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Below are our past events.
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Protein and Beyond: Plant-Based Sports Nutrition
Originally Streamed: Thursday, February 18, 2021
Plant protein is no longer the new kid on the block and is showing some strong sophomoric growth. The animal-free wave it rode in on has powered a wider plant-based movement in sports driving an uptick in vegetarian and vegan formulation for performance and recovery goals. This session reviews a range of plant ingredient offerings, from protein sources to botanicals, highlighting science and formulation characteristics as well as delivery options for the next generation of plant-based sports nutrition products. Watch this session to take a look at:
- The latest market data and consumer trends fueling the plant-based movement.
- The science, benefits and characteristics behind plant proteins and other botanical ingredients driving sports nutrition formulation and product development.
- Insights from a sports nutrition brand on delivering quality and efficacious plant-based products to sports and active nutrition consumers.
Chair: Madison Dorn, content producer, Informa Markets
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Ralf Jäger, Ph.D.
co-founder & partner, Increnovo
Dr. Jäger has designed and conducted clinical studies on plant-based ingredients for athletes and is an award-winning speaker. A postdoctoral scholar in bio-organic chemistry at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, Calif., USA, Dr. Jäger originally earned his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Bonn in Germany. Dr. Jäger is a certified sports nutritionist (CISSN) and fellow of the International Society of Sports Nutrition (FISSN), and is the associated editor of the leading peer-reviewed journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition (JISSN).
Ralf Jäger, Ph.D.
co-founder & partner, Increnovo
Mark Messina, Ph.D.
executive director, Soy Nutrition Institute
Dr. Messina is the co-owner of Nutrition Matters, Inc., a nutrition consulting company, an adjunct associate professor at Loma Linda University in California, and the Executive Director of the Soy Nutrition Institute. Dr. Messina has devoted his career to the study of the health effects of soyfoods and soybean isoflavones. He writes extensively on these subjects, having published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and has given over 700 presentations in 54 countries.
Mark Messina, Ph.D.
executive director, Soy Nutrition Institute
Steve Myers
editor-in-chief, Natural Products Insider
Steve Myers has been churning out nutrition news and articles since 1997. His areas of focus include sports nutrition, legal/regulatory and scientific research on ingredients. Currently editor-in-chief of Natural Products Insider, he welcomes news, queries, industry insights, editorial ideas and good jokes at [email protected]
Steve Myers
editor-in-chief, Natural Products Insider
Mark Olson
CEO, Metabolic Response Modifiers (MRM) Nutrition
Growing up I was given plenty of nutritional advice from Mom, sports Coach’s and Healthfood store employee’s. It wasn’t until my nutritional curiosity led me eventually to an undergrad degree in Dietetics and then Graduate School in “Clinical Nutrition”. My grad school project led me to do research at Harbor/UCLA allowed me to further understand all variants of the “vegetarian” diet. Collaborating with Loma Linda University, researching Seventh Day Adventist Diets have strict plant based restrictions compared to most “lacto/ovo/pesca” vegetarians of today. As a formulator of protein supplements, deciding how to deliver a quality source of dietary protein is paramount.
Mark Olson
CEO, Metabolic Response Modifiers (MRM) Nutrition
SupplySide Sponsored Intensive: Contract Labs
Originally Streamed: Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Because the best products start with the best ingredients, and the best ingredients have a story…
Each month, the Sponsored Intensives focus on a specific industry topic, highlighting ingredient suppliers or service providers from the SupplySide community, what makes them unique, the stories behind what they do, and why they’re relevant to your product development goals. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to learn about some of the hottest ingredients or trends shaping our industry and how they could fit into your product strategy.
The relationship between supplement brand owners and contract labs is complex and must be built on confidence and transparency in order to ensure safe, compliant and efficacious supplements enter the market. This event explores how contract labs can support brand success in the dynamic supplement marketplace, how to identify exemplary practices in contract labs’ services, and what builds a trusted partnership between brand owners and contract labs.
Watch this webinar to hear about:
- COVID-19: how omega-3 companies fared
- Science update: one step forward, two steps back
- Market dynamics: the regions and segments driving market growth
- Category forecast: what does the future hold
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Jason Mulligan
vice president, commercial development, Eurofins
Jason leads Commercial Development for Eurofins Dietary Supplement & Botanicals Testing. Previously, he led Eurofins Supplement Analysis Center in Petaluma, California. He has spent his career leading teams in the US Army, Wellness, and Life Sciences sectors. Jason brings his personal passion for optimal health through the integration of yoga, fitness, nutrition and supplementation to his role with Eurofins.
Jason Mulligan
vice president, commercial development, Eurofins
Noah Voreades
Microbiome R&D GenBiome Consulting
Noah has been personally and professionally involved in the probiotic/prebiotic, microbiome, genomic and personalized health space for the past seven years. Recently, leading strategic, product development, regulatory and R&D engagements with established category leading companies to emerging growth start-ups. In the microbiome space, projects have ranged from advising private-equity, VC, biotechs on microbiome investment/pipeline/industry trends in support of recent acquisitions, developing R&D strategy for emerging microbiome CPG beverages to collaborating with one of the leading global probiotic brands on brand strategy initiatives. Genomic and personalized health sector engagements have focused on industry intelligence, sales channel positioning, product development and scientific due diligence for DTC genetic or microbiome-based tests with clients ranging from leading companies to emerging growth start-ups. Previously, Noah was Business Development Manager at Ritter Pharmaceuticals, a late-stage microbiome Rx/GI company developing potentially the first FDA approved treatment for moderate-to-severe lactose intolerance. In this role, he led corporate development initiatives, developed two (2) pre-clinical discovery projects with globally-recognized microbiome researchers, supported commercialization strategy forecasting and implemented a data-driven partnering matching process resulting in substantive interest from leading microbiome-focused pharmaceutical companies. Additionally, he wrote the FDA microbiome analysis plan and captained multiple operational aspects of Ritter’s Phase 2b/3 clinical trial utilizing a multi-patented, highly-purified, prebiotic GOS. Noah’s microbiome expertise reaches beyond therapeutics and nutraceuticals to diagnostics and sample collection technology in a business development role with Metabiomics. Metabiomics is a late-stage microbiome Dx company with multiple patents in IBD and CRC diagnostic development.
In addition to his consulting work, Noah is on the Advisory Board of The BioCollective (pioneering microbiome company) and Natal Health (infant+maternal health company).
Noah has completed a Master of Science degree focusing on gut microbiome and metabolomic-based health biomarker assay development. He co-developed the S.M.A.R.T. human research study to assess the feasibility of developing non-targeted, multi-metabolomic platform approaches for novel biomarker discovery and biomarker signature panel development to more accurately assess fruit and vegetable intake patterns. Related to the microbiome, Noah led authorship of a Frontier’s in Microbiology gut microbiome review article ranked in the 99th percentile for viewership.
Noah Voreades
Microbiome R&D, GenBiome Consulting
The EPA and DHA Omega-3 Market: Looking Back…and Ahead
Originally Streamed: Thursday, February 4, 2021
2020 was a year like no other and while our industry fared well in the face of COVID-19, there were ups and downs to the supplement market in general, and in the omega-3 category specifically. Watch this special webinar to learn what you need to know about what happened in omega-3s last year, the latest EPA and DHA market trends, where the growth is coming from, and what the forecast looks like for 2021 and beyond.
Hear about:
- COVID-19: how omega-3 companies fared
- Science update: one step forward, two steps back
- Market dynamics: the regions and segments driving market growth
- Category forecast: what does the future hold?
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Ellen Schutt
executive director, Global Organization of EPA and DHA Omega-3s
Ellen Schutt is the Executive Director of GOED, the Global Organization for EPA and DHA Omega-3s. Ellen has been with the company for nine years, and oversees all aspects of the organization’s mission to increase consumption of EPA and DHA omega-3s as well as to protect the category by ensuring GOED members are manufacturing quality products that consumers can trust.
Ellen previously directed GOED’s communications strategy for industry and consumers and was instrumental in organizing a successful consumer education campaign in 2015.
With 20 years of experience in the natural products industry, Ellen is the former editor of Nutraceuticals World magazine, an industry trade publication, and owner of Schutt Solutions, a consulting business focused on supporting growth in the dietary supplement industry.
Ellen Schutt
executive director, Global Organization of EPA and DHA Omega-3s
A Look Inside the NASC Preferred Supplier Program: Overview, Benefits, Success Stories
Originally Streamed: Thursday, January 28, 2021
We know that now more than ever, consumers consider their pets members of the family and expect pet products to be as high in quality as the products they buy for themselves. There’s a demand for transparency and traceability in pet products like we’ve never seen, and manufacturers must take a proactive approach to supply chain verification.
This webinar looks at how the NASC Preferred Supplier program is helping pet supplement manufacturers achieve transparency and satisfy FSMA requirements by connecting NASC members to carefully vetted and qualified suppliers of the products and services they need to run their businesses. Presenters show how the program saves time and money, streamlines procurement and increases consumer confidence for the manufacturer, and exposes the supplier to a robust customer base.
Following the overview, a panel discussion dives into firsthand accounts of how the program is benefitting several current NASC Preferred Suppliers. Watch this session to learn how this program could be a success story for your business.
