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drinkACT's experienced & dynamic management
team
The Right Leadership, The Right Team
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Paul
Gravette
Executive Vice-President
& Founder
Paul Gravette was raised in Kentucky, where he learned to
work hard, set goals and dream big. Paul attended Murray State
University where he studied marketing. At an early age, Paul
joined the direct sales industry. Paul has built sales organizations
totaling more than 800,000 people during his 14 year career.
By the age of 26, Paul became the top sales representative
in a telecommunications company, where he had direct responsibility
for marketing and group development. This company became one
of the fastest growing direct sales companies in history,
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more
than 2,300% during its first two years in business. Additionally,
Paul went on to build one of the largest internet marketing
companies in the United States with approximately 500,000
web based customers in just under 18 months.
Paul's leadership style allows him to think as an ACT dealer
first and as a company owner second. This style has allowed
ACT to achieve distinct marketing advantages. Paul's vision
and belief system reaches out to people and lets them know
that they can achieve anything and everything that they set
their sites on. Under Paul's direction, some ACT milestones
include over 3,000 enrollees in one day and more than 30,000,000
servings of A.C.T. in the first 24 months.
Paul recognized the need for a fast acting and healthy source
of energy. He knew the marketplace was ready for a life changing
product and he knew that he could work with Mark McKnight
to create that product. Paul and Mark worked closely with
a team of scientists and natural ingredient experts to create
A.C.T., the world's "Feel Good ENERGY Drink".
"My vision for ACT is to build strong brands that represent
the best of Results and Value in the marketplace. I believe
that to achieve greatness, you must first know your "Why".
Then, you must GO-GO-GO, living by daily written goals until
you accomplish your dreams. Remember, goals in writing are
dreams with deadlines."
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Mark
McKnight
President &
Founder
Mark McKnight has been involved in the health and beauty industry
for over 15 years. Having lived in Texas for most of his life,
Mark's natural products career began in sales and eventually
evolved into the development, formulation, and manufacturing
aspects of the industry. Mark has served as an executive and
stakeholder in multiple manufacturing companies. Combined,
these companies have manufactured up to $ 2 billion dollars
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Mark
has personally been involved in the formulation, development,
and manufacturing of hundreds of health and beauty products.
Manufacturing operations under Mark's leadership have been
repeatedly audited by independent agencies and laboratories
to review quality procedures. On its most recent audit by
Silliker Laboratories, one manufacturing operation scored
a 97% for its Good Manufacturing Practices and its Quality
Control procedures. Silliker is a leading international network
of accredited testing laboratories serving the food processing,
retail, food service, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries.
Mark serves on the Board of Directors of Global Gold, International,
Inc. and is a past Board Member of the International Aloe
Science Council. Mark helped create a standard for measuring
product quality through Global Research Laboratories, Inc.
and is a member of the National Nutritional Food Association.
Mark has lived most of his life in the Dallas, Texas area.
Mark attended Brigham Young University, where he studied Economics
and Comparative Literature. Mark is fluent in Portuguese and
Spanish.
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Dr.
Joel Wallach
Co-Founder (&
author of the best selling book "Dead Doctors don't Lie"
Dr. Wallach has been involved in Bio-medical research for
over Forty years, receiving his Bachelors of Science degree
in 1962 from the University of Missouri. His major was in
Animal Husbandry (Nutrition) and his minor was in Field Crops
and Soil. Dr. Wallach received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
Degree in 1964 from the University of Missouri. He has written
more than 70 scientific papers, as well as six books including
“Diseases of Exotic Animals” (a 1200 page Veterinary
text book). Dr. Wallach also received his ND degree (Naturopathic
Medicine) in 1982 and he has been licensed in Oregon for more
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Dr.
Wallach has worked for many Zoo’s and Universities across
the country and he even worked with Mutual of Omaha’s
Marlin Perkins at the St. Louis Zoo.
Dr. Wallach achieved the prestigious Rank of Eagle Scout as
a Boy Scout and Dr. Wallach still supports the Boy Scouts
today and he established and supported a local Cub Scout group
in San Diego. Dr. Wallach now dedicates his time to lecturing
on the benefits of Nutrition around the World and works to
lobby the US government on behalf of the Supplement Industry,
and he is dedicated to making better nutrition available to
the public. Dr. Wallach is a member of the California Association
of Naturopathic Physicians.
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Steve
Wallach
Co-Founder
With over 15 years of sales and network marketing experience,
Steve Wallach has successfully guided the company through
mergers and acquisitions, various battles with the FDA and
the daily challenges of running a corporation. Sharing his
father’s passion for access to true and accurate health
information, Steve spearheads their parent companies ongoing
battle against the FDA’s censorship of nutritional information.
He is a frequent talk radio program guest and speaks eloquently
about our mission to get information into the hands of the
general public, allowing them to make informed healthcare
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Steve’s
business philosophy reflects his strong belief that passion
should be the driving force behind any organization, with
flexibility and efficiency being key elements along the road
to success in the business world. Having assembled a dynamically
talented and experienced management team, along with a solid
infrastructure, Steve has positioned the company for steady
growth both domestically and internationally.
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Michelle
Wallach
Manager
Michelle G. Wallach, Manager at drinkACT since its inception,
has a vast background as a Network Marketing Professional.
Her experience in the arena includes 10+ years in distributor
management.
Michelle’s interest in Network Marketing began while
living in Portland, Oregon in 1991, where she embarked on
a part-time nutritional health-product distributorship, eventually
committing to full-time distributorship in 1994. In 1996,Michelle
moved to San Diego with the vision to grow her business and
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nutrition
industry. One year later, Michelle, along with the Wallach
family, made the decision to launch their own network marketing
nutritional-product based company.
