FRANK VANDERSLOOT
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
Jerry Felton Promoted to Melaleuca CEO
was promoted to President of Melaleuca International. During the last ten years, under Jerry Felton’s leadership Melaleuca’s international operations have tripled in size! Jerry’s credentials speak for themselves. He is an exceptionally talented leader and inspires his teams to implement Melaleuca’s principles throughout Melaleuca’s global operations. Jerry is an excellent example of passion, leadership, and innovative thinking. Most importantly, Jerry embodies our mission of enhancing lives. At Convention 2022, I announced that Jerry has been promoted to CEO of Melaleuca. The entire room erupted in applause at that announcement. And for good reason! Those who know Jerry, are keenly aware of the extreme talent that he will bring to this position. With Jerry, our future is in very good hands! Jerry’s energy and his ability to lead with integrity and passion is well known.
Executive Chairman. My new position will allow me to focus on crucial corporate issues, such as long-term corporate strategy, corporate messaging, marketing, national and international economic issues, new product development, etc. It will also allow me to get into the field to meet with Marketing Executives and leaders more often. I have missed being able to do that! These are exciting times! I am excited to work with Jerry in his new role, and I am very excited about our future as we enter this new era. We have a very bright future under Jerry’s leadership, and I invite you to join me in congratulating him on this new and very important assignment!
Melaleuca’s growth continues to astound me. Over the last 36 years, we have grown from a small operation of just seven employees and eight products in the USA to having 100´s of wellness products and over 4,000 employees globally. We have over 1.5 million customers and tens of thousands of families that depend on us for supplemental income. The sun truly never sets on Melaleuca’s operations! It has been my privilege to be at the helm of this great organization since its beginning. I have always considered that a great honor. My role has changed over the years as the company has grown. In the beginning, it was just me, six ladies in the office, and a guy in shipping. Over the years we have added 2 company presidents, 56 vice presidents, and 148 directors to lead and guide our operations in 19 different countries. We have dozens of extremely bright executives with extraordinary capabilities who lead this company. As we have grown, I have consistently delegated more responsibilities and authorities to these great men and women.
One our most talented executives is Jerry Felton. Thirteen years ago, we stole Jerry from UPS where he was their Vice President of Global Sales. For his first three years, Jerry was our Senior Vice President of Sales over the US (that’s the position that Darrin Johnson holds today). Under These are exciting times! We have a very bright future under Jerry’s leadership, and I invite you to join me in congratulating him on this new and very important assignment!” Jerry’s leadership in that position, Melaleuca grew at a very rapid rate. After experiencing the impact of his leadership skills, in August of 2012 I promoted Jerry to Senior Vice President of International Operations, and in 2017 he
Sincerely,
As Jerry takes on the role of CEO, I want to make clear that I am not retiring. Jerry will report to me in my new position of
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