Articles by Janet Poveromo
Kareem Cook, Chief Marketing Officer, Owner at Naturade/VeganSmart
Having acquired Naturade in 2012, Kareem Cook assumed the position of chief marketing officer within the company. Influenced by obesity, diabetes and heart disease in their own families, Cook and co-owner Claude Tellis have repositioned Naturade to address the diet related illnesses epidemic in underserved communities by providing “Whole Foods quality products to a Walmart […]
2022 Retailer of the Year: Healthy Edge Retail Group
Akin’s, Chamberlin’s Natural Foods and Earth Origins Market—With 19 Stores in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and Florida This growing retail group stays true to its employees, its communities and to its health food store roots that date back to 1935. Meet the Team: • Mark Parette—Senior Vice President—Parette started with the company in 1988, when there […]
Linda Boardman, CEO, Bragg Live Food Products
As chief executive officer of Bragg Live Food Products, LLC, Linda Boardman guides strategic growth and expansion for this legendary brand founded more than a century ago. Following in the footsteps of Founder Paul Bragg and Patricia Bragg, Boardman is guiding Bragg into the modern era with a fresh take on this time-tested product ingredient. […]
Doug Williams, National Sales Director, Green Earth Medicinals
(404) 428-8017 doug@greenearthmedicinals.com greenearthmedicinals.com Doug Williams is a 25-year veteran of the natural products industry, having been general manager of a regional retail chain in Georgia (Peachtree Natural Foods, founder of a still-running independent brokerage, Kudzu Natural Resources). He is a consultant to retailers and producers, and since 2018 has been national sales director for […]
Keri Gans, MS, RDN, CDN, EpiCor Brand Ambassador
Keri Gans is a registered dietitian nutritionist, certified yoga teacher and author of The Small Change Diet, a Shape Magazine advisory board member and blogger for US News & World Report. The Keri Report, her own bi-monthly podcast and newsletter, helps to convey her no-nonsense and fun approach to living a healthy lifestyle. Gans is […]
Tom Weldon, Founder, CEO, Ponce de Leon Health
Tom Weldon has 35 years of senior management experience, primarily in the medical device industry, in both early stage and public companies. He is a well-known entrepreneur and venture capitalist and holds more than two dozen patents. He has founded more than a dozen companies, which have created more than $2 billion in shareholder value. […]
Brianna M. Diorio, Integrative Medicine, PhD
Integrative Medicine, PhD Clinical Nutritionist, MS Herbal Practitioner Holistic Lifestyle Coach FDN-P, NASM-CPT www.briannadiorio.com Instagram: @briannadiorio Brianna Diorio holds a PhD in integrative medicine from the University of Natural Medicine and is a clinical nutritionist with a Master’s of Science in Human Nutrition from the University of Bridgeport. She is also a functional diagnostic nutrition […]
Bina Dhariwal, Founder, Owner, Skintopia by Bina
208 Tamiami Trail, Unit 116 Punta Gorda, FL 33950 (941) 258-0169 www.skintopiabybina.com Bina Dhariwal was born in a village in India surrounded by extended female family members that shared coveted beauty secrets from generations past. Having been formally educated abroad, she grasped the concept of global beauty early, and the core of her philosophy is […]
Jocelyn Sheppard, Founder and President, Appalachian Botanical Co.
Appalachian Botanical Co. 1889 Daniel Boone Pkwy Foster, WV 25081 (304) 956-4015 jsheppard@appalachianbotanical.com Jocelyn Sheppard is the founder and president of Appalachian Botanical Co. (ABCo). Prior to launching ABCo in 2018, she spent 20 years as a consultant working with technology startups, entrepreneurs and nonprofits. She has also worked as a college librarian and a […]
Easy Holiday Menu Food Swaps for Blood Sugar Management
With the end-of-year holidays here, retailers can remind their customers that there are easy food swaps that can be made that focus on changes to help manage blood sugar and support heart health at holiday time and year-round: • adding whole grains • eating a source of protein with meals and snacks • trying more […]
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