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Bill Bookout
president, National Animal Supplement Council
Bill Bookout is president, board chairman and a founding member of the National Animal Supplement Council, the world’s leading trade association representing manufacturers and suppliers of supplements for dogs, cats, and horses. He is recognized as a leading expert on regulatory issues surrounding animal health and nutritional supplements, has testified on behalf of the industry at FDA public meetings, and has participated in countless educational programs, legal forums, regulatory trainings, trade events and other professional meetings. Prior to his work with NASC, Mr. Bookout held executive positions in the animal health and human medical device industries. He earned his bachelor’s degree in physical sciences from the University of Wyoming and his MBA from the Pepperdine University Presidents and Key Executives program. Mr. Bookout resides in Arizona with his wife, Mary, and their two beloved cats, Marmalade and Luna.
Bill Bookout
president, National Animal Supplement Council
Bill Parker
business development program manager, National Animal Supplement Council
Bill Parker joined the NASC team in June 2018 and his job responsibilities include managing and growing the NASC Preferred Supplier program, building strategic relationships with partners and prospects, and pursuing new business opportunities that align with NASC’s objectives and growth goals. Prior to his current role, Mr. Parker worked for DuPont Pioneer, where he empowered farmers and growers to utilize technology and analytics that made their operations more efficient and profitable. He has also previously worked in the medical and pharmaceutical fields. Mr. Parker lives in Iowa and is father to two adult sons, a teenage daughter, and “dog dad” to a sweet chocolate lab named Saylor.
Bill Parker
business development program manager, National Animal Supplement Council
Scott Garmon
president/ceo, Garmon Corp.
After earning his degree at Cal Poly Pomona, Scott founded The Garmon Corporation and now 25 years later, with over 155 extremely talented individuals and six facilities he has successfully grown into one of the largest premium manufacturers of pet supplements. Scott Garmon was named to the National Animal Supplement Council Board of Directors in 2003 and was the first manufacturer to pass the comprehensive NASC Quality Control audit. With the acquisition of GreenTree Laboratories, Pet Organics and Overby Farms, he has expanded the company’s product lines and evolved The Garmon Corporation into a diverse, multifunctional company. Garmon Corporation also provides extensive private labeling services to include a multiple of delivery methods such as, tablets, powders, liquids and soft chews. All of which is made in the USA.
Scott Garmon
president/ceo, Garmon Corp.
Allen Gritton
sales director, Pharmore Ingredients, Inc.
Allen Gritton is Sales Director for Pharmore Ingredients, Inc., a Utah-based industry leader in supplying dietary supplement and food ingredients to the human and animal nutrition industries since 2001. Over his 17-year career with the company, he has worked diligently to help countless customers overcome obstacles related to sourcing quality raw ingredients, and identifying and avoiding unscrupulous suppliers. Mr. Gritton’s wealth of knowledge, experience and insight from the perspective of the ingredient, import, testing and regulatory side of the business is imperative to his customers’ ability to continue producing quality products today, and staying ahead of the curve as new challenges and opportunities present themselves in the future. Pharmore was the very first company to join the NASC Preferred Supplier program and has been named an NASC MVP Supplier of the Year for the past five years. In June 2020, Mr. Gritton was elected to the NASC board of directors. He resides with his family in Utah and is a life-long pet owner, animal lover and outdoor enthusiast.
Allen Gritton
sales director, Pharmore Ingredients, Inc.
Mike Uckele
president & ceo, Uckele Health & Nutrition, Inc.
Mike Uckele is President, CEO and third-generation owner of Uckele Health & Nutrition, a company with nearly 60 years of worldwide experience, using proven advances in science, in the manufacturing of animal and human nutritional supplements. Mr. Uckele is a certified nutritionist and has worked extensively in this field for more than 25 years, researching and developing unique formulations that address basic and specific nutritional needs for animals and people, including customized protocols for hundreds of professional and Olympic athletes worldwide. He is also a member of the American College of Sports Medicine, the American Oil Chemist Society, the International Society of Sports Nutrition, the American College for Advancement in Medicine, the Institute of Functional Medicine and the American Association of Integrative Medicine. In 2011, Mr. Uckele was recognized as the Michigan Small Business Person of the Year. He is a frequent resource for feature articles in national and regional nutrition publications, and earned his diploma as a Certified Nutritionist from American Health Sciences University, as well as his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Michigan State University. Uckele Health & Nutrition is a founding member of the National Animal Supplement Council and Mr. Uckele was elected to the NASC board of directors in 2010, then re-elected in 2013, 2016 and 2019.
Mike Uckele
president & ceo, Uckele Health & Nutrition, Inc.
IPA Probiotics Virtual Summit
Originally Streamed: Wednesday, January 27, 2021
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Erik Bauer
senior technical services manager, GanedenBC30
Erik is the Senior Technical Services Manager for Kerry’s ProActive Health group. He is a microbiologist with an M.S. in Food Science & Human Nutrition from the University of Illinois. Erik has been with Kerry 6 years, focused on fermented ingredients, food protection, and health ingredients. During this time, he provided expertise in industrial fermentation, food manufacturing, process development, and process engineering. Erik moved into his current role in Spring of 2019, bringing strong microbiology knowledge and application science to help aid customers in implementing both Wellmune® and GanedenBC30® into their finished products.
Erik Bauer
senior technical services manager, GanedenBC30
Dr. John Deaton
vice president of science & technology, Deerland Probiotics & Enzymes
Dr. John Deaton is vice president of science and technology at Deerland Probiotics & Enzymes, with more than 20 years’ experience working with proteins and enzymes. He holds a PhD in biochemistry from Texas A&M University, with post-graduate studies in microbiology, biophysics and cancer research. He has two papers published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) and is an 11-year member of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC), with four years served on the committee of microbiology and the committee of allergen testing.
Dr. John Deaton
vice president of science & technology, Deerland Probiotics & Enzymes
Prof. Ted Dinan
medical director, Atlantia Food Clinical Trials
Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry and a Principal Investigator in APC Microbiome Ireland at University College Cork. He has been mentioned as part of the Highly Cited Researchers, by Clarivate Analytics 2020 report. and by Expertscape. Prof. Dinan has promoted the concept of Psychobiotics, probiotics that have a mental health benefit.
Prof. Ted Dinan
medical director, Atlantia Food Clinical Trials
Susan Hewlings
director of scientific affairs, Nutrasource
Dr. Hewlings brings over 20 years in nutrition, sports nutrition and scientific consulting for the dietary supplement and medical industries. As Director of Scientific Affairs, Dr. Hewlings oversees scientific and nutrition projects for the dietary supplement and medical industries to help companies substantiate claims and gain market entry globally. Dr. Hewlings is a full-time professor at Central Michigan University and Co-Founder of Substantiation Sciences LLC where she assists companies in supporting their market launch strategies with scientific evidence. She is the author of Nutrition: Real People, Real Choices and has published multiple articles on dietary supplements, pharmacokinetics, and nutrition in peer-reviewed medical journals.
Susan Hewlings
director of scientific affairs, Nutrasource
Karen Koning, PhD
head education & senior scientist, Winclove Probiotics
Catherina J. M (Karen) Koning studied Health Sciences, specializing in Biological Health Sciences, at Maastricht University. After obtaining her masters degree in 2001, she worked as a research assistant at the Academic Anxiety Centre, PMS Vijverdal, where she studied deep brain stimulation in patients with therapy resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder. In 2002 she started working at the R&D department of Winclove Probiotics on ‘The effect of probiotics on the intestinal microbiota and immune parameters after treatment with antibiotics’, resulting in her thesis in 2010. For this project she was detached as a PhD student at the research school for Nutrition, Toxicology and Metabolism (NUTRIM) of the Maastricht University Medical Centre, where she worked at the department of Internal Medicine, division Gastroenterology-Hepatology and the department of Medical Microbiology. From 2008 until 2010 she studied the effect of a multispecies probiotic on hypersensitivity in IBS patients at the department of Internal Medicine, division Gastroenterology-Hepatology.
Currently, she is working as Head Education & Senior Scientist at Winclove Probiotics. In her current position she is responsible for translating science into marketing and vice versa and for the dissemination of Wincloves’ in-house scientific knowledge of probiotics. As such she often gives lectures at national and international conferences, symposia and workshops about the role of the microbiota in health and disease and the possibilities for microbiota management.
Karen Koning, PhD
head education & senior scientist, Winclove Probiotics
Morgane Maillard
marketing group manager, Lallemand Health Solutions
Morgane Maillard is a Food Engineer specialized in Nutrition (Agrosup Dijon, France). She has been working in the field of probiotics for 13 years. She is now responsible for the product management of the Lallemand Health Solutions’ probiotic strains portfolio dedicated to human health, with a specific focus on Gut Health, Natural Defenses, Metabolism, Oral Health and Infant Nutrition. She also previously took part in the development of yeast and bacteria-based ingredients for the food and dietary supplement markets. Her areas of expertise are: Probiotics, Microbiome, Nutrition, Marketing, Health Ingredient, Food supplement and Functional Food
Morgane Maillard
marketing group manager, Lallemand Health Solutions
Packaging that pleases people, the planet and profits
Originally Streamed: Thursday, January 21, 2021
Despite living through a pandemic and a bad economy, many consumers prefer brands that prioritize sustainable and environmentally friendly business practices. Packaging is a front-and-center, can-hold-in-your-hand reminder of how a brand’s operation affects the world. It’s clear from consumer surveys that sustainable packaging is in and single-use plastic is out. This session will help brands choose the best packaging option for their natural product. We’ll cover:
- Consumer desires for packaging options
- Strategies to reduce the amount of packaging companies use
- The challenges and opportunities with creating and using sustainable packaging
Chair: Sandy Almendarez, content director, Informa Markets
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Liz Bothwell
head of content & marketing, Waste 360 and host, NothingWasted! Podcast Host
Bio coming soon…
Liz Bothwell
head of content & marketing, Waste 360 and host, NothingWasted! Podcast Host
Myfanwy Bradbury
senior innovation manager, Sambazon
Myf Bradbury is the Senior Innovation Manager at SAMBAZON. In this role, Myf works with Marketing & Product Development teams to deliver new, always USDA Organic and always delicious Açaí innovations to global regions. Myf has been a key driver of SAMBAZON’s sustainable packaging eco-mmitment, to achieve 100% of retail packaging in plant based or post-consumer recycled packaging by 2025. SAMBAZON Açai bowls are formulated sustainably with fair trade, organic & wild harvested ingredients. For this reason, the brand believes that the packaging should be sustainable too.
