HerbalEGram: Volume 5, Number 11, November 2008

At the Council for Responsible Nutrition’s annual meeting in Bernalillo, New Mexico in September, CRN Apple awards for 2008 were presented to Adrianne Bendich, PhD, the current Clinical Director of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), and to Byron Johnson who oversees regulation and compliance for Access Business Group (ABG). The awards were given for the recipients’ continued contributions to the dietary supplement community as well as their support for CRN. Both GSK and ABG are member organizations of CRN, a leading trade association in the dietary supplement industry.¹

Bendich said that she was “thrilled, amazed and surprised” when she heard that she had won the award. She said that there were so many outstanding people involved with CRN that she had never considered herself to be among the recipients. She credits good fortune, wonderful colleagues, passion for the potential in vitamins and minerals, and knowing that her work can change the lives of people around the world as the formula for her success (oral communication, November 10, 2008).

Bendich has been with GSK for the past decade and has contributed to several books covering diet and nutrition with a specific focus on women’s health and calcium. She has also co-edited 11 books and is the series editor of the Nutrition and Health series from Humana Press, which contains 28 published volumes so far. She hopes to continue her support of CRN, continue to work on preventing osteoporosis and improving gastrointestinal health with GSK as well as adding more volumes to the Humana series.

Johnson was recently elected the chair of the International Alliance of Dietary Supplement Associations (IADSA).² He has previously worked as chairman of CRN. He is currently the vice-president and general council for Nutrilite, a company that is part of the Access Business Group (also known as Amway), and is a member of CRN’s board of directors.¹

Also receiving recognition was Marjorie Fine, the executive vice-president of Shaklee Corporation, who has served for two years as CRN’s chairperson and will finish her term at the end of 2008. She has been with Shaklee for two decades.^{1, 3}

The ceremony was held in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico. The 2007 CRN Apple award winners were Randi Neiner, PhD from Shaklee Corporation, Carolyn Sabatini of Pharmavite, and ABC’s Founder and Executive Director Mark Blumenthal.⁴

—Cassandra Johnson

References

1. CRN Celebrates Industry Leaders at 2008 Annual Conference [press release]. CRN. October 6, 2008. Available at: http://www.crnusa.org/CRN08_AppleAwards100608.html.

2. Johnson, C. Byron Johnson Elected New Chairman of IADSA. HerbalEGram. September 2008;5(9). [http://cms.herbalgram.org/heg/volume5/09%20September/New_IADSA_Chair.html]. Accessed November 17, 2008.

3. CRN Announces New Chair and Board Officers [press release]. Shaklee Corporation. December 7, 2006. Accessed November 4, 2008. http://www.shaklee.com/NewsRelease06_120706.shtml.