2016 Companies in Focus

The following list shows all reviewed and paid attendees as of 11/26/2024.


Attendee Name Title  Company
Mr. Casey Adams President
Paul Adams CEO Adams Resource Group
Sheryl Adkins-Green Chief Experience Officer
Raj Agnihotri Ph.D. Associate Professor of Marketing Iowa State University
Eric Alpert Chief Operating Officer Smart Office Solutions, Inc.
Ms. Mona Ameli Founder & Managing Partner
Jennifer Anderson
Adrian Avila Vice President of Field Operations Kynect, Ltd.
Ms. Michal Avniel Director of International Expansion
James Bailey
Mr. Jim Ballentine SVP Strategic Accounts Executive Multi Image Group (MIG)
Ms Nancy Monti Barcalow Account Manager
Mr. Bob Bass Global Strategic Insights Amway
Michel Bayan Data/Analytics
Ms. Allison Behuniak Public Affairs Manager
Ms. Laura M Beitler Chief Global Sales Officer Rodan + Fields
Mr. Peter Benedict EVP, IT USANA Health Sciences, Inc.
Mr. Michael Bennett Vice President of Sales and Technology Smart Office Solutions, Inc.
Mr. Joel Bikman COO, CMO
Mr. Brett Blake
Ms. Leslie Blye, CMP National Director of Sales L!VE
John Bollman Director of Business Development
Yanira Borges Anita Mallory Designs, LLC
Mark Born Sales Manager IMN
Kerry Brown Chief Marketing Officer
Dana Brown-Jansen Medifast
Ms. Melissa K. Brunton Senior Vice President, Education & Meeting Services Direct Selling Association (DSA)
Ms. Nancy M. Burke Vice President, Membership Direct Selling Association (DSA)
Dr. Traci Lynn Burton Founder & Chief Executive Officer Jewelz
Jennifer Butler VP Media
Tom Campbell Sales Director Payoneer, Inc.
Sara Capo-Colon National Sales Director
Serafina Carson Field Development Manager
Shanda Cartwright National Sales & Event Manager Visit Fort Worth
Ms Sabrina Castaneda Client Success Advocate
Stacy Cernicky Founding Family AdvoCare International, LLC
Ms. Marinda K Chaplin SVP Sales & Services
Lawrence Chonko Ph.D. The Thomas McMahon Professor in Business Ethics The University of Texas at Arlington
Mike Christensen VP of Sales InfoTrax Systems, L.C.
Mr. Charlie Cina Vice President of Sales LightSpeed VT
Chayce Clark Executive Vice President and General Counsel Nu Skin Enterprises
Ms. Leonor Clomera Meetings Registrar
Mr. Brian C. Connolly Chairman & Co-CEO
Mr. Gregg Corella Vice President of Sales Exigo
Mr. Ross Crago Vice President, Sales
Mr. Patrick J. Crosson General Manager & EVP, Global Sales
Mr Jeffrey A. Dahl President
Ms. Teresa Day Editorial Director
Ms. Amanda B Del Sontro Membership Assistant
Mr. Joe DePetris, Jr. Certified Public Accountant One Source Tax Management LLC
Shannon Donohue Director, Marketing
Mr. Brett Duncan Co-Founder, Managing Principal Premier Designs, Inc.
Mr. Christopher Elam Partner Wilkins Law Group
Mr. George Elfond Co-Founder & CEO Rallyware
Mrs Stephanie Emerson Global Account Executive Cosmo International Fragrances
Linda Ferrell Ph.D. Globe Life Professor of Marketing Auburn University
Mr. John T. Fleming DSA Hall of Fame, DSEF Circle of Honor Author, Researcher, Writer ABC 123
Mr. Andres Forero VP of Information Technology Team National
Mr. Tom Fourt Executive Director - -Product Marketing & Creative Services Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc.
