Earlier this year, senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) introduced a resolution to commemorate the natural products industry. The resolution designated Oct. 23-Oct. 29 as “Natural Products Industry Week,” and was created to recognize the industry’s positive impact on the American diet and economy. Join SupplySide VP & Market Leader Jon Benninger and his special guests as they discuss the history of our industry, why this week is so important, and where we are going from here
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Date & Time
Wednesday October 25th, 2023 12:00pm PDT
End Date & Time
Wednesday October 25th, 2023 12:30pm PDT
Location
Booth #5670
| MODERATOR |
 Jon BenningerVP & Market Leader, SupplySide Jon Benninger is vice president and market leader at Informa Markets. He focuses on the strategic direction and growth of SupplySide West, SupplySide East, Natural Products Insider and Food & Beverage Insider. He coordinates with leaders of the other Informa health and nutrition events and brands including Natural Products Expo, Vitafoods, Food ingredients, Nutrition Capital Network, and Nutrition Business Journal. Benninger joined the company in 1995 as the founding editor of the company’s first trade magazine for the nutrition industry and has served as editor, publisher, group publisher, business development director, and vice president of business development prior to his current position. Benninger is a frequent speaker and moderator at industry events. He is active in industry associations and advocacy efforts including as a past board member of Citizens For Health, past board member and president of Dietary Supplement Education Alliance, past board member of Natural Products Foundation, and current member of American Botanical Council Director’s Circle, member of American Herbal Products Association communications committee, member of Council for Responsible Nutrition communications and media outreach committee, and member of United Natural Products Alliance. He received the 2010 CRN Apple Award for Industry Service, the 2014 AHPA Visionary Award, the 2014 Natural Products Association Industry Champion Award, and the 2018 American Botanical Council "Mark Blumenthal" Community Builder Award. He serves as Chair of the board of trustees for Sonoran University of Health Sciences. Benninger received his journalism degree from Arizona State University in 1991. |
| SPEAKERS |
 Heather GranatoVice President, Partnerships & Sustainability, Food EMEA, Informa Markets Heather Granato is a 30-year veteran of the natural products industry, currently serving as vice president, partnerships & sustainability, in the Food EMEA division of Informa Markets. She is based in London, and leads efforts related to industry partnerships and broader sustainability initiatives for the Vitafoods and Food ingredients brands. She has been a presenter at events including SupplySide, Vitafoods, Food ingredients, Natural Products Expo, the Natural Gourmet Show and the Folio: Show. Her publishing experience includes Natural Products Insider, Food Product Design, Vitafoods Insights, Country Living's Healthy Living, Natural Foods Merchandiser, Delicious Magazine and WomenOf.com. Granato serves as the founding president of Women In Nutraceuticals, a global non-profit founded in 2022 focused on empowering women in the nutraceutical industry; she is also on the board of directors for the Organic & Natural Health Association. From 2016 to 2022, she was a vice president on the national governing board of Kappa Alpha Theta women’s fraternity. Granato was named to the FOLIO: 100 list of top media professionals in 2018, and was selected as a 2015 Top Woman in Media by FOLIO:. She received the 2014 Visionary Award and the 2018 Journalistic Excellence Award from the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA); and was honored with the CEO Merit Award for Content from Virgo in 2014. |
| Loren Israelsen President, United Natural Products Alliance, Loren Israelsen is well known to the SupplySide West community. Through his work to secure passage of DSHEA in 1994 and the 10-year career at Nature's Way, as well as serving as founder and President of the United Natural Products Alliance, over the past 30 years he has been on the scene in the supplement industry for longer than anyone would like to remember. Presently, Loren is focused on developing a dietary supplement trade relationship with China, the growth of advanced technologies in the natural products industry, and the preservation of the cultural knowledge on which the natural products industry is founded. He has been a friend and colleague with the New Hope/Informa staff since its first trade show (which was awesome) at Expo West in 1982. |
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