Ron Williams
Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman
Born and raised in Southern California, Ron Williams has had a lifelong passion for playing and competing in sports. It is with this same tenacity that he has become a recognized leader and innovator in the direct selling industry. Williams has more than 25 years of successful industry experience with Nu Skin, Neways, Young Living Essential Oils, Brain Garden, and now ForeverGreen.
The visionary behind ForeverGreen and FGXpress, Williams is also a lecturer and advocate for health and personal development through his U of YOU trainings. At the U of YOU, Williams helps teach others to live a life of design, rather than one of default.
Williams is committed to using his time, talent and resources to making a difference in the world by offering solutions for physical, financial, and emotional health. With his unique talent for creativity and bringing intangible concepts to life, Williams’ leadership empowers people across the globe. With ForeverGreen, he is committed to creating the future standard in the industry, and in business.
Williams recently served two years as the President of the Multi-Level Marketing International Association. He is a proud father, award-winning filmmaker, author, songwriter, and music producer.
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Ron Williams
Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman
Brenda Huang
President
Brenda Huang was one of the original members of the ForeverGreen executive team, and her contributions continue to be significant in the company’s ongoing success.
With 17 years’ experience in the direct selling industry, Huang has worked at Tahitian Noni, Destiny Worldwide, and ForeverGreen. She was born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan and lived in Hong Kong before migrating to the United States in 2000.
Throughout her years in the industry, Huang has been an integral part of the success of thousands of independent distributors in the United States, Canada, Japan, Korea, Greater China, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe.
Although Huang has developed countless meaningful relationships with ForeverGreen Members since its onset, her passions and strongest areas of expertise are in general management, compensation plan design and analysis, international expansion, logistics and human resources.
Huang speaks five languages that include English, Mandarin, Japanese, Taiwanese, and Cantonese. She is also actively learning Korean and Spanish. She considers herself a natural entrepreneur and enjoys traveling and learning about and experiencing different cultures.
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Brenda Huang
President
Jack Eldridge
Chief Financial Officer
With experience as both an independent distributor and corporate leader, Jack Eldridge has had more than 15 years of direct selling industry success.
Known for his keen ability to assemble and train elite global finance teams, Eldridge possesses the special skill of creating the financial infrastructure to support massive growth. Also equipped with extensive public reporting and international business experience acquired throughout his time working at Novell and Rio Tinto, Eldridge offers a sophisticated new perspective to the ForeverGreen long-term growth and sustainability model.
Eldridge has a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting, and a Master of Business Administration degree from Brigham Young University. He is also a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the state of Utah. He has been happily married for 28 years, has six children and two grandchildren. He recently began competing in triathlons and marathons, and hopes to one day finish a full Iron Man event.
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Jack Eldridge
Chief Financial Officer
Blake Schroeder
President, Europe & VP of Marketing
Blake Schroeder has been involved in the direct selling industry for most of his life. His inherent passion for the business has helped to foster his successful industry career. For seven years, Schroeder held a number of leadership roles at a major direct selling company before making the decision to join the ForeverGreen team as its European President and VP of Marketing.
In his early career as an attorney, Schroeder was responsible for developing and growing several international businesses. He has lived in both Israel and Portugal developing successful visions and growth strategies for European businesses. Schroeder has developed, opened, and grown businesses in most European countries.
Schroeder’s mission in ForeverGreen as its European President is to grow the European marketplace for ForeverGreen and create a stable company that will provide opportunity for thousands of Europeans over many decades.
In his capacity as the VP of Marketing, Schroeder’s vision is to take the most beautiful message in our industry and make it available to the masses in a form that can be understood and duplicated by people all over the globe, across varying cultures and languages.
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Blake Schroeder
President, Europe & VP of Marketing
Jorge Alvarado
President, Latin America
With 21 years of direct selling industry experience at Neways and ForeverGreen, Alvarado continues to be an integral member of the ForeverGreen executive team.
Born and raised in Mexico, Alvarado is a true advocate for ForeverGreen, especially as it pertains to impacting the lives of our loyal and passionate Latin Members. His genuine commitment to and embodiment of company values, coupled with his deep-rooted connection with Ron Williams, make Alvarado the perfect leader for the ForeverGreen Latin markets.