SAMBAZON runs on a triple bottom line business philosophy and is an acronym for Sustainable Management of the Brazilian Amazon, caring for the people we work with, the planet we live on, and the prosperity of everyone involved.
Myfanwy Bradbury
senior innovation manager, Sambazon
Reyna Bryan
president, RCD Packaging Innovation
Reyna is the President of RCD Packaging Innovation, a packaging innovation firm that works with select category leaders in consumer packaged goods to bring forward the best sustainable packaging materials and technologies. She specializes in packaging performance engineering, materials and manufacturing, with a focus on compostable flexible film packaging, specialty fibers, and bio-polymers. Reyna is passionate about the circular economy and is dedicated to helping brands transition to sustainable material supply chains. Learn more at www.rcdpackaging.com
Reyna brings unique expertise in collaborative innovation facilitation. She recently completed a large-scale design-thinking workshop in which she brought together 80 experts from across the packaging value chain to generate solutions to help the industry move towards a zero-waste future (www.rcdpackaging.com/innovationcolab). Working alongside large industry players such as Mars, Pepsico, NewHope, and Wholefoods, the group successfully generated hundreds of new ideas and launched 9 on-going incubation projects.
Reyna Bryan
president, RCD Packaging Innovation
Kate Flynn
co-founder & ceo, Sun & Swell Foods
Kate Flynn is the Co-Founder & CEO of natural foods company, Sun & Swell Foods. Kate graduated with an MBA from Harvard Business School and after spending nearly 10 years in the consumer products world, she was looking to do something more fulfilling that would positively impact the world. In 2017, she followed her passion for health and wellness to start Sun & Swell Foods with her husband and co-founder, Bryan Flynn. Sun & Swell’s mission is to make healthy and sustainable eating more accessible with their collection of sustainably-packaged, organic, plant-based pantry staples and snacks and they are the first food company in the US to offer a wide array of healthy foods in compostable, plastic-free packaging.
Kate Flynn
co-founder & ceo, Sun & Swell Foods
Jane Franch
director, strategic sourcing & sustainability, Numi Organic Tea
Jane Franch is the Director of Strategic Sourcing & Sustainability at Numi Organic Tea. In this role, Jane works closely with Numi’s supply ecosystem, from origin through manufacturing, to build strong partnerships and identify opportunities for shared impact. She supports new product development through formulation and supply chain development to ensure delicious, mission aligned innovation, and she guides the sustainability strategy, including climate action, packaging, and regenerative sourcing. Prior to Numi, Jane worked with clients large & small to develop, implement and maintain robust & credible ethical sourcing programs. Her work has taken her to 5 continents and countless villages, where she has had the privilege of getting to know the people and places that grow our tea, coffee, cocoa, hazelnuts, coconuts, mangos, and other delicious treats.
Jane Franch
director, strategic sourcing & sustainability, Numi Organic Tea
Steve French
senior vice president, Natural Marketing Institute
Steve French currently directs all facets of Natural Marketing Institute, a division of Research America, Inc., a full-service market research company with 14 offices nationwide and a staff of 250+ employees. Steve’s background includes 25 years of corporate marketing, business development, and management experience with industry leaders such as PepsiCo, Mars, Inc., and Marriott Corporation spanning a broad range of multi-faceted business disciplines, including business unit general management, brand marketing, multi-channel business development, corporate market research management, new business start-ups, new product concept development, competitive/product category analysis, and strategic plan development.
During his tenure at the Institute he has worked with many global Fortune 500 corporations, government agencies, start-up companies, associations, and various other organizations. He has pioneered a range of the Institute consumer research databases including the LOHAS Consumer Trends Database® and Healthy Aging/Boomer Database®.
Steve and the Institute are frequent authors of research reports, articles, and a contributor to numerous domestic and international consumer media, including Fox TV, NBC News, Time Magazine, The New York Times, plus trade publications such as Brandweek, Progressive Grocer, Supermarket News, among others.
Steve is a regular speaker at many industry events such as FMI, IFT, LOHAS Conferences, Natural Products Expos, SupplySide Conferences, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Conferences, American Society on Aging (ASA), U.S. Green Building Council, Nutracon, Expo Comida Latina, WorldNutra, and many others.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Penn State University and an MBA in Marketing from the University of Scranton.
Steve French
senior vice president, Natural Marketing Institute
Alyssa Harding
director of operations, packaging collaborative, One Step Closer
Alyssa Harding is OSC’s Packaging Collaborative Director, where she focuses on community development, stakeholder engagement, and creating scalable, market driven solutions for compostable packaging innovation. Previously Alyssa served as Executive Director for the Sustainable Food Trade Association, and before that, served as Justin’s Nut Butter’s Corporate Responsibility Manager for three years, where she built their sustainability programs from the ground up. She has an educational foundation in agricultural ecology, is working on her master’s degree in Environmental Policy, and holds a strong personal mission to drive institutional change through sustainability.
Alyssa Harding
director of operations, packaging collaborative, One Step Closer
Daniel Kurzrock
founder and ceo, Regrained
Dan Kurzrock is the founder and CEO of ReGrained, a mission-driven food innovator based in the Bay Area that specializes in upcycling food into novel ingredients and products. Dan is also co-founder and board officer for the Upcycled Food Association, an industry non-profit founded to support the emerging upcycled foods industry.
Daniel Kurzrock
founder and ceo, Regrained
Top consumer health trends for 2021 — botanicals and beyond
Originally Streamed: Wednesday, January 20, 2021
As demand for supplements continues to soar, formulators must understand where the market is heading in a world where consumers are increasingly aware of the power of botanicals to support short- and long-term wellness. During this webinar, we’ll look at the top conditions driving supplement sales growth through Nutrition Business Journal and NEXT data. As a formulator, you’ll also discover the potential of clinically tested botanicals for addressing prevalent health conditions that you can consider for your product portfolio. Plus, the American Botanical Council will provide an analysis of macro forces in botanicals, including combatting adulteration, focusing on sustainability and prioritizing quality—key issues that will help ensure the supplement industry delivers on its promise to consumers.
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Stefan Gafner, PhD
chief science officer, American Botanical Council
Stefan Gafner, PhD, is currently Chief Science Officer of the American Botanical Council, an independent, nonprofit research and education organization. He is also technical director of the ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Program, a large-scale collaborative program initiated by the American Botanical Council (ABC), the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia (AHP), and the National Center for Natural Product Research (NCNPR) at the University of Mississippi to educate members of the herbal and dietary supplement industry about ingredient and product adulteration. Prior to working for ABC, Gafner served as a Director of Analytical Chemistry in the R&D department of natural personal care products company Tom’s of Maine.
Gafner received his degree in pharmacy at the School of Pharmacy, University of Berne, in Berne, Switzerland. He obtained a PhD in pharmaceutical sciences, with a focus on the chemistry of medicinal plants, from the University of Lausanne in Switzerland, and conducted postdoctoral research on cancer chemopreventive natural products at the University of Illinois – Chicago in the College of Pharmacy’s Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy. Gafner is author or co-author of over 50 peer-reviewed scientific publications and holds 5 patents. He is a reviewer for many scientific journals including Phytochemistry, Planta Medica, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, and the Journal of Natural Products, and is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Ethnopharmacology and Planta Medica.
Stefan Gafner, PhD
chief science officer, American Botanical Council
Claire Reynolds Morton
senior industry analyst, Nutrition Business Journal
Claire Morton is the senior industry analyst for New Hope Network’s Nutrition Business Journal. She manages NBJ’s data and insights to inform the industry on market trends and forecasts in natural and organic food and beverage, functional food and beverage, dietary supplements and personal care. Morton holds an MBA from the University of Minnesota and a bachelor’s degree in nutrition and food science from Colorado State University.
Claire Morton-Reynolds
senior industry analyst, New Hope Network and Nutrition Business Journal
Deepak Mundkinajeddu PhD
head of r&d and human health business, Natural Remedies
Deepak Mundkinajeddu heads R&D and human health business at Natural Remedies, Bangalore, India. Deepak’s key research interests include phytochemistry, bioactivity profiling and standardization of botanicals used in medicines and supplements. He has additional interests in intellectual property rights and global regulatory issues pertinent to botanicals. He has published his work in peer reviewed research journals and delivered guest lectures in many forums His group has been actively participating in government funded projects involving external collaborations with national research labs and universities.
Deepak Mundkinajeddu PhD
head of r&d and human health business, Natural Remedies
Eric Pierce
VP of business insights, New Hope Network and Nutrition Business Journal
Eric J. Pierce is a strategic marketing and market research professional who brings business management experience and consumer behavior perspectives to his work. Specializing in helping businesses develop strategy and identify and prioritize opportunities, Pierce is sought after as a speaker at industry events and for corporate training. Pierce’s passions lie in the intersection of consumer behavior and business strategy within the natural products industry. These passions are focused on helping companies navigate the dynamic and changing food system, helping to re-imagine brands, inspire product innovation, and focus business investments with an eye towards meeting the needs of the food-forward consumer. Pierce and his colleagues sit at the forefront of the natural products industry, well positioned to identify the cultural forces and trends creating opportunity in this exciting and evolving marketplace. Together they help companies large and small identify, prioritize, and take advantage of opportunities in the evolving food economy.
