NPEW 2017

Steve Mister is President and CEO of the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the leading trade association representing product manufacturers and raw ingredient suppliers of dietary supplements. Steve joined CRN in 2005, and under his leadership, CRN has experienced a refined strategic focus, increased membership, and launched new initiatives to enhance consumer confidence in the supplement industry. Among CRN’s recent achievements are the creation of a highly successful consumer campaign Life…supplemented and a program with the NAD to review supplement advertising. Previous to CRN, Steve served in several legal and legislative roles for over a decade at the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA), most recently as Vice President and Associate General Counsel. Mr. Mister also worked as an attorney in the Washington, DC law firm of Wiley, Rein & Fielding in general litigation, government ethics, and federal election law practice groups, and had a stint on Capitol Hill as a media relations assistant for former U.S. Senator Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. Mr. Mister holds a law degree from the College of William and Mary, an MA in Political Communication from the University of Maryland and a BS from Towson University.