His actions have directly impacted the successes of thousands of Members throughout North America, South America, Central America, the Caribbean, and Europe. Alvarado has always worked hand-in-hand with Members, remaining devoted to developing relationships and sharing his coaching and leadership skills with others.
Armed with an education in marketing and communications, Alvarado’s strengths include public speaking, marketing, management, administration and training. He speaks both English and Spanish fluently. He is happily married and is father to one beautiful daughter.
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Jorge Alvarado
President, Latin America
Jeff Graham
President, North America
Jeff Graham brings a rare abundance of industry knowledge and experience to his position as the President of North America at ForeverGreen.
His impressive history in the networking marketing industry began at Nu Skin Enterprises, where he played a key role product development for nine years. After taking a break from the industry to focus on his own entrepreneurial efforts, Graham introduced acai to Mona Vie in 2005, catapulting Mona Vie into the spotlight as one of the fastest growing companies in the industry, and the world.
During his eight-year tenure at Mona Vie, Graham served as the Head of Product Development and later transitioned into the role of President of North America where he oversaw operations for the company’s two largest markets. After a brief hiatus, Graham served as the President and CEO of Nucerity, a Houston-based networking marketing company, before joining the ForeverGreen team.
Graham is married with four children; two boys and two girls. He maintains ownership in a number of ventures, including three Utah County-based restaurants. Graham is also an avid cyclist, and uses the ForeverGreen products to supplement and edify his fitness and cycling goals.
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Jeff Graham
President, North America
Bob Mower Steed
President, Asia Pacific
Literally a child of the direct selling industry, Bob Mower Steed grew up in a family-owned business that, at the peak of its success, was earning $1 billion annually. Additionally, he has more than 24 years of success in the industry, with experience at Trivani and as the President and CEO at Neways, before coming to ForeverGreen.
Through his thousands of miles of travel, experience living abroad, and vast industry knowledge, Steed has touched every continent on his way to the top. He currently resides in Asia, leading the development of one of the fastest-growing ForeverGreen markets.
High in character, integrity and passion, Steed’s presence on the ForeverGreen executive team has been influential and pertinent for the company’s international growth.
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Bob Mower Steed
President, Asia Pacific
Joe Jensen
Vice President, Sales
Joe Jensen has spent 25 years building successful sales teams in the pharmaceutical, health and beauty, training, direct selling and software industries. His 12 years’ experience in the direct selling industry include Plexus Slim, Serenigy Global, Mona Vie, Max International and ForeverGreen.
While putting himself through college, Jensen gained his first exposure to the industry as an independent distributor. Later, he founded and led a nutritional supplement manufacturing company that developed products for more than a dozen high-growth direct selling companies. In his career, Jensen has overseen the successful product development, launch and distribution of market-leading retail product lines throughout the United States, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia.
Jensen is a firm believer that every business is built on trust and relationships. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the University of Utah and a Master of Business Administration degree from Westminster College with an emphasis on technology commercialization and business valuation.
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Joe Jensen
Vice President, Sales
Shane Manwaring
Vice President, Legal
Shane Manwaring brings ForeverGreen more than eight years of legal experience on an international level, with six years’ experience in the Direct Selling industry. He most recently served as the Director of International Tax and Trade for another Direct Sales company, and also has previous experience working with a law firm focusing on commercial litigation.
Manwaring’s expertise lies within the development of creative and strategic planning solutions for overall company growth and sustainability. His mission in ForeverGreen is to contribute to the long-term expansion and development of the company in this manner to help share the ForeverGreen opportunity with Members all over the world.
Manwaring places a high value on relationships and is passionate about developing them both inside and outside of the company. He works diligently to maintain an open and honest policy with employees, service providers and government agencies, and looks for opportunities to learn from every person with whom he works.
Manwaring received his juris doctor from William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is a licensed attorney in both Idaho and Utah. He is happily married to his wife of 12 years, and will soon be the proud father to four beautiful daughters. When he’s not working, he enjoys spending time with his family, snow skiing, and rooting for his hometown college team, Boise State.
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Shane Manwaring
Vice President, Legal
Craig Smith
General Manager
One of the original members of the ForeverGreen team, Craig Smith’s passion for the company is as tenacious today as it was on day one. Throughout his 12 years of success in the direct selling industry, Smith has devoted himself to the meaningful application of his broad project management, contract development, and investor relations skills.