Eric Pierce
vp of business insights, New Hope Network and Nutritional Business Journal
Jessica Rubino
Senior Content Marketing Director, Informa Health & Nutrition
I’m a natural products industry expert and content strategist covering issues that are shaping today’s health and wellness industry. As senior content marketing director at Informa Health & Nutrition, I collaborate with companies in the food and beverage, personal care and supplement industries to tell their stories and strengthen their businesses through high-quality content, education, data and events. I’m passionate about making healthy living a reality for all people.
Jessica Rubino
senior content marketing director, Informa Health & Nutrition
SupplySide Sponsored Intensive: Sports Nutrition
Originally Streamed: Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Because the best products start with the best ingredients, and the best ingredients have a story…
Each month, the Sponsored Intensives focus on a specific industry topic, highlighting ingredient suppliers or service providers from the SupplySide community, what makes them unique, the stories behind what they do, and why they’re relevant to your product development goals. Watch Sponsored Intensive sessions to learn about some of the hottest ingredients or trends shaping our industry and how they could fit into your product strategy.
While COVID-19 put a damper on consumers hitting the gym, it has certainly shone a light on the importance of staying active, embracing a nutritious diet and incorporating supplements as part of a healthy, preventative lifestyle. The uptick in consumers partaking in everyday exercise like biking, running and hiking, as well as prioritizing wellness overall, points to the growing opportunity for the sports nutrition category to reach a broader demographic. No longer just about professional athletes, sports nutrition is becoming more holistic and is focusing on quality, plant-based and naturally functional ingredients and clean label.
Watch this session for an exploration of the top ingredients, formulation opportunities and consumer trends driving innovation in sports performance, recovery and more.
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Vaughn DuBow
north american marketing manager, Lonza capsules & Health Ingredients
Vaughn DuBow is the North American Marketing Manager at Lonza for their Hard Capsule, Ingredient, and Dosage Form Solutions portfolios. He has over 12 years of experience in the pharmaceutical, dietary supplement, and fitness industries.
Vaughn Dubow
north american marketing manager, Lonza Capsules & Health Ingredients
Lucie Lingrand
product manager, Lallemand Health Solutions
Lucie Lingrand is passionate about how sciences can help improve health and wellbeing. After graduating in biosciences, she pursues her studies and completes a master degree in marketing which gives her the opportunity to communicate and market the scientific evidence to promote health. She joined Lallemand Health Solutions five years ago as an international product manager, specializing in sports nutrition and mental health. More specifically, she helps business partners to find the best probiotic solutions, backed by extensive science, production excellence and regulatory framework, to answer consumers’ needs.
Lucie Lingrand
product manager, Lallemand Health Solutions
AHPA-tunities with AHPA
Originally Streamed: Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Watch this session to learn more from AHPA staff members and committee chairs about the AHPA-tunities valued members receive with membership to AHPA. And, AHPA’s President, Michael McGuffin opens with a regulatory update as we gear up for 2021.
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Amber Bennett
vp of marketing & engagement, American Herbal Products Association
Amber Bennett serves as vice president of marketing and engagement for AHPA. In that role, Bennett oversees the association’s membership, communications/marketing and education departments. She is responsible for establishing and implementing strategies that maintain and expand AHPA membership, creation and implementation of member recruitment and retention strategies, as well as handling sponsorship and advertising initiatives to expand AHPA’s size and influence and further promote AHPA’s participation in herbal industry activities relevant to membership. In addition, she directs communications strategies and tactics that position AHPA as the voice of the herbal industry as well as educational initiatives, such as conferences, webinars, meetings and other products, that serve the herbal and dietary supplements communities at large and reinforce AHPA’s role as a content-driven educational leader for its constituency. Bennett was formerly with VIRGO Publishing (INFORMA) for 12 years, most recently as associate publisher of the Natural Products INSIDER and Food Product Design, where she was a top revenue generator and managed many high-level, key accounts resulting in double digit growth.
Amber Bennett
vp of marketing engagement, American Herbal Products Association
Edward Fletcher
president, Native Botanicals, Inc
Edward J. Fletcher has been in the botanical business and made his livelihood working with plants for all of his adult life.
He learned about plants from the roots up, propagating and growing native American wildflowers in his family’s 4th generation ornamental nursery business, Gardens of The Blue Ridge. He joined Wilcox Natural Products as Cultivation Manager where he developed and managed the cultivation program overseeing nearly 4,000 hectares in 8 different countries of medicinal species crops. He continued this work as the Chief Operating Officer of Strategic Sourcing, Inc’s Botanical Division for 15 years before joining Herbal Ingenuity where he established and developed the Quality & Sustainability Department as a founding member of Herbal Ingenuity. He is now the President and COO for Native Botanicals, Inc.
He addresses all aspects of the process from propagation, cultivation, harvesting and post-harvest handling techniques. He has conducted research on different crops to improve their yields, marker constituents and overall quality through different techniques including Regulated Irrigation Deficit, Light Percentage Variances, Nutritional Input Impact Studies and controlled clean room production.
Edward is an active member of the American Herbal Products Associations (AHPA) and is the current Chair of the Botanical Raw Materials Committee. He is a member of the Dietary Supplement General Chapters Expert Committee of the United States Pharmacopeia, other advisory panels and speaks and presents at numerous Industry gatherings.
Edward Fletcher
president, Native Botanicals, Inc
Holly Johnson, Ph.D
chief science officer, American Herbal Products Association
Holly Johnson, Ph.D
chief science officer, American Herbal Products Association
Michael McGuffin
president, American Herbal Products Association
Michael McGuffin was honored in 2010 for over 20 years of dedicated service, having served as the President of the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) since 1999 and a member of the Board of Trustee’s for 10 years prior. He has been active in the herbal industry since 1974, having owned both retail and manufacturing businesses in this field.
A leading expert on dietary supplement regulation, Mr. McGuffin has been published in scholarly and scientific journals, including the Food and Drug Law Journal and Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, and also wrote the highly-lauded publication AHPA’s Annotated Final Rule on Dietary Supplement cGMP (2007). Additionally, Mr. McGuffin served as Managing Editor of AHPA’s Botanical Safety Handbook (1997) and Herbs of Commerce, 2nd edition (2000). He speaks frequently on dietary supplement regulation in the U.S. and abroad.
Mr. McGuffin has represented the herbal industry at state and federal hearings on herbal regulatory issues. He has served as a member of FDA’s Food Advisory Committee Working Group on Good Manufacturing Practices for Dietary Supplements (1998-1999), FDA’s Food Advisory Committee’s Dietary Supplements Subcommittee (2003-2005), California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Analysis Food Warning Workgroup (2008-2010), and the Advisory Board of the USC School of Pharmacy Regulatory Science Master’s Degree Program. He also serves on the boards of the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia, the American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, and United Plant Savers.
McGuffin was awarded the Cliff Adler “Heart in Business” award in 1994 and the Nutrition Business Journal Award for Efforts on Behalf of Industry in 2004 and 2012. Mr. McGuffin has been quoted in a variety of news publications such as the New York Times, the Washington Post, U.S. News & World Report and Newsweekand has made appearances on ABC’s Nightline, National Public Radio, and ABC Radio.
Michael McGuffin
president, American Herbal Products Association
Asa Waldstein
ceo, Asa Waldstein, CEO, Supplement Advisory Group, AHPA Cannabis Committee Chair
Asa Waldstein is a Certified Clinical Herbalist (CCH) with 20 years of experience developing and implementing compliant marketing and cGMP manufacturing processes in the dietary supplement and hemp industries. Waldstein has developed, manufactured, and marketed hundreds of products in a compliant manner, and has helped oversee three FDA CFR 111 audits with no 483’s. He is an AHPA board member and is chair of AHPA’s Cannabis Committee. Waldstein is SVP of operations at Functional Remedies and founder of the Boulder Hemp-CBD Group community educational series. He commonly speaks on FDA/FTC enforcement trend analysis, social media marketing principles, and manufacturing efficiency principles. When not at work Waldstein can be found wandering the Rocky Mountains wildcrafting medicinal herbs with his family, snowboarding, or traveling (pre-pandemic) to remote jungles and beaches in search of bizarre wildlife and serene bliss.
Asa Waldstein
CEO, Supplement Advisory Group, AHPA Cannabis Committee Chair
Rob Wildman
chief science officer, Dymatize, AHPA Sports Nutrition Committee Chair
Rob received his PhD from The Ohio State University and earned his MS from Florida State University and BS from the University of Pittsburgh and is a registered and licensed dietitian. Rob is the author of 4 books including Sport & Fitness Nutrition, Advanced Human Nutrition and The Nutritionist: Food, Nutrition & Optimal Health and has contributed over 40 chapters and 100 research papers and abstracts and is the creator of TheNutritionDr.com and the founder of the International Protein Board (iPB).
Rob serves as Chief Science Officer for Dymatize as well as teaching and research faculty at Texas Women’s University in Denton, TX. He is a globally renown expert and speaks around the world on exercise and sport nutrition and continues to work with professional and elite athletes as well as hundreds of people to achieve their performance, health & fitness goals.
