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Herbal pioneers

Nature's Sunshine was the first company to encapsulate herbs, back in 1972. Our commitment to offering only the finest-quality herbal supplements has never wavered. We're still adamant about offering only the best wholesale vitamin supplements to our customers worldwide.

Herbal Pioneers - The Nature's Sunshine Legacy Company

In the early 70s, Gene Hughes, a Utah school teacher, began experiencing a nagging stomach condition. He took the advice of a neighbor who suggested cayenne pepper for his discomfort. It worked! Soon Gene began feeling much better, but swallowing a spoonful of cayenne pepper was awful. That’s when his wife, Kristine, suggested putting the powder into easy-to-swallow gelatin capsules. It was revolutionary! Gene and Kristine soon enlisted the support of family—Dick and Pauline Hughes and Jay and Arva Hughes—to begin a small family business, selling encapsulated cayenne and other herbs and supplements to health food stores.

The family soon realized they wanted to touch more lives with their products, and they found the perfect vehicle for making this happen—direct marketing. This business model allowed them to educate consumers about the vitamin supplement products and provided their sales force an opportunity to share in the success of the company. Today Nature’s Sunshine Products (NSP) can be found in 30 countries, represented by nearly 600,000 distributors.

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Executive Team

Michael D. Dean. Mr. Dean is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Nature’s Sunshine and serves as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors. Prior to his appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Dean was the Chief Executive Officer of Mediaur Technologies, a position held since 2003. Previously, he was Executive Vice President of ABC Cable Networks, Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategic Planning and Development of the Walt Disney Company, and a strategy consultant with Bain & Company. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

STEPHEN M. BUNKER. Mr. Bunker serves as Vice President over Finance and Chief Financial Officer. He began his employment with Nature’s Sunshine in 2006 and brings strong leadership skills from his experiences as Vice President of Finance and Treasurer of Geneva Steel Corp. Previous to that, Mr. Bunker served as Corporate Controller for the same organization. A certified public accountant, Mr. Bunker also worked for Arthur Andersen for six years.

DR. WILLIAM KELLER joined Nature’s Sunshine Products in April 2001 as the Vice President of Health Sciences and Educational Services. Prior to coming to NSP, Dr. Keller was the Department Chair/Professor with the School of Pharmacy at Samford University and Northeast Louisiana University. Dr. Keller earned a bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy and a master’s degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Idaho State University. The University of Washington awarded him a Ph.D. in Pharmacognosy in 1972. Dr. Keller’s academic career spanned 30 years. While in academics, Dr. Keller was involved with teaching, research, service and administration.

JAMON A. JARVIS. Mr. Jarvis has served as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer since March 2007. Mr. Jarvis started his career as a clerk for U.S. Federal District Court Judge Howard D. McKibben in Reno, Nev. He also served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney there. Over the past decade, he has served in private practice and also worked as an in-house attorney with several corporations. Mr. Jarvis has served as General Counsel and Chief Financial Officer of InterNetwork, Inc., San Francisco, Calif.; as Executive Vice President Finance, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Spontaneous Technology, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah; as Chief Litigation Counsel at Iomega Corporation, Roy, Utah; and as Associate Litigation Counsel at MCI Communications, Inc., Washington, D.C. He was also an associate at McKenna & Cuneo LLP (now McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP), in Washington, D.C. Mr. Jarvis received his B.A. in history, cum laude, from Brigham Young University, and his J.D., cum laude, from Cornell Law School.

GREGORY R. HALLIDAY. Mr. Halliday is President—Nature’s Sunshine Products U.S. He began his employment with the Company in 1991 as a Field Sales Trainer and has served in the Promotions / Incentives / Recognition department as Coordinator in 1992, Manager in 1994, and as the Director in 1996. Mr. Halliday then served as the Director of Spanish Sales Division for several months in 1998 and then served as Executive Director of U.S. Sales until 2001 when he accepted the position of Vice President of U.S. Sales and Marketing. In 2006, he became President of the U.S. Division. Mr. Halliday earned a BS degree in 1989 and a Masters Degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing in 1991 from the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University.

BRYANT YATES serves as President International. Bryant Yates has many years of leadership experience at Nature’s Sunshine. He began as the General Manager of Russia and the Former Soviet Republics. He was then appointed Director over Europe and the Middle East. An accomplished corporate strategist and marketer, Bryant’s vision is to establish new markets around the world while providing strong leadership and support to current subsidiaries. Bryant received his education in International Business from UVSC.

JOHN R. DEWYZE is the Executive Vice President of Operations for Nature’s Sunshine Products. He began his employment with the company in 1995 as Director of Manufacturing. He has served as Vice President of Operations since 1997. Prior to that he was the Director of Manufacturing. From 1982 to 1995, Mr. Dewyze worked for Bristol-Myers Squibb, where he held positions of increasing responsibility within the operations group, including leading manufacturing and maintenance groups. Mr. Dewyze graduated with a BS in Chemistry from Grand Valley State University in 1981 and he received his MBA from the University of Southern Indiana in 1994.

LYNDA HAMMONS is the Vice President of QA/QC and Regulatory Affairs for Nature’s Sunshine Products. She has been with NSP since 1993. Mrs. Hammons has a BS with majors in Chemistry and Microbiology from Bowling Green State University and an MBA from the University of Cincinnati with an emphasis on Quality Management. She has 22 years of experience in the field of quality management, including work experience at Revlon and Durkee-French Foods. Her certifications include Certified Quality Engineer, Certified Quality Technician and Certified Quality Auditor–American Society for Quality.

Nature’s Sunshine has been recognized for a variety of achievements:

In 2001, NSP was recognized as one of the best public companies to work for by Utah Business Magazine. This was based on several criteria, including employee benefits, work environment, 401(k), etc.

Business Ethics has listed Nature’s Sunshine in its Top 100 Corporate Citizens for four years straight, 2003-2006.

In 2002, Nutritional Outlook magazine named Nature’s Sunshine Manufacturer of the Year for its outstanding quality and manufacturing excellence.

In October 2004, Selling Power ranked NSP number 8 in America’s 500 Largest Sales Forces—Direct Sales.

It feels good to help others. Seeing someone enjoy a "new life" because of much-improved health is priceless. With NSP, you're part of an important cause.

Nature's Sunshine Products - More than a job - It's a journey with a global mission.

If you share our founder's values of quality, service and integrity and their worldwide mission of helping people to healthier, happier lives, then you may feel right at home at NSP. Please check our current employment opportunities..

Nature's Sunshine Career Benefits
Quality "Quality is not just a word, it's the employees' way of expressing their respect for the company and for the high-quality products we offer our customers." - Gene Hughes Service "The employees of Nature's Sunshine have built a reputation for legendary service to our customers. This reputation is known throughout the world. It has taken special people to build this standing and to maintain it." - Kristine Hughes Integrity "Integrity is doing what’s right just because it is right and not because someone is forcing you. It is being completely honest and trustworthy. Integrity is an invisible commodity, but you certainly feel and see the results of it as it touches every aspect of our lives." - Pauline Hughes

At NSP we try to pattern our work by these three core values. They define who we are and form the foundation upon which all decisions are made for employees, customers and stockholders.

Nature’s Sunshine’s Mission Statement

Our mission is to enhance the physical, material and mental well-being of our field sales force and customers worldwide by providing health and lifestyle-oriented products and service of uncompromising quality and integrity. We dedicate our efforts to recognizing and rewarding the contributions of our field sales force, shareholders and employees to the success of Nature's Sunshine Products.

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