Mr. Adolfo Franco Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer Direct Selling Association (DSA)
Mrs. Kirsten Gappelberg Manager of Corporate Social Responsibility
Antonia Garcia Field Development Coordinator
Ms. Katharine Gardner Principal GardnerCo LLC dba C3 Executive Search
Evan Gekas Director, Business Development
Mr. Jonathan Gilliam CEO Momentum Factor
Joseph Gilsoul Board Chair
Mr Bill Gleason Business Development TARA at Home
Gabriel Gonzalez Operations Analyst Monat Global
Javier Gonzalez Marketing Manager INSPIRA
Mr. Jason Gough Vice President of Marketing
Mr. Rob Graf VP Endorsements
Ms. Andrea Gregg Senior Counsel
Anthony Grimaldi Scentsy, Inc.
Jericho Groenland Senior Brand Manager
Kimberly Harris Bliton Senior Director, Academic Initiatives Direct Selling Education Foundation
Christina Helwig CEO AdvoCare International, LLC
Darlene Hilton CSC Manager
Mr. Bob Hipple Vice President of Sales
Clare Holbrook Chief Marketing Officer
Mr. David B Holl Chairman Mary Kay Inc.
Ms. Deborah Holmes Head of Finance and Operations
Ms. Carrie Huff Senior National Sales Director Visit Fort Worth
Mr. Gary Huggins Executive Director Direct Selling Education Foundation
Chris Hughes Chief Procurement Officer
Ms. Kathleen Huyge Curator - Destination Experiences Amway
Mr. Michael J Iacono President L!VE
Steve Jamieson CEO WorkingLive
Mr. Ed Jarrin Co-Founder Exigo
Mr. S. Kregg Jodie CIO Mary Kay Inc.
David Johnson Chief Accounting Officer Mannatech, Inc.
Sam Johnson Chief of Staff Scentsy, Inc.
Mr. Stuart P. Johnson Chief Executive Officer Direct Selling News
Mr. Pat Johnston Chief Sales Officer
Mr. Calvin Jolley Vice President, Communications 4Life
Andy Kaminski Operations and Analyst L’BRI PURE n’ NATURAL
Ms. Linda Kaminski President L’BRI PURE n’ NATURAL
Mr. Alan Kante Chief Experience Officer & Owner SeneGence International
Mr. Ben Kante Chief Strategy Officer & Owner SeneGence International
Mr. Thomas F. Kelly Executive Director National Federation of Independent Contractors Association (NFICA)
Mr. Ryan Kennedy Manager, Government Relations & Global Regulatory Affairs
Mr. Sean Key Vice President, Sales Force Motivation
Mr. John Killacky Managing Director, National Sales & Marketing Bartha
Mr. Kevin Kirkpatrick Chief Strategy Officer
Marty Koehler
Kimberli Kuhn Executive Assistant to Vice President of Sales
Bill Lange Vice President, Executive Producer
Mr Brandon Langer CSO/CMO Pure Haven
Mr. Richard K. Laurin Jr. Assistant General Counsel AdvoCare International, LLC
Lauren Lawley Head Immediate Past Publisher
Ms. Allison E. Levy
Mr. Jimmy Lin CPA CFO Damsel in Defense
Mr. Jorge Lizarazu Managing Director Belcorp USA
Mr. Rick C Loy Senior VP of U.S. Sales & Training
Mr. Michael L. Lunceford Senior Vice President, Public Affairs Sunwest Communications
Anita Mallory Chief Executive Officer Anita Mallory Designs, LLC
Frank Mannarino Director, Channels & Alliances
Mr. Joseph N. Mariano President and Chief Executive Officer Direct Selling Association (DSA)
Ms. Lindsay Marquardt Senior Manager, Education & Meetings
Rob Marriott Chief Revenue Officer GOBI
Todd Martin General Counsel AdvoCare International, LLC
Mr. Michael K McClellan Enterprise Global Ecommerce Worldpay (UK) Limited
Mr. Solomon McCluster Senior Sales Consultant Trinity Software
Anthony McIntosh President & Founder SSE Advisors
Ms. Renee McKenney CMP National Sales Assistant Director
Guimel Medina O&L Manager INSPIRA
Ms. Dana Mehrer General Counsel Silpada Designs
Ms. Marina Mejia Director, Channels and Alliances Hyperwallet Systems Inc.
