Board of Directors

The Direct Selling Education Foundation Board of Directors is comprised of men and women representing institutes of higher learning and consumer advocacy organizations, as well as corporate leaders of the direct selling industry. These individuals work tirelessly advocating the principles of DSEF.

2012-13 Board of Directors
(effective July 1, 2012)

*John P. Parker, Chair
Chief Sales Officer
Amway

*Sarah Baker Andrus, Vice Chair
VP, Marketing
Dove Chocolate Discoveries

Anne Butler, Director
Butler Advisors

Brett R. Chapman, Director
Chief Legal Officer
Herbalife

*Doris K. Christopher, Past Chair
Founder & Chairman, Emeritus
The Pampered Chef

*Angela Loehr Chrysler, Director
President & CEO
Team National

Jane Edwards Creed, Director
President & CEO
WineShop At Home

Brenda Cude Ph.D., Director
Professor
University of Georgia

Elizabeth B. Davis, PhD, Director
Dean, College of Business
Professor, Management
University of New Haven

Eunice M. Dudley, Director
CFO
Dudley Beauty Corp, LLC

Linda Ferrell, Ph.D., Director
Professor of Marketing
University of New Mexico

Marjorie L. Fine, Director
EVP and General Counsel
Shaklee Corporation

*John T. Fleming, Vice Chair
Publisher & Editor in Chief
Direct Selling News

*Adolfo Franco, Secretary
Executive Vice President
Direct Selling Association (DSA)

Stan Fredrick, Director
Chairman of the Board
Mannatech, Inc.

Kelly Harte, Director
Executive Director, Global Direct Selling
Avon Products, Inc.

Jerry Kelly, Director
Chairman
Silpada Designs

Catherine R. Landman, Director

W. Alan Luce, Director
Managing Principal
Luce, Murphy, Fong & Associates LLC

*Joseph N. Mariano, Vice Chair
President
Direct Selling Association (DSA)

David R. Merriman, Director
Global Executive Vice President
ACN, Inc.

Dan Moore, Director
President
Southwestern Advantage

*Dan L. Murphy, Treasurer
Luce, Murphy, Fong & Associates LLC

Mike Nichols, Director
President of Business Operations
The Kirby Company

*James A. Northrop, Director
President & CEO
Winfield Consulting

Rigoberto Reyes, Director
President
California Consumer Affairs Association

Kara Schneck, Director
Senior Director, Corporate Communications
Nu Skin Enterprises

Connie Tang, Director
President & CEO
Princess House, Inc.

*S. Kerry Tassopoulos, Vice Chair
VP, Government Relations & Compliance
Mary Kay Inc.

Heidi Thompson, Director
President
Scentsy, Inc.

*Orville Thompson, Director
CEO
Scentsy, Inc.

John Wadsworth, Director
President
Morinda Bioactives

*David A. Wentz, Past Chair
CEO
USANA Health Sciences, Inc.

GENERAL COUNSEL

*Deborah T. Ashford
Hogan Lovells US LLP

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

*Charles L. Orr
Direct Selling Education Foundation

*Executive Committee Member