July 21, 2010 ? (Washington, D. C.) The Natural Products Foundation (NPF) announced today the election of two executive officers from the organization's board of directors. David Matteson has been elected Treasurer of the Foundation, and J.D. Weir has been elected Secretary. 

Mr. Matteson has dedicated his career to advancing healthy ideas, services, and products into the marketplace. He is the co-founder of pH Sciences, and focuses his creative energy on his consulting practice, Early-Edge Solutions. Matteson serves on a variety of national advisory boards that strive to ensure consumer access and choice to effective healthcare services and healthy products. He holds academic degrees in biology/engineering, education, public health, and public policy and planning.

Mr. Weir is the President and CEO of Primus Pharmaceuticals. In the past, Weir has led various prescription and OTC drug and medical device businesses for Procter & Gamble (P&G) and later The Kendall Company?s former home healthcare subsidiary, Kendall-Futuro. At Kendall-Futuro, Mr. Weir was the Vice President of Marketing & Product Development. He has extensive experience in entrepreneurial management, marketing, sales, and product development.  He graduated from Harvard Business School with an MBA and from Augustana College with a BS in Business and Accounting.

?With the election of David Matteson and J.D. Weir to the executive branch of our board of directors, the Foundation is primed to move forward in the pursuit of our goals," said Derek Hall, Board Chairman of the Natural Products Foundation and CEO of Qivana. "Through their long personal involvement within the industry, Mr. Matteson and Mr. Weir have made major contributions to the public success of natural products. David and J.D. are perfectly suited to help guide our organization to continued growth and improvement over the coming year. Their leadership will be invaluable, and we are very pleased to have them as part of our executive committee."