The Impact of McKay Christensen
that would allow him to continue his teaching role with Melaleuca. He became a professor at Brigham Young University and later a key executive for that organization. He recently left Brigham Young University to accept the position of CEO of Thanksgiving Point, a nonprofit organization dedicated to teaching youth in the state of Utah. Thanksgiving Point could not have chosen a better executive to head up their very aggressive growth initiatives. We congratulate McKay on his new assignment, and we are thrilled that McKay will continue with Melaleuca in the same role that he has had over the last several years. We look forward to many more years of his teachings and insights. As we move forward, I think it’s appropriate that we reflect back on the many contributions that McKay has made to our lives over the last 26 years. The following pages are a tribute to this great man. Sincerely,
A MESSAGE FROM CEO FRANK VANDERSLOOT
be closer to his ailing mother. While we had several key executives who, at that time, had taken over the actual management and direction of the company, I felt that we needed McKay’s impact in the field, and, more importantly, I really didn’t want to complete my life journey without McKay at my side. I asked McKay if he would stay on, part time, as a presenter, teacher, and trainer. I was delighted that he agreed to do that. And for most of the last eight years, that is exactly what McKay has done. He has taught Melaleuca’s culture, our business philosophy, and the universal principles that we believe in to thousands of Melaleuca Marketing Executives throughout the United States and Canada. No one has made a larger impact in teaching our culture than McKay. I am so proud of him. I’m proud to know him. And I’m extremely proud to have him on our team. Upon leaving his full-time position with Melaleuca, McKay sought full-time employment
entire international operation. He was instrumental in starting up several of our international operations, including Europe, China, Korea, Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand.
No one has had a greater impact on Melaleuca than McKay Christensen. McKay joined me at Melaleuca in August of 1995. He was just 31 years old, and I was 47. McKay had already proven himself as a young executive at Procter & Gamble, Holiday Inn, and US Shoe Corporation, and in our first interview, I could tell that he would be great to have on our team. His background was in finance and accounting, but he soon proved that he had other skills as well. Since his first day with us, McKay has done everything that I’ve asked him to do. But he also took on numerous initiatives that were of his own creation. McKay can get more done in a day than any individual I’ve worked with in my career. While he started as our Chief Financial Officer, he soon took on roles in sales, marketing, messaging, literature, computer systems, IT, and human resources. He played a major role in designing the “Melaleuca Overview,” and eventually I asked him to manage our
McKay Christensen
No one has made a larger impact in teaching our culture than McKay. I am so proud of him. I’m proud to know him. And I’m extremely proud to have him on our team.
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In 2008, I promoted McKay to President, and eventually he became one of our most influential public speakers. So it was a big blow when, in July of 2013, McKay told me that he needed to resign from his position at Melaleuca and move to Utah to
McKay posing with Rocky between training sessions in Philadelphia.
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