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Board of Directors

President and Chief Executive Officer
Roy Upton, Herbalist

Roy has been working professionally as an herbalist since 1981. He is trained in both Western and Chinese herbal medicine, and is also a specialist in the medicinal plants of the United States Virgin Islands. Roy is a founding member and current Vice-President of the American Herbalists Guild, a national peer review organization for professional herbalists specializing in the use of medicinal plants. He also serves on the board of directors of the Botanical Medicine Academy. Roy is the general manager of Planetary Formulas, a California-based herb company, and is a member of the Standards Committee of the American Herbal Products Association. He has written and co-written several books, including contributions on Echinacea and St. John's wort to Keat's Publishing's Good Health Series, the Botanical Safety Handbook by CRC Press and Essays on American Herbalism by Crossing Press.

 

Treasurer
Kristen Holt, MBA
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, NSF International
President, Quality Assurance International
Ann Arbor, MI

Ms. Holt is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of NSF International, is President of NSF's Organic Product Certification subsidiary, Quality Assurance International (QAI), and serves as Treasurer of the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia. She received an MBA from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a BBA summa cum laude, at Central Michigan University. Ms. Holt's expertise is in the area of acquisition strategies and business development. She was formerly Vice President of Administration and Director of Finance and Controller at NSF International..

 

Michael McGuffin, President
American Herbal Products Association
Silver Springs, MD

Michael McGuffin is President of the American Herbal Products Association. He has been active in the herbal industry since 1975, having owned and managed both retail and manufacturing businesses in this field. He is the Managing Editor of Botanical Safety Handbook (1997) and of Herbs of Commerce, 2nd edition (2000). He also serves as a Director of the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia®, as a Board member of United Plant Savers and of the Dietary Supplement Education Alliance, and as Chair of the Industry Committee of the Plant Conservation Alliance / Medicinal Plants Working Group.

 

Kevan P. Lawlor, BS
President and Chief Executive Officer
NSF International
Ann Arbor, MI

Mr. Lawlor serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of NSF International and is a director of the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia. He attended the Harvard Business School Executive Education Program and received a BS in finance from Pennsylvania State University. Prior to his role as President and CEO of NSF International, Mr. Lawlor served as President, NSF-International Strategic Registrations, Ltd., Senior Vice President, Food Safety, NSF International Senior Vice President, and as Chief Financial Officer.

 

Lori Bestervelt, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President & Chief Technical Officer
NSF International
Ann Arbor, MI

Dr. Lori Bestervelt is the Senior Vice President & Chief Technical Officer of NSF International and serves as a Director of the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia. She received a PhD in Toxicology, MS in Nutritional Biochemistry, and BS in Microbiology/Immunology, all at the University of Michigan. Dr. Bestervelt's professional experiences include Research Assistant at the University of Michigan Toxicology Division, Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer, at the University of Michigan Department of Biochemistry, a Postdoctoral Fellowship on Pathology and Experimental Toxicology at Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research Division, and Director of Toxicology, NSF International. Dr. Bestervelt's expertise encompasses Laboratory Technical Operations, Toxicology, Microbiology, Dietary Supplements, and Nutritional Biochemistry.

 

 
 

 
 

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