Michelle proudly serves on the management team; assists in
promotion, convention and event planning, national and international
training meetings and product development at ACT.
An avid Cub Scout Leader, Michelle has been married to Steve
Wallach since June of 1991. Together, they have three sons,
Jonathon, Zachary, and Andrew, along with two loveable English
Bulldogs named Scooter and Lola!
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Wiley
Hurt
Chief Operating
Officer
Having joined the company in November 1996 as VP of Operations,
Wiley Hurt developed innovative solutions to help manage the
early growth of the company. In 1999 he planned and oversaw
the construction of the World Headquarters in Chula Vista,
CA. In August of 2001 he was promoted to the Chief Information
Officers position where he maximized the company’s “uptime”
by building a reliable and fast network which would serve
Youngevity Worldwide. He received the prestigious “Citation
of Excellence” award as CIO. In January 2003 he was promoted
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established
the Australian Office and six months later the New Zealand
Office. Wiley oversees the daily worldwide operations for
the USA, Canada, South Africa, Japan, Singapore, Australia
and New Zealand. “It’s my job to make sure everyone
can do theirs.” With nearly a decade of award winning
excellent service, his outstanding problem solving skills,
and that never give up attitude, will continue to grow ACT's
size and multinational stature.
Wiley is also very active among local service and community
organizations. He has served as a leadership role model for
the Boy Scouts of Troop 2001, in Chula Vista, as their Scout
Master for the last six years. He has produced 3 Eagle Scouts
thus far. Wiley says, “I believe in character development
and values-based leadership training that will help our young
people in citizenship, service, and leadership" He furthermore
believes in helping those in need. In doing so, he donates
several hours of his time every year to help with various
community service projects.
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Vanessa
Hunter
Vice President
of Marketing and Public Relations
With over 15 years of operations, sales, customer service,
public relations, advertising and network marketing experience,
Vanessa Hunter brings a vast array of dynamic talents to the
ACT team. Vanessa is a resourceful, creative, enthusiastic
individual who has the ability to quickly gather and analyze
data and take initiative in making fair and sound procedural
decisions.
Drawing upon an extensive background in the health industry,
including consumer product research, management and sales,
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Development
and Director of Publications in her former company. A position
which allowed her to develop a full line of natural personal
care products and develop the marketing campaign and collateral
materials used to successfully introduce the products on national
television.
In addition to administering the marketing and public relations
team, Vanessa is responsible for all aspects of labeling,
printed materials and product development and is a member
of the Special Events Committee. She also provides ongoing
support, training, guidance and leadership to the distributor
base.
A strong believer in community service, Vanessa volunteers
as a cheer coach and founded the Pop Warner Cheer program
in her community, where she continues to serve on the Board
of Directors. She and her husband Brad have two daughters;
Tiffany and Ashley, and two adorable puppies, Oliver and Bailey.
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D.
Godwin
Director of Logistics
For over 24 years, D Godwin has been instrumental in logistics,
purchasing, warehousing, freight and inventory control. Having
run the distribution centers for Reebok Worldwide during the
late 80s and early 90s, D brings a tremendous amount of experience
in all areas of distribution to the ACT team. She is solely
responsible for the purchasing and shipping of over 700 items
including labels, raw materials, packaging and the finished
product to all of our warehouses both in the US and abroad.
She is ACT's import/export liaison and works diligently to
ensure that our products meet the labeling and manufacturing
requirements necessary to clear customs and reach their final
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Laurel
Costello
Financial Controller
A San Diego native, Laurel Costello joined the team in June,
1998. Laurel’s extensive background in accounting as
a controller, office manager and human resources manager for
various companies has proven to be of great value as we continue
out international expansion. Having worked in the Apparel
Division of Reebok, Laurel’s vast experience has been
instrumental throughout the process of integrating the various
companies into ACT. |
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Jonnie
Taylor
Office Manager
With field experience as a Distributor, Jonnie brings many
varied talents to the management team, including an understanding
of the challenges of business building from a distributor
perspective. Her excellent communication and business development
skills provide strong leadership for the Customer Service
department and lay the foundation required for the effective
management of order processing and customer relations.
Jonnie is responsible for all aspects of Customer Service
including goal setting, motivation, managing and implementing
incentive programs to ensure productivity, streamlined order
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processing
and downline management, thereby supporting the sales and
marketing efforts of the distributor base.
Jonnie is currently enrolled in the Dietary and Nutrition
Program at a local college to further her education and understanding
of the human body and the impact of supplementation.
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Kara
Beith
Diamond Building
Team Leader
Having been with the company since July of 1999, Kara brings
a vast array of experience to the team. Originally hired as
a Customer Service Representative, Kara quickly demonstrated
her value as a reliable team player. As she continued to develop
her leadership skills, she was promoted to Customer Service
Supervisor in April, 2001. Kara’s ability to grasp complex
matters quickly, coupled with her desire to exceed expectations,
make her a great asset to the team.
Kara regularly exceeds expectations in both her dedication
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drive
to provide guidance to the distributor base. Her knack for
developing long lasting relationships with both customers
and distributors greatly contributes to our customer retention
ratio. Kara has a head on approach to dealing with problems
both internal and external. She takes advantage of the resources
available to her and operates within company policies in making
sound customer service decisions. She regularly demonstrates
a high level of competency in her daily duties and often seeks
additional responsibilities in other departments, beyond the
normal scope of her job description.
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