People: Nature's Sunshine Products Inc (NATR.PH)

NATR.PH on Philadelphia Stock Exchange

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Gregory Probert

56 2013 Executive Chairman of the Board, Interim Chief Executive Officer

D. Wynne Roberts

58 2012 President, Chief Operating Officer

Kristine Hughes

73 2013 Vice Chairman of the Board

Stephen Bunker

54 2006 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, Treasurer

Jamon Jarvis

46 2007 Executive Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, General Counsel, Secretary

Matthew Tripp

2013 Chief Scientific Officer

Albert Dowden

71 2009 Independent Director

Robert Mercer

60 2010 Independent Director

T. Willem Mesdag

58 2009 Independent Director

Jeffrey Watkins

51 2009 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Gregory Probert

Mr. Gregory L. Probert is Executive Chairman of the Board, Interim Chief Executive Officer of Nature's Sunshine Products Inc., since from April 1, 2013. He has served as the Executive Chairman of the Board since January 2013. He served as the Executive Vice Chairman of the Board from June 2011 to December 2012, and served as an independent consultant to the Company from September 2010 to June 2011. Previously, Mr. Probert was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Penta Water Company from 2008, President and Chief Operating Officer of Herbalife International of America from 2003 to 2008, Chief Executive Officer of DMX Music from 2001 to 2003.Prior to that, he held various senior positions at the Walt Disney Company from 1988. Mr. Probert received his B.A. from the University of Southern California in 1979.

D. Wynne Roberts

Mr. D. Wynne Roberts serves as President, Chief Operating Officer of Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. Prior to his appointment in February 2012, he served as Chairman of the Board for LifeCare Corporation, a Romanian direct selling company from May 2010. Previously, he was Senior Vice President, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) at Herbalife International Inc., President, International of DMX Music Corporation, and held senior international executive positions at XE Systems Incorporated (a subsidiary of Xerox Corp.) and NCR Corporation. He received his L.L.B., with honors, from the University of Manchester in 1975.

Kristine Hughes

Ms. Kristine F. Hughes has been appointed as Vice Chairman of the Board of Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. effective January 1, 2013. She was a co-founder in 1972 of Hughes Development Corporation, a predecessor of the Company, and has served as an officer or director of the Company and its predecessors since 1980.

Stephen Bunker

Mr. Stephen M. Bunker is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, Treasurer of Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc., since March 27, 2006. Prior to his appointment in March 2006, he served as Vice President of Finance and Treasurer of Geneva Steel Holdings Corporation from 2001. Previously, he was Corporate Controller of Geneva Steel Corporation. Mr. Bunker is a Certified Public Accountant, and worked for Arthur Andersen for six years. Mr. Bunker received his B.A. in Accounting from Brigham Young University in 1983 and his Masters of Accountancy from Brigham Young University in 1984.

Jamon Jarvis

Mr. Jamon Jarvis is Executive Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, General Counsel, Secretary of Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc., since March 2007. Prior to his appointment in March 2007, he served as General Counsel and Chief Financial Officer of InterNetwork, Inc. 2004. Previously, he was Executive Vice President Finance, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Spontaneous Technology, Inc. Mr. Jarvis received his B.A. in History from Brigham Young University in 1990 and his J.D. from Cornell Law School in 1993.

Matthew Tripp

Dr. Matthew Tripp, Ph.D., is Chief Scientific Officer of Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. Since 2000, Dr. Tripp has served as Vice President, Research and Development, at Metagenics, a developer, manufacturer and distributor of high quality dietary supplements and medical foods sold through health care practitioners in the U.S. and pharmacies abroad. He has also concurrently served as Senior Vice President, Research and Development, at KinDex Therapeutics, a biotechnology company created by Metagenics. At Metagenics, he had direct responsibility for managing the discovery, development, safety, and clinical validation of medical foods and nutraceuticals. He played the leadership role of installing a new product development process that accelerated time to market and the volume of science based, clinically tested new products moving through the product pipeline. Significantly, Dr. Tripp led the creation of a substantial body of proprietary intellectual property, resulting in over 100 patents and patent applications. Prior to working at Metagenics, he worked in progressively more responsible R&D and leadership roles at the Kellogg Company and Miller Brewing Company. Dr. Tripp received his Ph.D. from Washington State University in Physiology/Microbial Genetics/Microbiology; an M.A. in Microbial Physiology/Bacterial Genetics and a B.S. in Biology both from Western Michigan University. He also completed post-doctoral research at the University of California -- San Diego where he discovered novel protein phosphorylation cascades involved in nutrient signaling (nutrigenomics) -- processes that when disrupted by poor diet, lead to metabolic disease and chronic illness.

Albert Dowden

Mr. Albert R. Dowden is Independent Director of Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc., since 2009. He serves as a director of the Invesco Mutual Funds, various Reich & Tang mutual funds, and as a director of Homeowners of America Holding Corporation and Homeowners of America Insurance. Mr. Dowden is a founder and has served as managing director of The Boss Group, a Houston based private investment and management firm, since 2004. Mr. Dowden has previously served as a director of The Hertz Corporation, Volvo Group North America, Magellan Insurance Co., Genmar, National Media Corp. and CompuDyne Corp. Prior to these positions, Mr. Dowden served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Volvo Group North America, Inc. and Senior Vice President of its Swedish parent company, AB Volvo until 1998. Prior to joining Volvo in 1974 as General Counsel to its North American operations, he practiced law with the New York based international law firm of Rogers & Wells (now Clifford Chance). Mr. Dowden received his J.D. from New York University School of Law in 1966 and his B.A. from Middlebury College in 1963.

Robert Mercer

Mr. Robert B. Mercer has been appointed as Independent Director of Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc., effective August 11, 2010. He served as Vice President Dealer Operations for Mazda North America from May 2007 until February 2009 and as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for Mazda North America from November 2002 until May 2007, a position he also held with Volvo North America for approximately 20 years prior. While at Mazda, Mr. Mercer was a member of its Executive and Audit Committees, and was also responsible for Internal Audit. He has been elected to several corporate and charitable boards and currently serves as a member of the Board of Visitors of Duke Medicine, and as a Board of Director member of the Utah Chapter of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Mr. Mercer received his J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1976 and his B.A. from Duke University in 1973.

T. Willem Mesdag

Mr. Willem Mesdag is the Independent Director of Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc., since 2009. Mr. Mesdag is the Managing Partner of Red Mountain Capital Partners LLC, an investment firm based in Los Angeles, California. Prior to founding Red Mountain in 2002, Mr. Mesdag was a Partner and Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co., which he joined in 1981 from Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll where he was a securities lawyer. He currently serves on the Boards of 3i Group plc, and Encore Capital Group Inc. Mr. Mesdag received his J.D. from the Cornell Law School in 1978 and his B.A. from Northwestern University in 1974.

Jeffrey Watkins

Mr. Jeffrey D. Watkins is Independent Director of Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc., since 2009. Mr. Watkins is currently the President of Prescott Group Capital Management, LLC, a registered investment advisor, and serves as the co-manager of the Prescott Mid Cap, L.P. Mr. Watkins formerly served as a Director of Annuity and Life Re, Ltd., from 2003 until October 2009, and as a Director of Carreker Corporation from March 2006 until April 2007. Prior to joining Prescott in July 2001, Mr. Watkins served for 18 years as a portfolio manager for Capital Advisors, Inc., a registered investment advisor, located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Mr. Watkins received his B.S.B.A. from the University of Tulsa in 1983.

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