Rob Wildman
chief science officer, Dymatize, AHPA Sports Nutrition Committee Chair
Healthy Aging Solutions Never Get Old
Originally Streamed: Thursday, December 10, 2020
The foundational value proposition of supplements is to help consumers extend their health spans. Supplement aisles in stores are routinely organized and categorized according to health conditions that, collectively, could be known as healthy aging—from bone and brain health to prostate support and skin vibrance. This session looks at trending ingredients used in hot health sectors—nutrition science, consumer resonance, and formulation tips and tricks.
Session Overview:
- Collagen is still booming—what the science supports and new product concepts for this versatile ingredient.
- CBD and cannabis for beauty and skin disorders—another great use for this catch-all ingredient.
- Personalized nutrition is changing health care—how brands can capitalize on new consumer intel on their own bodies
Content Partner
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Jeremy Appleton, N.D.
director of medical & scientific affairs, PLT Health Solutions
Jeremy Appleton, ND is Director of Medical and Scientific Affairs for PLT Health Solutions, a discoverer, developer, and commercialization partner of high-quality, scientifically-supported ingredient solutions for the natural products, food, and beverage markets. He has been a licensed naturopathic doctor for 25 years, and has worked in scientific and regulatory affairs and product development in the natural products industry for over 20 years in companies large and small, including Merck and Nature’s Way. Dr. Appleton supports new product development, R&D, and is the company’s primary medical science and product technical liaison. He is based in Portland, OR.
Jeremy Appleton, N.D.
director of medical & scientific affairs, PLT Health Solutions
Jeanette Jacknin, M.D.
holistic dermatology consultant
Dr. Jacknin is a board-certified dermatologist, author, national speaker, and consultant, with expertise in holistic dermatology, natural cosmeceuticals, and topical hemp and cannabinoids for beauty and health. She is the first dermatologist and top expert in the science behind CBD for beauty and skin disorders. She is the author of the first holistic dermatology 400 pg. book Smart Medicine for Your Skin, published by Penguin Putnam in 2001. Dr. Jacknin has given over 55 presentations at national trade shows and Dermatology Grand Rounds. Dr. Jacknin became interested in hemp, CBD, and cannabis topically in 2016. She spoke at 12 cannabis related conferences from 2016 to 2019 and 3 virtual conferences in 2020. Dr. Jacknin was the first dermatologist to speak on the science behind topical cannabinoids and skin disorders at the AAD conference in February 2018. She has been interviewed by Vogue, New Beauty and The New York Times and is brand ambassador for Medterra CBD.
Jeanette Jacknin, M.D.
holistic dermatology consultant
Brian Kennedy, Ph.D.
professor of biochemistry and physiology, National University of Singapore;
chief science officer, Ponce de Leon Health
Dr. Brian Kennedy is internationally recognized for his research in the basic biology of aging and as a visionary committed to translating research discoveries into new ways of delaying, detecting, and preventing human aging and associated diseases. He is a Professor in the Departments of Biochemistry and Physiology at National University Singapore and Director of the Centre for Healthy Longevity in the National University Health System. From 2010 to 2016 he was the President and CEO of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging. Currently he remains as a Professor at the Institute. Dr. Kennedy also has an adjunct appointment at the USC Davis School of Gerontology. Dr. Kennedy is also actively involved Biotechnology companies, serving in consulting and Board capacities, as well as Scientific Director of Affirmativ Health. Dr. Kennedy also serves as a Co-Editor-In-Chief at Aging Cell.
Brian Kennedy, Ph.D.
professor of biochemistry and physiology, National University of Singapore;
chief science officer, Ponce de Leon Health
Claire Reynolds Morton
senior industry analyst, Nutrition Business Journal
Claire Morton is the senior industry analyst for New Hope Network’s Nutrition Business Journal. She manages NBJ’s data and insights to inform the industry on market trends and forecasts in natural and organic food and beverage, functional food and beverage, dietary supplements and personal care. Morton holds an MBA from the University of Minnesota and a bachelor’s degree in nutrition and food science from Colorado State University.
Claire Reynolds Morton
senior industry analyst, Nutrition Business Journal
Timothy Mount, CN, CCMH
co-founder, Winged Nutrition
Timothy Mount is a Certified Clinical Nutritionist and Certified Master Herbalist and has presented at many of the leading natural health conventions and been featured on over 30 of the top natural health radio shows nationwide. Tim has worked as the Director of Education, Formulator and Sales Manager for several leading brands in the natural products industry for over a decade, including a leading collagen brand. In 2018, he Co-Founded Winged Nutrition, a premium Woman’s Wellness brand that focuses on comprehensive formulas that include CBD and other female-specific nutrient to help women in today’s world be the best versions of themselves.
Timothy Mount, CN, CCMH
co-founder, Winged Nutrition
Todd Runestad
senior editor, Informa Markets
Todd Runestad has been writing on nutrition science, ingredient innovation and supplement ideation for 20 years at New Hope Network. He was editor-in-chief at Functional Ingredients magazine, and also served at Functional Foods & Nutraceuticals and Nutrition Science News magazines. He pops 20 supplement pills a day—ask him what he takes.
Todd Runestad
senior editor, Informa Markets
Discover Korea
Originally Streamed: Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Watch 10 different Korean companies during a 90-minute round-table presentation as they discuss each companies’ ingredients & services, and how they can fit into your product strategy. This event is supported by KBIZ (Korea Federation of Small and Medium Business), Ministry of SMEs & Startups and organized by Global Fairs & Marketing. This event can help you learn about our featured Korean SMEs & startups and their current ingredient & service offerings. As with all SupplySide Network 365 events, this session enables you to network and develop potential partnerships for your ongoing and future product strategy.
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Jeelim Choi
CEO, Royal Greens Co., Ltd.
Participating in the industrialization of medicinal crops, we develop and deliver to consumers based on honest prices and right scientific information.
Because nature and mass production are difficult to coexist, the quantity is limited,
Researching and developing products with good medicinal properties from the golden grassland contributing to the industrialization of medicinal crops in a sustainable way.
Jeelim Choi
ceo, Royal Greens Co., Ltd.
Steve Choi
Executive VP, BST INC.
Master degree Majored on International Economics (Busan National University)
30 years career in Field of Textile and Fashion (As Marketer and Researcher of materials)
Present Director of Biomaterial Sales in BST Inc.
CEO of NTF co.,LtD (2013~2018)
Vice President od Winners Home
Director, Representative of Korea Branch Michiko Koshino Japan Co.,Ltd
General Manager of LG INTL’Co.,Ltd.
Steve Choi
executive vp, BST INC.
Han Kwonil
ceo, KoreaBeRM
1. Studying combined graduate+doctoral degree in Biotechnology at Yonsei University
2. Introducing EF-2001 in Korea (the first)
3. First(and ONLY) company to have high-concentration production method up to 7.5 trillion/g in Korea
Han Kwonil
ceo, KoreaBeRM
HyeonJin Kang
Executive Director, BEDELKOREA CO., LTD.
1. Graduated from the Department of Industrial Engineering, Pukyong National University
Worked at Korea Construction Management Corporation
2. Working at Easy Tech
3. Current CEO of LK Company
4. Current Director of Overseas Sales Department of Bethel Korea Co., Ltd. (Contributing to manufacturing and distribution by registering a patent through technology development of pine needle distilled concentrate, contributing to export and producing remarkable results)
HyeonJin Kang
executive director, BEDELKOREA CO., LTD.
Young Wook Kim
CEO, KEIL Co., Ltd.
① Former Assistant Professor at Gyeongju National University: Edible Insect was the first domestic SSCI to be listed in consumer behavior, marketing, and consumption patterns.
② Published the world’s first foodtech cooking book “Edible Insect Food that Papillon Didn’t Know”
③ Publication and distribution of white papers for edible feed insect industry by overseas countries
Young Wook Kim
ceo, KEIL Co., Ltd.
Jun Woo Lee
USA branch manager, Nousbo Co., Ltd.
I am representing Nousbo in the USA. Our office is located
in Washington state, and we manage US shipments as well as communicate with
local partners to avoid conflict from time zone.
Jun Woo Lee
USA branch manager, Nousbo Co., Ltd.
Jason Lee
EVP/Marketing, Bio-Synectics, Inc.
EVP of Alien Technology Asia
VP of Eugene Science
Jason Lee
evp/marketing, Bio-Synectics, Inc.
Jay Lee
Business Development Director, Seoul Propolis Co., Ltd.
Received a Master Degree from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and a Bachelor of Arts in Marketing, with an Honors, from Glion Institute of Higher Education (GIHE), Switzerland
Jay Lee
business development director, Seoul Propolis Co., Ltd.
Jung Young Park
Managing Director, WORKLINK CO., LTD.
WORKLINK is the one and only global MKTG and trading company SPECIALIZING in Food & Beverage in Korea.
We have (own) specialists with more than 10 years of experiences with various cases in each field.
We are currently providing service for overall business from sourcing to selling global product by importing/exporting through our own network.
Jung Young Park
managing director, WORKLINK CO., LTD.
