eye on the food and beverage sector. She advises clients, including restaurant groups, food brands, and manufacturers on a comprehensive range of issues. She is also a noted...

NutraWomen Wednesday: Yasmeen Nkrumah-Elie, PhD, Global Director of External Research, ChromaDex

06-Apr-2022 By Danielle Masterson

Yasmeen Nkrumah-Elie, PhD, oversees external Research, managing a portfolio of over 200 studies, as well as supporting marketing, regulatory, and scientific affairs projects. The Global Director of External Research for ChromaDex has over 13 years of...

NutraWomen Wednesday: Hanan Wajih, Chief Marketing Officer, Vytalogy Wellness

30-Mar-2022 By Danielle Masterson

Hanan Wajih, is an accomplished and data-driven brand builder, executing some of the most successful campaigns for iconic health, wellness and beauty brands. She has done marketing for Johnson’s Baby, Band-Aid and Neutrogena and so many other brands we...

NutraWomen Wednesday: Dr. Jenelle Kim, JBK Wellness Labs

16-Mar-2022 By Danielle Masterson

Dr. Jenelle Kim, DACM, L.Ac. is not only the founder of JBK Wellness Labs, she's the lead formulator. Her products can be found everywhere from spas at the Ritz Carlton to retailers like Whole Foods.

NutraWomen Wednesday: Arielle Levitan, MD & Romy Block, MD, co-founders of Vous Vitamin

09-Mar-2022 By Danielle Masterson

Vous Vitamin is a personalized vitamin company that uses an all-in-one multivitamin approach rather than packs. The company is led by two physicians who wanted to simplify the process for consumers by offering proprietary formulas tailored to individual...

NutraWomen Wednesday: Lily Geiger, founder of Figlia

02-Mar-2022 By Danielle Masterson

Figlia is a female-founded, non-alcoholic functional aperitivo made with the sober community at the forefront.

NutraWomen Wednesday: Danna Pratte, CEO, NB Pure

23-Feb-2022 By Danielle Masterson

Danna Pratte is an entrepreneur and wellness enthusiast who said she is changing the perception of the health and wellness industry.

NutraWomen Wednesday: Pam Cebulski of Pantheryx

16-Feb-2022 By Danielle Masterson

Pam Cebulski, senior vice president of marketing and general manager of consumer brands at Pantheryx, has over two decades of experience leading and commercializing global healthcare brands from consumer goods to pharmaceuticals to medical devices.

NutraWomen Wednesday: Liat Lachish Levy, CEO at ChickP

09-Feb-2022 By Danielle Masterson

Liat Lachish Levy recently took the lead role at foodtech company ChickP. Levy said her passion for growing and transforming businesses while creating positive change is what helped her land the CEO position.

NutraWomen Wednesday: Monica Rubio, Director of Operations, Stellar Biotics

02-Feb-2022 By Danielle Masterson

Monica Rubio spent many years as a food consultant and recently made the shift to the fascinating world of the gut microbiome. She was recently named the director of operations at Stellar Biotics.

NutraWomen Wednesday: Linda Boardman, CEO, Bragg Live Food Products

26-Jan-2022 By Danielle Masterson

Many of us grew up with a bottle of apple cider vinegar in the cabinet, and for many homes, it was the famous Bragg Apple Cider Vinegar. Under Linda Boardman’s leadership, Bragg Live Food Products has expanded into new formats with a beverage line, ACV...

NutraWomen Wednesday: Michelle Frame, Candy Scientist at Victus ARS

19-Jan-2022 By Danielle Masterson

Michelle Frame may just have the sweetest job in the industry. She is president and founder of Victus Ars, but she prefers the title “Candy Scientist.”

NutraWomen Wednesday: Elizabeth Rice, ND, Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine

12-Jan-2022 By Danielle Masterson

Elizabeth Rice, ND, is an Associate Professor and Department Chair of Homeopathy and Pharmacology at the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine. Rice has completed two residencies, one in general medicine, and a second year in homeopathy. She has...

NutraWomen Wednesday: Sibyl Swift, PhD, VP of Scientific & Regulatory Affairs at cbdMD

05-Jan-2022 By Danielle Masterson

Sibyl Swift, PhD joined cbdMD in 2021 as a regulatory consultant before being named vice president for Scientific & Regulatory Affairs. Prior to joining cbdMD, Swift was the Senior VP for Scientific & Regulatory Affairs at the Natural Products...

NutraWomen Wednesday: Rajat Shah, Director, Nutriventia & Inventia Healthcare Ltd.

01-Dec-2021 By Danielle Masterson

Rajat Shah leads the Nutriventia brand for Inventia Healthcare Limited, focusing on clinical strategy for the brand for all new and existing nutraceutical and food ingredients. The Mumbai native explained that her upbringing and appreciation for life...

NutraWomen Wednesday: Beth Lambert CEO, Herbalist & Alchemist

24-Nov-2021 By Danielle Masterson

Prior to her professional reinvention, Elizabeth Lambert had a successful career making money for high profile clients.

NutraWomen Wednesday: Rhonda Hoffman, Chief Marketing Officer, Pharmavite

17-Nov-2021 By Danielle Masterson

In 2019, Rhonda Hoffman was named Chief Marketing Officer at Pharmavite—a wellness company with a mission.

NutraWomen Wednesday: Dr. Gena Kadar, Founding Dean, SCNM

10-Nov-2021 By Danielle Masterson

Dr. Gena Kadar, founding dean of the School of Nutrition at the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine & Health Sciences, led the development of clinical nutrition guidelines on obesity and cardiovascular health management and completed other...

NutraWomen Wednesday: Sandra Lee, CEO of NJ Labs

03-Nov-2021 By Danielle Masterson

As a scientist and one of the few female CEOs in the analytical testing industry, Sandra Lee has a passion for chemistry and how it influences multiple aspects of our daily lives. At NJ Labs, she leads the privately owned FDA and DEA inspected facility...

NutraWomen Wednesday: Cattie Khoury, founder of Toodaloo,

27-Oct-2021 By Danielle Masterson

Cattie Khoury said she created her trail mix brand Toodaloo after she felt inclined to help battle climate change. Today she is not only working on a healing path for the environment, but for people too.

NutraWomen Wednesday: Tricia Horst, Co-founder of High Falls Hemp NY

20-Oct-2021 By Danielle Masterson

From runways to more natural landscapes, you could say Tricia Horst has an appreciation for beauty. The former top model-turned-hemp grower is the co-founder of High Falls Hemp NY, a business she launched with her husband Rick Weissman in 2018.

NutraWomen Wednesday: Susan Hewlings, PhD, RD, Director of Scientific Affairs, Nutrasource

13-Oct-2021 By Danielle Masterson

Susan Hewlings, PhD, RD, has over 20 years of experience in nutrition, sports nutrition, and scientific consulting for the dietary supplement and medical industries. She is currently the director of Scientific Affairs at Nutrasource, and the author of...