Council for Responsible Nutrition scientific and regulatory affairs executive, Duffy MacKay, is leaving the trade group after 10 years and Andrew Shao will return to CRN to serve in the role for an interim period. MacKay, a naturopathic doctor, will depart March 15 to join cannabidiol-based botanical and medicinal product developer CV Sciences Inc. as senior VP of scientific and regulatory affairs. “It has been an immense privilege to have Duffy’s service and leadership over the past decade and we are grateful for all of his contributions to CRN and to our industry,” said President and CEO Steve Mister in a March 1 release. Shao led CRN’s science and regulatory team from 2005-2011 before leaving for a post with Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. and has nearly two decades of experience in the global nutrition industry. He has a doctorate in nutritional biochemistry and worked as a senior scientist at GNC Holdings Inc. before working initially with CRN.
MacKay moved to CRN in 2007 after working as Nordic Naturals' VP for clinical research, responsible for product formulation, coordinating...