JuHyeong Song
General, GenoFocus
Marketing Manager (2012~)
JuHyeong Song
manager, Genofocus
Nutrition Works: Evidence of Benefit from the Lab to Global Impact
Originally Streamed: Friday, November 20, 2020
Presented by
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Jon Benninger
vp & market leader - SupplySide, Informa Markets
Jon Benninger is vice president and market leader at Informa Markets. He focuses on the strategic direction and growth of SupplySide West, SupplySide East, and Natural Products Insider and works closely with top clients on their go-to-market strategies. He coordinates with leaders of the other Informa health and nutrition events and brands including Natural Products Expo West, Vitafoods, Food ingredients, NEXT and Nutrition Business Journal. Benninger joined Virgo Publishing in 1995 as the founding editor of the company’s first trade magazine for the nutrition industry and has served as editor, publisher, group publisher, business development director, and vice president of business development prior to his current position. Benninger is a frequent speaker and moderator at industry events. He is active in industry associations and advocacy efforts including as a past board member of Citizens For Health, past board member and president of Dietary Supplement Education Alliance, past board member of Natural Products Foundation, and current member of American Botanical Council Director’s Circle, member of American Herbal Products Association communications committee, member of Council for Responsible Nutrition communications and media outreach committee, and member of United Natural Products Alliance. He received the 2010 CRN Apple Award for Industry Service, the 2014 AHPA Visionary Award, and the 2014 Natural Products Association Industry Champion Award, and the 2018 American Botanical Council “Mark Blumenthal” Community Builder Award. He serves on the board of trustees for Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine, an accredited 4-year medical school in Phoenix. Benninger received his journalism degree from Arizona State University in 1991.
Jon Benninger
vp & market leader - SupplySide, Informa Markets
Greg Horn
managing director & partner, William Hood & Company
Greg Horn is a Managing Director and Head of the Ingredients Practice at William Hood & Company, a differentiated industry-focused investment banking firm covering the Consumer, Food and Retail sectors with a specialization in Health and Wellness. Greg supports the firm’s client relationships, new business initiatives and transaction execution. Greg is also a co-founder of Nutrition Capital Network, where he currently serves as Chairman of the Selection Committee. Greg has a long career in both operating and transactional roles. Earlier in his career Greg served as CEO of Health and Wellness retailer GNC Live Well (which grew from $400 million to $1.5 billion over his 11 years in management), CEO of Garden of Life and the Chairman of Royal Numico’s North American Executive Committee, overseeing all the company’s $2.5 billion specialty retail, mass market, and direct selling operations in North America.
More recently, Greg has co-founded several branded nutrition and healthy living companies including Brand New Brands, a functional food and beverage brand incubator, Attune Foods, one of the first probiotic foods companies, STRONG Research, a science-based sports nutrition company and Celsius®, one of the first functional beverages with clinical studies proving efficacy. He has served as founding CEO of several science-based nutrition companies including Axcella Health, a biotechnology company focused on therapeutic proteins and IncrEDIBLE Foods, an innovative food company based on a Harvard professor’s technology for creating delicious edible packaging.
Over the course of his career, Greg has been involved in a principal capacity in over $5 billion worth of M&A and capital raising transactions.
Greg is a speaker on health and sustainability and author of the best-seller Living Green (Freedom Press, 2006), Living Well (Lighthouse Press, 2016) and co-author with Fred Maxik of The Meaning of Light (Lighthouse Press, 2011). Greg holds an MBA in Finance from UCLA’s Anderson School and a BA (summa cum laude, phi beta kappa) from the University of Redlands.
In addition to his role at William Hood & Company, Greg also provides operational (non-transactional) consulting services through Specialty Nutrition Consulting Inc., his development firm focused on commercializing nutrition innovation.
William Hood & Company, LLC is a U.S.-registered broker-dealer and member of FINRA. Mr. Horn holds the following FINRA Registrations: Series 79.
Greg Horn
managing director & partner, William Hood & Company
Howard Schiffer
president & founder, Vitamin Angels
Following a successful 14-year career in the natural foods industry developing quality products and turning them into best sellers through innovative marketing and promotions, Howard founded Vitamin Angels in 1994. From its inception, Vitamin Angels has worked to stop malnutrition from the start for mothers and children in need worldwide. Last year, Vitamin Angels reached more than 70 million at-risk pregnant women and children in 74 countries, including the U.S. Under Howard’s leadership, Vitamin Angels has become the largest distributor of vitamin A to the non-profit and faith-based community globally. In 2018, Howard announced a new goal for Vitamin Angels: to eliminate infant mortality surrounding childbirth due to vitamin deficiency diseases by the year 2030.To improve birth outcomes and save lives on a global scale, the organization is aiming to reach 50 million women annually with prenatal multivitamins by 2030. Howard and Vitamin Angels’ work have been featured in a number of major news and media outlets including TODAY, CNN Money, Reader’s Digest, KTLA, Medium, Forbes, NY Post, Money Magazine, and Good Day LA as well as numerous industry specific publications. Under Howard’s leadership, Vitamin Angels has twice been named a Top 10 “Highly Rated Charity Relying Solely on Private Contributions” by Charity Navigator in addition to earning nine consecutive 4-star ratings. Vitamin Angels has a Platinum rating from GuideStar.
Howard Schiffer
president & founder, Vitamin Angels
Becoming MarketReady: Learn, Share and Grow
Originally Streamed: Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Presented by
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Shelley Sapsin
director of MarketReady Insights, Informa Markets
Shelley Sapsin is the Director of MarketReady Insights, an Informa Markets consulting service that provides businesses with regulatory expertise as they enter markets and accelerate. She is a graduate of Northwestern University and the University of Michigan Law School. After law school she joined a regulatory practice with a Washington D.C. firm, then served as CEO for a domestic manufacturing and import company. While raising her children Shelley developed a homeschooling cooperative and began a small start-up.
At Informa, Shelley works with health and nutrition businesses providing regulatory and compliance expertise, using her previous experience to help small- and mid-size businesses with their products, while focusing on brand transparency as a strategic driver of future growth. Shelley is committed to Informa’s mission of bringing “more health for more people” by helping companies leverage all of Informa’s resources to create the conditions under which they can be most successful.
Shelley Sapsin
director of MarketReady Insights, Informa Markets
SupplySide Hangout with Tim Avila - Opportunity Tsunami: How to catch and shred the swelling wave
Originally Streamed: Friday, November 13, 2020
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Anthony Almada
founder, IMAGINutrition, Inc
Anthony L. Almada has worked in the natural products industry since 1975. He obtained his Masters degree in Nutritional Sciences at UC Berkeley, completing a research thesis in antioxidant and exercise biochemistry. In 1990 he created the “thermogenic” category of dietary supplements. In 1992 he co-founded EAS, which introduced creatine monohydrate and evidence-based performance nutrition to most of the world. He has collaborated on over 55 university-based clinical trials, ranging from ALS to zinc metabolism in osteoarthritis. He has been an invited presenter at the Federal Trade Commission and the National Institutes of Health and has been quoted in the New York Times, Forbes, and Bloomberg. He founded and leads IMAGINutrition, Inc., a think tank focusing upon innovation/intellectual properties, clinical research, demand creation, and brand/entity business strategy, for food, beverage, dietary supplement, medical food, cosmetic, and companion animal health companies.
Anthony Almada
founder, IMAGINutrition, Inc
Tim Avila
president, Systems Bioscience Inc.
Tim is a leading authority in the global nutrition industry, blending nearly 30 years of experience in discovery, validation and marketing of bioactive ingredients and consumer packaged nutrition products. He is President of Systems Bioscience, Inc., a company specializing in providing Global Fortune 500 companies with business and product development knowledge regarding dietary supplements, natural and organic foods and consumer products and services. He also was the Founder of ZSWEET Inc., the manufacturer and distributor of the first brand of all natural and Organic zero calorie sweetener. ZSWEET is the pioneering innovator preparation in the tabletop sweetener category and was formulated by Tim.
Mr. Avila has a 22-year tenure as Senior Executive Advisor to Informa Markets Global Health and Nutrition division which now oversees Newhope Network, pertaining to content and business development. Tim’s list of past clients includes Cargill, Nestle, Proctor & Gamble and Coca Cola. Tim has a proven track record for innovative products. During his five years with Metagenics, Inc., Tim was responsible for numerous proprietary formulations and products.
Tim has also founded and participated as the Chair of many advisory boards in both business and Science/Medicine. He currently advises several startup and early stage companies and routinely provides coaching to founders and officers of mid and large size companies in both the ingredient and consumer brand sectors.
Tim Avila
president, Systems Bioscience Inc.
Kenn Israel
co-founder & nutraceutical co-lead, BeyondBrands
Highlights
• Over thirty years of sustained professional participation in the Dietary Supplements Industry.
• Founder of Innovation Nutrition Consulting – A Southern California based boutique product development and innovation consultancy operating in the US and Europe serving leading dietary supplement and functional food brands and nutraceutical ingredient firms
• Co-Founding Partner at BeyondBrands – A New York based business development and branding agency serving progressive, sustainable, plant-based & mission driven participants in the Beverage, Food, Dietary Supplement, Cosmetic, and Wellness categories.
• Member and active participant in NPA, the Natural Products Association is the oldest and largest trade association serving the natural products industry. Participant on COMPLI, the Committee for Product and Label Integrity for over 15 years.
• Extensive experience in contract manufacturing, product development, regulatory affairs and compliance, brand marketing, and operations having held senior level executive positions with industry leading firms for over 2 decades
• Introduced hundreds of new products and reformulations into commerce including new ingredients, new delivery systems, and new applications for existing technologies.
Career Overview
• Committed to the dietary supplements and nutraceutical industy with strong domestic and international experience in B2B services and ingredients, brand and product innovation, and strong execution skills.
