He has been heavily involved in the ongoing political and regulatory issues facing the supplement industry. He has served in various capacities, including past General Counsel to the American Herbal Products Association, Counsel to the Bee Products Association, Co-Counsel to the European American Phytomedicine Coalition, Advisory Board Member to the Office of Technology Assessment Working Group on Dietary Supplement Regulation, and advisor to the Natural Products Quality Assurance Alliance, a dietary supplement industry group devoted to establishing standards and trade practices for dietary supplements. Mr. Israelsen has also served as industry liaison to the Food and Drug Administration’s Expert Advisory Committee to Ephedra and as advisor to the National Institutes of Health’s Office of Dietary Supplements.

Since 1992, he has served as Executive Director of the Utah Natural Products Alliance, which was instrumental in the development and passage of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994. He recently served as the U.S. issue manager for dietary supplements to the TransAtlantic Business Dialogue. He advises, lectures and writes extensively on the emerging issues facing the dietary supplement and functional foods industry. Mr. Israelsen received his B.S. in Political Science, Magna Cum Laude, from Utah State University. He attended the Oxford University Queens College Jurisprudence Program in Oxford, England and received his J.D. from J. Rueben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University.