USANA HEALTH SCIENCES, INC. (NYSE:USNA) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Item 5.02.
Effective as of December 19, 2018, the Board of Directors of USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (the “Company”) acted unanimously to appoint Ms. Peggie Pelosi as an additional director of the Company, for an initial term expiring at the Company’s 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Ms. Pelosi has not been appointed to any Committees of the Board of Directors at this time.
Ms. Pelosi is a corporate social responsibility/sustainability practitioner. Since 2005, Ms. Pelosi has been the founding partner and strategic advisor at Orenda Connections, a corporate social responsibility consultancy in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is also an Instructor in the Certificate Program in corporate social responsibility at the University of St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto, and a part-time professor in sustainable business management post graduate studies at Seneca College, Faculty of Business in Toronto. Since 2015, she has also served as the Executive Director of Innovators Alliance, a network of CEO’s focused on sustainable and profitable growth through innovation.
Prior to her career and academic work in corporate social responsibility and sustainability, Ms. Pelosi served as a member of the Company’s management team, first as Executive Director of Sales for Canada and then as Vice President of Network Development. She worked for the Company until 2004. While at the Company, Ms. Pelosi began the program that would evolve into the USANA True Health Foundation, and this led to her interest in corporate social responsibility. Prior to her roles at the Company, Ms. Pelosi had 15 years of direct selling leadership experience. Ms. Pelosi has also previously served on the Board of Directors of a number on non-profit organizations including the Children’s Hunger Fund and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Toronto.
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About USANA HEALTH SCIENCES, INC. (NYSE:USNA)
USANA Health Sciences, Inc. develops and manufactures science-based nutritional and personal care products. It operates as a direct selling company in approximately two geographic regions: Americas and Europe, and Asia Pacific, which includes approximately three sub-regions: Southeast Asia Pacific, Greater China and North Asia. Its USANA Nutritionals Essentials product line includes vitamin and mineral supplements that provide a foundation of body nutrition for every age group. Its Foods product line includes low-glycemic meal replacement shakes and snack bars. Its Optimizers product line offers targeted supplements, which meets individual health and nutritional needs. Its Sense-beautiful science product line includes science-based, personal care products that support skin and hair. Its All Other product line includes materials and online tools that assists its network marketing system of independent distributors (Associates) in building their businesses and in marketing its products.