Duffy MacKay, N.D.
Vice President, Scientific & Regulatory Affairs
Council for Responsible Nutrition

Dr. MacKay is a licensed Naturopathic Doctor and was a co-owner and practitioner in a family-owned New Hampshire complementary and alternative medicine private practice for seven years. In addition to his hands-on experience as a practitioner in the field of integrative medicine, he spent eight years working as a medical consultant for two companies in the dietary supplement industry, including four years as an executive with Nordic Naturals, where he was in charge of clinical research. He previously served as Technical Advisor for Thorne Research. Dr. MacKay has published articles in peer-reviewed journals, and serves on the Editorial Board of two peer-reviewed publications: the clinical journal Alternative Medicine Review and the official publication of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians, Natural Medicine Journal. Dr. MacKay earned his N.D. from the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon, and is licensed in the state of New Hampshire.

Daniel Fabricant, Ph.D.
Director, Dietary Supplement Programs
U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Daniel Fabricant, Ph.D., is the Director of the Division of Dietary Supplement Programs at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Fabricant joined the agency in 2011, and in his time at the agency he has received multiple awards from both the FDA Commissioner and CFSAN Center Director in the process for innovating and implementing novel regulatory controls actions and policy, resulting in numerous and significant enforcement actions (legal and administrative) to safeguard the public health. Including both the first injunction and seizure of dietary supplement products for failing to meet good manufacturing practices standards, and the first use of administrative detention on dietary supplement products. Prior to FDA, Dr. Fabricant was most recently vice president, global government and scientific affairs, for the Natural Products Association. Dr. Fabricant earned his Ph.D. in Pharmacognosy, from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Vasilios "Bill" Frankos, Ph.D.
Senior V.P. Global Product Science, Safety & Compliance, Herbalife
Former Director of FDA's Dietary Supplement Programs

Dr. Frankos serves as Senior Vice President for Global Product Science, Safety and Compliance. He is responsible for assuring that all products sold by Herbalife are safe, meet regulatory safety requirements and that all claims are scientifically supportable. He assures Herbalife's product development activities support the company's product portfolio strategy. Dr. Frankps retired from FDA in 2010, where he served as the Director, Division of Dietary Supplements programs. He was the lead scientist for dietary supplements for the FDA and was responsible for the full implementation of the DSHEA Act of 1994. While at FDA he also served as Special Assistant for Dietary Supplement Science Review, Staff Science Advisor in the Office of the Commissioner, and as a Senior Toxicologist in the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. Before joining the FDA, Frankos was a principal consultant with ENVIRON Corp. for over 18 years. He holds a Ph.D. in pharmacology and toxicology from University of Maryland Pharmacy School.

Mitchell Cheeseman, Ph.D.
Managing Director, Regulatory & Industry Affairs Department, Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Former Official in FDA's Foods Program for more than 20 years

Dr. Mitchell Cheeseman is a Managing Director in Steptoe's Washington, D.C., office, where he is a member of the Regulatory & Industry Affairs Department. Previously Dr. Cheeseman served as an official in FDA's Foods Program for more than 20 years. At FDA his primary experience was managing the food ingredient and packaging programs including experience in the regulation of direct food additives and food contact substances, color additives, Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) food ingredients, and bioengineered food. He held a leadership position over all of these regulatory areas as either the deputy director or acting director of the Office of Food Additive Safety for over five years and has held leadership positions over FDA's Food Contact Notification Program for the program's first 13 years of operation. During his FDA career, Dr. Cheeseman has been a lead in the development and implementation of FDA's Threshold of Regulation process for food contact substances and FDA's Food Contact Notification Program. He also served in the development of FDA's GRAS Notice Program. Dr. Cheeseman holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Florida.

Robert Martin, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor for Food and Color Additive Safety, EAS Consulting
Former Deputy Director of FDA's Division of Biotechnology and GRAS Notice Review

Dr. Robert Martin is a former deputy director of FDA's Division of Biotechnology and GRAS Notice Review. His 38-year career at the agency included service as a research chemist and as a consumer safety office in the Division of Food and Color Additives. He became a supervisor and team leader after that division was renamed the Division of Petition Control. Dr. Martin holds a Ph.D. in chemistry from Georgetown University.