Ms. Jane Miller Director, Field Success Pampered Chef
Mr. Jacques Mizrahi Chief Executive Officer, SwissJust Americas SwissJust
Ms. Cindy Monroe Founder & CEO Thirty-One Gifts
Jim Munafo Director of Logistics
Mr. Pablo Munoz CEO/President Kopernicus Strategy
Kelly Newcomer EVP Sales viaONEHOPE
Ms. Amber Olson-Rourke President Neora, LLC
Mr. McKinley J. Oswald President of Direct Sales
AJ Patton Vice President of Business Development
Robert A. Peterson Ph.D. John T. Stuart III Centennial Chair in Business Administration The University of Texas
Ms. Nicole Polacek Head of Promotions, Events, Training & Communications Touchstone Crystal, Inc.
Ms. Lynn Poynter Vice President L’BRI PURE n’ NATURAL
Mr. Kurt Price VP of Operations L’BRI PURE n’ NATURAL
Ms. Lin Ragle Vice President, Training
Emily Reagan Associate Editor
Annmarie Reed
Robert Reeder Scentsy, Inc.
Mr. Ryan C. Reigle Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Regal Ware, Inc.
Laurie Remais Sr. Marketing Manager
Mr. Rob Renick Consultant
Mr Bryan Reston Director, Account Management Hyperwallet Systems Inc.
Mr. Ron Reynolds V -P, Distributor Training and Development
Mr. David Riddy Director of Communications & Marketing
Kara Rieben Director, Business Development Payoneer, Inc.
Shawn Robinson Business Development Kahoa
Rick Rodriguez Professional Services Director Thatcher Technology Group, LLC
Ms. Caryn S. Rosenthal President Buy The Sea
Ami Ross Sales Executive
Ernie Satterthwait CIO Scentsy, Inc.
William Schiffiano Adjunct Professor Good Will Publishers
Scott Schlackman Medifast
Mr. Richard Schubkegel Vice President of Business Development Rallyware
Ms. Marsha Sites Field Development Manager Mary & Martha
Mr. Paul Skowronek Senior Vice President, Public Affairs
Scott Smith CEO
Sean Smith CEO InfoTrax Systems, L.C.
Mr. Jon Snyder Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Kelly Sobotka Partner
Kevin Spelman EVP-R&D
Ray Spotts Chief Executive Officer ABC New Company
Ms. Debbie L Squier President IMPACT This Day
Jesse Stamm Head of Social Selling - L'Occitane MyL'Occitane
Dawn Stanford Field Development Manager
Mr. Mark Stastny Chief Marketing Officer Scentsy, Inc.
Richard Steel Scentsy, Inc.
Ted Stickels Symmetry's Vice President, Operations Xyngular
Rebecca Stockton Supervisor WHQ Experiences & Tours Amway
Chip Summerall Trinity Software
Mr. Kelly M Thayer CEO New Age Media
Mr. Lee Thomas Senior Vice President Business Development
Ms. Heidi Thompson Co-CEO Scentsy, Inc.
Mr. Orville Thompson Founder
Brandon Towner Sales Fragmob, LLC
Ms. Nancy Traversy CEO & Co-Founder Barefoot Books
Mr Robert M Tully Supervisor Amway
Javier Urdaneta Chief of Staff & SVP of Emerging Markets Monat Global
Stephen Wade Director, Global Sales Hyperwallet Systems Inc.
Mr. Alvin Wakefield Managing Director Wakefield Talabisco International
Michael Warren NetSuite Inc
Ms. Amanda Dobbins Watson Supplier and Exhibit Coordinator
Josh Watts Director of Sports Marketing AdvoCare International, LLC
Mr. Crayton Webb Owner & Chief Executive Officer Sunwest Communications
Dianne H.B. Welsh Ph.D. Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship, Emeritus University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Mr. Dave A. Wentz CEO & Chairman of DSAC BeneYOU
Johanna Westerhuis Manager Amway
Mr. Lee Wilkins President Wilkins Law Group
Ms. Danielle Williams Business Development Manager
Romney Williams VP of Business Development ZenPrint
Mr Ian Wisbey Senior Business Development Manager Worldpay (UK) Limited
Mr. Bob Woodard Strategic Advisor
Ms Jonee Woodard VP, Operations Jamberry
Mr. Patrick Wright Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Chris Yourex Partner Direct Selling Strategies, LLC
Cesar Zamudio Michelsen Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Marketing Virginia Commonwealth University