• Expereinced leader with track record of developing talent & building teams and infrastucture that last
• A strong voice for advocacy and adoption of best practices and institutional and industry wide change
Kenn Israel
co-founder & nutraceutical co-lead, BeyondBrands
Immunity Boosting in the Pandemic Age
Originally Streamed: Thursday, November 12, 2020
- How botanical superstars can help consumers address their immunity-related concerns
- Other ingredients, such as vitamins, minerals, probiotics and beta-glucans that can support immunity naturally
- How companies that market these solutions must walk a fine legal line when it comes to claims
CONTENT PARTNER
Underwritten by
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J. Kathleen (“Katie”) Bond
partner, Amin Talati Wasserman LLP
Katie Bond focuses her practice on advertising and food and drug law. She represents clients with regard to a wide variety of consumer products, including food, dietary supplements, OTC drugs, personal care products, CBD products, infant formula, cosmetics, sports equipment, appliances, and home genetic testing. Katie provides FDA and FTC regulatory advice with an emphasis on risk analysis. Her advice is grounded in the framework of the law, yet balanced with the needs of each client. She advises clients regarding matters including efficacy and health benefit claims, “green” marketing, refund and coupon programs, auto renewal programs, “Made in the USA” and other U.S. origin claims, endorsements including by consumers and healthcare professionals, and the use of social media and influencers in marketing.
Katie has substantial experience representing clients in regulatory investigations, having handled numerous complex Federal Trade Commission and State investigations. She draws from years of prior experience to manage discovery and defense strategies with an eye toward overall regulatory risk management. In addition to regulatory investigations, Katie assists clients with consumer class action defense, applying her subject matter expertise to defeat misguided allegations of false advertising. She has represented a major trade group in filing amicus briefs in support of defendants in false advertising class actions in several courts in California, including the Ninth Circuit. Katie also assists clients regularly in initiating and responding to self-regulatory challenges before bodies including the National Advertising Division.
J. Kathleen (“Katie”) Bond
partner, Amin Talati Wasserman LLP
David Foreman RPh., ND
president, Herbal Pharmacist Media LLC
David is a pharmacist, author and media personality known internationally as, “The Herbal Pharmacist.” His background in both pharmacy and natural medicine put Foreman in an elite class of health experts who can teach integrative medicine practices. Foreman is a frequent guest speaker at universities and international conferences around the globe. Additionally, Foreman provides R&D to help companies formulate scientifically substantiated and innovative nutraceuticals. Foreman is a graduate of the University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy and is author of hundreds of articles, journal articles and books.
David Foreman, RPh., ND
president, Herbal Pharmacist Media LLC
Amanda McKinney, MD
executive director Institute for Human and Planetary Health Doane University, A&A Apothecary
Amanda McKinney is a triple board-certified physician in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery and Lifestyle Medicine who is also certified in Herbal Medicine and Cannabinoid Medicine. Dr. McKinney founded the Institute for Human and Planetary Health at Doane University to improve both human and planetary by harnessing the power of plants, grown sustainably, for both medicine and food as a way to prevent and reverse disease.
Amanda McKinney, MD
executive director Institute for Human and Planetary Health Doane University, A&A Apothecary
Eric Pierce
VP of business insights, New Hope Network and Nutrition Business Journal
Eric J. Pierce is a strategic marketing and market research professional who brings business management experience and consumer behavior perspectives to his work. Specializing in helping businesses develop strategy and identify and prioritize opportunities, Pierce is sought after as a speaker at industry events and for corporate training. Pierce’s passions lie in the intersection of consumer behavior and business strategy within the natural products industry. These passions are focused on helping companies navigate the dynamic and changing food system, helping to re-imagine brands, inspire product innovation, and focus business investments with an eye towards meeting the needs of the food-forward consumer. Pierce and his colleagues sit at the forefront of the natural products industry, well positioned to identify the cultural forces and trends creating opportunity in this exciting and evolving marketplace. Together they help companies large and small identify, prioritize, and take advantage of opportunities in the evolving food economy.
Eric Pierce
VP of business insights, New Hope Network and Nutrition Business Journal
Exploration of SARS-CoV-2: Supplement and Botanical Discoveries
Originally Streamed: Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Presented by
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James Adams, PhD
president's professor, Arizona State University
James B. Adams, Ph.D., is the Director of the Autism/Asperger’s Research Program at Arizona State University. His research focuses on the medical causes of autism and how to treat and prevent it including the areas of nutrition (vitamins/minerals, essential fatty acids, carnitine, digestive enzymes, special diets), oxidative stress, gut problems, gut bacteria, toxic metals, and seizures. He has published over 150 peer-reviewed scientific articles, including over 40 related to autism. He is also the President of the Autism Society of Greater Phoenix, the President of the Autism Nutrition Research Center, the co-leader of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Autism Research Institute, and chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Neurological Health Foundation. He has an adult daughter with autism.
James Adams, PhD
president's professor, Arizona State University
Bill Chioffi
vp of strategic partnerships & business development, Ric Scalzo Institute for Botanical Research
Bill Chioffi is an Herbalist with over 25 years’ experience in the production of botanical medicine. This includes all phases of vertically integrated botanical manufacturing of liquid extracts and concentrates, organic farming and processing of vertically integrated raw materials, qualitative and quantitative analysis of finished products and raw materials, international and domestic regulatory and GACP auditing experience, social responsibility/sustainability management and program development, agroforestry and supply chain development planning, political advocacy, clinical research guidance, formulation, new product development and education. He serves on the following boards; United Plant Savers, Sustainable Herbs Project/ABC, Appalachian Forest Farmers, including past membership on the Executive Committee of The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA). He has made friends and forged relationships across the globe with manufacturers and suppliers and looks forward to leading all business development and strategic corporate relations and other private clients for the Ric Scalzo Institute for Botanical Research and continuing to connect people and plants.
Publications:
Stewart J, Chioffi B. Adulteration of maca (Lepidium meyenii). Botanical Adulterants Prevention Bulletin. Austin, TX: ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program; 2018.
Education:
- University of Vermont (BA English and Political Science)
Bill Chioffi
vp of strategic partnerships & business development, Ric Scalzo Institute for Botanical Research
Jeffrey Langland, PhD
professor of research chair, SCNM Department of Research
research director, Ric Scalzo Institute for Botanical Research
Jeffrey Langland received his doctorate degree from Arizona State University in the area of virology in December 1990. His area of interest at that time and still today is investigating and understanding the complex cellular defenses and immune responses against microorganisms. After graduating from Arizona State University, he was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of California Davis studying oncolytic viruses, followed by a post-doctoral position at the University of Wyoming comparing similarities between plant and human defenses against viruses. . At SCNM, Dr. Langland mentors students in evidence-based botanical medicine research and training Residents in the preparation of case studies. As a Full Professor and Chair of the Research Department at SCNM, Dr. Langland brings new insight and a cutting-edge approach to research for students and to the field of naturopathic medicine.
Classes Teaching:
- Microbiology, Immunology, and Concepts in Research
Education:
- Arizona State University (Bachelors in Microbiology)
- Arizona State University (Ph.D. in Microbiology)
Publications:
Dr. Langland is currently involved in various projects characterizing the activity and mechanism of action of various botanicals towards viruses (including pox, herpes, varicella-zoster, HPV, rhinovirus, zika, He has more than 40 publications and six patents. ebola), bacteria (including MRSA, lyme disease, antibiotic-resistant strains, plague, and others), immune regulation and inflammation, cancer, and skin health.
Jeffrey Langland, PhD
professor of research chair, SCNM Department of Research
research director, Ric Scalzo Institute for Botanical Research
Adulteration and Fraud of Botanical Materials in the Global Botanical Marketplace
Originally Streamed: Monday, November 9, 2020
Presented by
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Mark Blumenthal
founder & executive director, American Botanical Council
The American Botanical Council (ABC) is a leading, independent, research and educational nonprofit organization dedicated to disseminating accurate, reliable, and responsible information on herbs and medicinal plants. Blumenthal is editor and publisher of HerbalGram, an international peer-reviewed quarterly journal. For six years, he served as an adjunct associate professor of medicinal chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin, College of Pharmacy, teaching the course Herbs and Phytomedicines in Today’s Pharmacy. He is also the founder and director of the ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program, a nonprofit international consortium committed to researching and exposing adulteration and fraud in botanical ingredients sold in the global market. He has appeared on more than 400 radio and television shows and has written more than 500 articles, reviews, and book chapters for many major publications. He was awarded Natural Health Magazine’s Hall of Fame Award for “…opening America’s eye to the healing powers of herbs.” For more than 46 years, he has been a leader in the global botanical and natural products community, promoting science-based herbal education and respect for scientific and clinical research, ethnobotanical traditions, sustainable and regenerative practices, and honesty and authenticity in the manufacture and marketing of herbs and phytomedicines.
Mark Blumenthal
founder & executive director, American Botanical Council
Stefan Gafner, PhD
chief science officer, American Botanical Council
Stefan Gafner, PhD, is currently Chief Science Officer of the American Botanical Council, an independent, nonprofit research and education organization. He is also technical director of the ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Program, a large-scale collaborative program initiated by the American Botanical Council (ABC), the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia (AHP), and the National Center for Natural Product Research (NCNPR) at the University of Mississippi to educate members of the herbal and dietary supplement industry about ingredient and product adulteration. Prior to working for ABC, Gafner served as a Director of Analytical Chemistry in the R&D department of natural personal care products company Tom’s of Maine.
Gafner received his degree in pharmacy at the School of Pharmacy, University of Berne, in Berne, Switzerland. He obtained a PhD in pharmaceutical sciences, with a focus on the chemistry of medicinal plants, from the University of Lausanne in Switzerland, and conducted postdoctoral research on cancer chemopreventive natural products at the University of Illinois – Chicago in the College of Pharmacy’s Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy. Gafner is author or co-author of over 50 peer-reviewed scientific publications and holds 5 patents. He is a reviewer for many scientific journals including Phytochemistry, Planta Medica, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, and the Journal of Natural Products, and is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Ethnopharmacology and Planta Medica.
