Natrol Hires Chris Kurjanowicz as Vice President of Marketing

  
    
  
  
    
      Natrol, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTOL), a leading manufacturer and marketer of 
      nationally branded nutritional products, announced that it has hired 
      Chris Kurjanowicz as its new Vice President of Marketing. Ms. 
      Kurjanowicz will have responsibility for overseeing all of the company’s 
      brands and their associated marketing programs.
    
    
      Ms. Kurjanowicz comes to Natrol as a highly successful consumer products 
      marketing executive. Most recently, she was a partner at OneAccord, a 
      sales and marketing consultancy. In addition, Ms. Kurjanowicz has held 
      senior level positions at Playtex Products, Inc., where she directed 
      marketing for the company’s feminine care and 
      infant care product portfolios, and at Reckitt & Colman, where she held 
      various positions such as Vice President, New Product Marketing, Global 
      Category Director in the company’s Paris 
      offices and Vice President, North America for the Lysol® 
      brand. Ms. Kurjanowicz also has worked as a brand manager at Pfizer and 
      as an account executive at advertising agencies working on Procter & 
      Gamble and General Foods’ brands.
    
    
      Ms. Kurjanowicz has been often recognized for her excellence and has 
      received a Top 100 Marketer Award from Advertising Age. She also worked 
      on an advertising campaign that received the Silver Effie Award and 
      developed a new product that received the Edison Award for Best New 
      Product. She graduated from New York University with distinction and 
      earned both a B.S. in Marketing and an M.B.A. in Marketing and 
      International Business. She has also completed the Kodak Management 
      Training Program and the Michigan Business School Executive Education 
      program.
    
    
      Wayne M. Bos, Natrol’s President and CEO, 
      commented “We are extremely pleased to have 
      attracted someone of such a high caliber to direct our global marketing 
      and product development efforts. Chris comes to us with 29 years of 
      experience working with some of the best-recognized consumer brands in 
      the world. We have every confidence that she will quickly have a 
      meaningful and long-lasting impact on our business.”
    
    
      Ms. Kurjanowicz commented, “I am excited to 
      join an organization where management is open and willing to create and 
      invest in new opportunities. My focus will be on maximizing our brand 
      equity and ensuring that we find excellent opportunities for revenue 
      growth and category expansion.”
    
    
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      About Natrol – Nourishing the Potential 
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      Natrol, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTOL), headquartered in Chatsworth, CA, has a 
      portfolio of health and wellness brands representing quality nutritional 
      supplements, functional herbal teas, and sports nutrition products. 
      Established in 1980, Natrol’s portfolio of 
      brands includes: Natrol®, 
      Prolab®, Laci Le Beau®, 
      Promensil®, Trinovin®, 
      Nu Hair® and Shen Min®. 
      The company also manufactures supplements for its own brands and on 
      behalf of third parties.
    
    
      Natrol distributes products nationally through more than 54,000 
      retailers, as well as internationally in over 40 other countries through 
      distribution partners and subsidiaries in the UK and Hong Kong. Natrol’s 
      dedication to quality is evidenced by its commitment to high 
      manufacturing standards, earning the company an “A” 
      rating from the Natural Products Association's Good Manufacturing 
      Practices (“GMP”) 
      Certification Program—a designation achieved 
      by less than ten percent of U.S. nutrition companies. For more 
      information, visit www.Natrol.com.
    
    
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