CRN Foundation appoints new board members
WASHINGTON The CRN Foundation, the educational nonprofit affiliate of the Council for Responsible Nutrition, on Wednesday elected four board members.
The CRN Foundation Board elected Karen Todd, director of marketing at Kyowa Hakko, as chair; Jim Flaherty, SVP marketing and advertising at NBTY, as vice chair; Marjorie Fine, EVP, general counsel and secretary at Shaklee, as treasurer; and Judy Blatman, SVP communications of the Council for Responsible Nutrition, as secretary.
“Although the CRN Foundation is less than a year old, already much has been accomplished,” Todd stated. “I look forward to serving on the board of an organization that strives to educate people about the responsible use of dietary supplements and their ingredients, and how, when used properly [and] combined with exercise and a healthy diet, supplements can contribute to overall wellness.”
The CRN Foundation currently oversees three major initiatives: “Life…supplemented,” a consumer wellness education program focused on the responsible use of supplements as part of the three pillars of health — healthy diet, dietary supplements and regular exercise; the distribution of grants to the National Advertising Division, a self-regulatory effort to increase monitoring of supplement industry advertising to help maintain consumers’ confidence in the truth and accuracy of advertising claims for dietary supplement products and to encourage fair competition within the industry; and educational activities to inform healthcare professionals and others about dietary supplements.