San Diego, Ca.,USA - January 26, 2010, San Diego, Ca.,USA - LifeVantage Corporation, the maker of science-based solutions to oxidative stress, announced that C. Mike Lu, Kay Stout Manovich and Douglas C. Robinson will join its board of directors.
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Mr. Lu has been actively engaged in investment analysis and portfolio management for the past 20 years. Mr. Lu is currently an independent investor in public markets and private equity; and serves as president of the Lu Foundation, which is focused on education and research. He also serves on the board of advisors for Red Rocks Capital.
Mr. Lu managed the Janus Global Technology Fund from its inception in 1999 to 2006. After joining Janus Capital Corporation as an equity analyst in 1991, he served in a variety of research roles, with a focus on technology company analysis.
Mr. Lu graduated magna cum laude from Yale University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Ms. Manovich is an internationally known branding strategist, with more than 30 years of experience in understanding, analyzing and improving brand communications. Ms. Manovich's branding expertise has made her a driving force behind such super brands as: Coca-Cola, Kodak, Pizza Hut, Gerber, RadioShack, Neutrogena, Frito-Lay, Wacoal, Maybelline, Amore Pacific and Healthline.com.
Ms. Manovich was a strategic and creative leader for the graphic look of 3 Olympic Games: 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympic Games and 1998 Nagano and 2002 Salt Lake Winter Olympic Games.
During her 25 years at Landor Associates, Ms. Manovich was responsible for the final creative product across U.S. and then Europe. Ms. Manovich also managed Landor's European then San Francisco headquarters. Ms. Stout Manovich now heads her own company, Kay - Strategic Branding, and continues to work locally, as well as, globally overseeing vital client relationships and partnering with marketing teams worldwide.
Mr. Robinson currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of WorkWell Systems, a rapidly growing physical medicine and workers' compensation solutions company. Mr. Robinson is a seasoned executive with extensive experience in the Healthcare industry, bringing more than 20 years of relevant industry experience, including senior roles at UnitedHealth Group, Deloitte Consulting and PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
Prior to joining WorkWell Systems, Mr. Robinson served as SVP Healthcare Transformation for UnitedHealth Group where he led the significant growth around consumer-driven healthcare (CDH) for UHG. Prior to United, he led Deloitte Consulting's newly formed CDH practice. From 2001-2002, Mr. Robinson served as SVP, National Practice Leader for SynHrgy, an outsourced provider of integrated HR services including Health and Welfare, Integrated Absence Management, Integrated Pension Administration, Workforce Administration and Compensation & Performance Management.
From 1998-2001, as Director, Healthcare Consulting for PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Mr. Robinson sold and managed the first "full-replace" CDH engagement from inception through installation, until his division was sold to Mellon Financial. He has been instrumental in guiding some of the earliest total replacement consumer-driven healthcare efforts on behalf of several Fortune 500 employers. ■