Charlotte';s Web Appoints Angela McElwee, Former CEO of Gaia Herbs, to Board of Directors
- Angela McElwee brings extensive experience in building businesses and brands within the natural products industry
- She has a proven track record of profitably scaling vertically integrated brands
- Her expertise in marketing mission-driven companies can benefit Charlotte's Web
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30 years experience growing natural products CPG businesses through board and executive leadership positions
Angela McElwee is a seasoned executive with expertise in building businesses and brands within the natural products industry. For more than 30 years she has held leadership positions with wellness-centric consumer packaged goods ("CPG") organizations.
From April 2008 to January 2021, she was an executive at Gaia Herbs, Inc. ("Gaia"), where she also served on the Board of Directors from 2013-2021. Gaia Herbs is an award-winning natural herbal products brand offering more than 200 quality herbal products in
Prior to her tenure at Gaia, she led the US sales organization at Nature's Way Products, LLC. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Cyanotech Inc. a Nasdaq-listed company, where she serves on the Audit Committee. Other board roles include venture capital backed businesses, including Reunion Foods Inc., and Nuts for Cheese Inc., as well as the non-profit Naturally Network. As an advisor and board member, Angela excels at helping brands, teams and individuals stretch, grow and succeed in times of rapid change and growth. Ms. McElwee's deep experience in the natural products and CPG industry gives her a unique insight into Charlotte's Web's business and the competitive landscape. She holds a B.S. in Biology from
"Angela has an excellent track record of profitably scaling vertically integrated brands with effective go-to-market strategies and channel management," said John Held, Chairman of Charlotte's Web. "She also brings extensive knowledge in marketing mission driven companies as a force for good, both through executive leadership and board seats."
Ms. McElwee will serve on the Compensation Committee of the Board.
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