In addition to his role as General Manager, Smith lends his talents and enthusiasm to the strategic planning and execution of all corporate-sponsored events, recognition trips and humanitarian retreats. He is also the company contact for all investor relations, and manages all business dealings regarding the FVRG stock profile, investors, and official releases.
Originally from Longmont, Colorado, Smith resides in Utah County with his wife and three beautiful children, in whose lives ForeverGreen plays an enormous part. He speaks English and French.
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Craig Smith
General Manager
Jim Gibson
Vice President, Operations and Human Resources
Jim Gibson is not afraid to roll up his sleeves and get the job done. He is blessed with a rare skillset that comes from more than 23 years of experience in both Director of Operations and Human Resources Director positions.
Not only is he responsible for the worldwide end-to-end supply chain management of ForeverGreen, but Gibson also ensures ForeverGreen continues to be an amazing place to work for all of its staff members around the world. He is as passionate about working with people as he is about global forecasting, production, and overall business operations. With an impeccable ability to find the right balance in each area, he offers ForeverGreen an amazing example of leadership.
Gibson was attracted to ForeverGreen by its unique culture and great people. With his like-minded work ethic, drive, and passion for working with people, he has quickly become an integral part of the ForeverGreen family.
Gibson holds an associate’s degree from the College of Southern Idaho, a bachelor’s degree from Boise State, and a master’s of business administration from University of Utah. He also teaches Business and Supply Chain Courses at the LDS Business College in Salt Lake City. His greatest accomplishments include his delightful marriage of 18 years, his three boys and his daughter. In addition to his family, he loves anything outdoors, but most notably enjoys whitewater rafting.
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Jim Gibson
Vice President, Operations and Human Resources
Vince Romney
Vice President, Information Technology
Vince Romney is a high-energy individual with a sincere love and respect for technology. His prior technological experience has spanned several categories, including the environmental, medical, and direct selling industries.
Romney boasts an extensive understanding of the latest technological trends, a history developing both hardware and software programs, and vast knowledge of information systems and information technology integrations. His contributions to the ForeverGreen team help to establish a sense of stability and peace of mind on a daily basis.
An ardent runner and proud retiree of the United States Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard after 26 years, Romney prides himself on his health and the meticulousness in which he executes his responsibilities.
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Vince Romney
Vice President, Information Technology
Robert Reitz
Vice President, Strategic Planing
Robert Reitz is an industry veteran whose 18-year career in direct selling has included being a part of Enrich/Unicity, TNI/Morinda/Tahitian Noni, NextFit and ForeverGreen. Reitz provides the acumen behind all ForeverGreen commission payment processing, analysis and strategic development. He enjoys working with Members and understanding the ins and outs of the complex system that supports the compensation plan.
Reitz formerly served as the Chief Financial Officer at two separate publicly-traded companies for a time period spanning six years. He has been involved in the developmental successes of markets including Japan, Thailand, China, Korea, Europe, Latin America and the United States.
Born and raised in Utah, Reitz has resided in Japan, California, Texas and New Jersey. He received his Bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University in Japanese and Economics, and his Master of Business Administration degree from New York University with an emphasis in Statistics and International Business. Reitz speaks English and Japanese.
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Robert Reitz
Vice President, Strategic Planning
Rick Bazzill
Director, International Sales & Training
In the history of the direct selling industry there have been many leaders. However, there are very few that have experienced such legendary successes as Rick Bazzill.
At his most recent company, a 25-year-old industry giant, Bazzill created more than 7 million distributors across 43 countries. In his four-decade long history across five different direct selling companies including one that he owned, Bazzill created more than 10 million independent distributors. Of those, thirty thousand became Diamond-level distributors, and three thousand became millionaires. All in all, Bazzill’s efforts as a distributor leader have generated more than $20 Billion in industry sales.
Bazzill has channeled his successes into a training he developed called “Freedom Success System” through which he has educated millions of people to be successful in the industry. His best-selling audio trainings have inspired countless of people to make their dreams a reality through this industry.
After a brief retirement, Bazzill reconnected with his long-time friend, Ron Williams. Although he had investigated dozens of companies, Bazzill believes that ForeverGreen with FGXpress is the best opportunity for success in this industry that he has ever seen. It is with this enthusiasm that Bazzill has chosen to join the dynamic ForeverGreen leadership team as the next phase of his successful career in this industry.
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Rick Bazzill
Director, International Sales and Training