Stefan Gafner, PhD
chief science officer, American Botanical Council
Michael Levin
founder, Health Business Strategies, LLC
An integrative medicine business development professional, Michael specializes in healthcare best practices, quality assurance and regulatory compliance of natural products. Clients of his consulting practice have included hospital systems, dietary supplement companies, group purchasing organizations, pharmaceutical manufacturers, lawyers, venture capitalists, drug wholesalers and others in the US and abroad.
Michael focused his entrepreneurial career on reducing healthcare costs while improving outcomes. In the Pharma portion of his career (23 years), Michael served in senior and C-Level positions in privately held and Fortune 50 companies, including Baxter Healthcare.
Recruited into the natural products industry in 1996, Michael first served as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Tyler Encapsulations (dietary supplement manufacturer) and later as President and Chief Operating Officer for Cardinal Nutrition (dietary ingredient manufacturer). During the past two decades, he pioneered the systematic integration of natural products into pharmacy dispensing and distribution systems. He remains laser focused on improving the quality practices in the natural products industry and supply chain.
In 1999, he created the first hospital based Dietary Supplement Formulary Committee in North America. His work has been published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, Integrative Medicine: A Clinicians Journal, and American Society of Clinical Oncologists. Speaking engagements include the Mass. College of Pharmacy, Cancer Treatment Centers of America, National College of Natural Medicine, National Managed Care Congress, Collaboration for Healthcare Renewal Foundation, Oregon Medical Association, Nutritional Business Journal Summit, and elsehwere.
Michael Levin
founder, Health Business Strategies, LLC
Celebrating LGBTQI+ diversity & inclusion!
Our experience, strengths and hopes
Originally Streamed: Friday, October 30, 2020
Join the Naturally Proud Network (NPN), the industry’s first LGBTQI+ network, as they hosted Stephanie Morimoto Owner & CEO of Asutra, a women-owned and women-led natural and organic products company. Morimoto, alongside co-owner, brand ambassador and professional tennis star Venus Williams, have created a brand that exemplifies racial and gender diversity.
Find out how unleashing the power of diversity through inclusive leadership can lead to boosting employee engagement, unlocking a greater creative potential, and attract & most importantly retain talent.
Presented by
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Randy Kreienbrink
vp of marketing, Martin Bauer Group
Over 30 years of Marketing, Technical Sales, Product Development, Formulation, R&D, and Quality Assurance in the Functional Foods and Nutritional Supplement Industries. Randy has an interest and talent for designing various functional food concepts. He is currently Vice President of Marketing at Martin Bauer Group He has an educational background in biology bio-tech/food science, and has held positions ranging from food chemist to various sales and marketing positions with food, flavor and ingredient companies. He is a professional member of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) and part of the inaugural class to receive Certified Food Scientist designation from IFT in 2013. Currently Co Chair for the Southern California IFT Section.
Randy Kreienbrink
vp of marketing, Martin Bauer Group
Stephanie Morimoto
owner & ceo, Asutra
Stephanie is Owner & CEO of Asutra, where we’re passionate about helping people take care of themselves on purpose so they can get the most out of life – what we call active self care. Asutra offers over 50 organic, natural products – from natural solutions to help with pain relief and sleep to skincare to bath & body – so you can care for yourself the way you want.
At Asutra, we’re proud to provide good jobs with career pathways at a living wage with benefits. Asutra is woman-owned and women-led; 73% of our team are people of color; and 100% of staff would recommend Asutra as a great place to work.
Stephanie is an enthusiastic board member of Equality Illinois, which advocates for LGBTQ rights; and Naturally Chicago, which creates an ecosystem for natural products companies to thrive. In her spare time, she’s an avid urban gardener who grows everything from tomatoes to lilacs.
Stephanie Morimoto
owner & ceo, Asutra
Ken Seguine
owner, Ken Seguine Consulting
I have been fortunate to work my adult life in the wonderful natural products industry. From my start as Global Sales Director of Aveda Corporation to my role in B2B ingredient sales as Head of Algatech US, it has been a joy. Exciting highlights along the way have been to launch 3 consumer brands – Savesta Herbal Supplements, UP4 Probiotics and my own Hay River Pumpkin Seed Oil. Other passions include organic farming (our own pumpkin fields are certified organic), serving on the State of Wisconsin Organic Advisory Council and also serving on my local Prairie Farm, WI School Board. K-12 public education is our future!
Ken Seguine
owner, Ken Seguine Consulting
SupplySide Network 365: Guided Tour and Interactive Q&A
Originally Streamed: Friday, October 30, 2020
SupplySide NEXTY Awards
Originally Streamed: Thursday, October 29, 2020
Due to the cancellation of SupplySide West 2020 and the launch of SupplySide Network 365, the NEXTY Awards were hosted virtually this year during an online ceremony within the SupplySide Network 365 platform.
NEXTY Awards were announced for the following categories:
- Best Allergen-Free Product
- Best Brand Storytelling on New Product
- Best Clean Label Food/Beverage
- Best Condition-Specific Supplement
- Best Digestive Health Product
- Best Functional Food/ Beverage
- Best Life Stage-Specific Supplement
- Best Multivitamin
- Best Nutrient Delivery Innovation
- Best Product for Pet/Animal Health
- Best Sports Nutrition Food/Beverage
- Best Sports Nutrition Supplement
Plant Power: Natural Solutions for a Sustainable Future
Originally Streamed: Tuesday, October 27, 2020
- Market trends, consumer demographics, buying patterns and key growth categories
- Novel ingredients that improve the nutrition profile of plant-based alternatives while delivering on taste and texture.
- CPG fireside chat focused on how brands are rewriting rules for plant-based product launches
Content Partner
Underwritten by
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Michele DeKinder-Smith
president and founder, Linkage Research & Consulting
Michele has 20+ years experience delivering consumer insights for leading and emerging brands. She founded Linkage to deliver world-class insights that help brands grow through appreciation of the customer’s point of view. Michele has advised on the launch of numerous new products in the areas of positioning, packaging, certifications, ingredient claims, and shelf presence. Beyond her day job of leading Linkage, Michele is also an award-winning author and sought-after speaker in helping audiences understand the small business market.
Michele DeKinder-Smith
president and founder, Linkage Research & Consulting
Sadrah Schadel
co-founder/chief creative officer, No Evil Foods
Sadrah is the force behind the Innovation and Creative departments of No Evil Foods. With a lifetime of plant-based experience under her belt, she’s got some serious veg cred. Before she was leading the conversation on how to create a socially-minded business, she was the original DIY-er at No Evil, developing and testing each recipe from her home kitchen.
Sadrah is a lifelong vegetarian and is committed to spreading the good word about a plant-based lifestyle. In fact, she’s the one that showed her partner and CEO, Mike, that vegan food doesn’t suck. Her experience growing a radically different business from scratch has equipped her with a noteworthy sensibility that she parlays into speaking engagements and business summits around the country.
From her DIY approach to branding to the way she drives the vision and message of No Evil Foods today, Sadrah is a true visionary committed to telling the authentic story of what it takes to craft a revolution.
Sadrah’s dedication to giving back and working to improve systems of oppression runs deep. Before she was changing the world with No Evil Foods, Sadrah worked in Employment Training & Development for non-profit organizations in the northeast and the San Francisco Bay Area, with a focus on chronically homeless, formerly incarcerated, and dual diagnosis populations. Her love of good food was honed through work in restaurant management in top dining destinations in Philadelphia and New York state.
Sadrah Schadel
co-founder/chief creative officer, No Evil Foods
Eric Schnell
founder, Beyond Brands
Some might call him a Socialpreneur. Others, a Food & Beverage visionary. No matter the title, Eric has been a natural product industry pioneer for over 20 years and counting. With diverse experience in sales, marketing and new product launches, Eric enjoys taking ideas from scratch and turning them into viable businesses that make a global impact.
He is the co-founder of Steaz, a leading organic tea brand that was strategically acquired in 2016 as well as a member of Runa tea which was successfully sold in 2018. He is the co-founder of Good Catch, the world’s first plant-based seafood brand as well proud recipient of the 2007 “Sustainable Business of the Year Award”, 6-time Annual Winner of the BevNET.com and Beverage Digest “Best Product of the Year Award”. He is a Top 50 Beverage World “Disruptor” and serves as a mentor and investor at SKU accelerator and as a Nutrition Capital Network Selection Committee Member.
Eric Schnell
founder, BeyondBrands
Kantha Shelke
principal, Corvus Blue LLC
Kantha Shelke, Ph.D., CFS, is a principal at Corvus Blue LLC, a science and research firm retained by food and allied industries for competitive intelligence, expert witness services, new product/technology development and rapid market realization of honestly healthful foods and food ingredients. She previously held senior positions at ACNielsen, Ben & Jerry’s, Continental Baking and Grand Metropolitan, and is currently an adjunct professor teaching food safety regulation at Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore), and food law and bio resource technology at MCI (Innsbruck, Austria). She has appeared on television, radio and in print publications as a food history and food science expert.
Kantha Shelke
principal, Corvus Blue LLC
Natalie Slater
marketing manager, Upton’s Naturals
Natalie Slater is a digital marketing professional and vegan cookbook author from Chicago. Currently the Marketing Director for plant-based food producer Upton’s Naturals, she has launched several eCommerce brands, as well as developed content, marketing, and sales strategies for companies such as I Heart Keenwah, Lifeway Foods, and AbesMarket.com (now Direct Eats).
Natalie Slater
marketing manager, Upton’s Naturals
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