Advisory Board
New Zealand Pure, Inc. is the US manufacturer of SYLK and SENSATION
Business Advisory Board:
Anna Venice, Founder and President, New Zealand Pure, Inc.
Anna is an international entrepreneur who helps make conscious natural products available to women the United States. Anna is dedicated to uplifting sexual consciousness through the use of better products. She understands what women want and what they need to increase their sexual awareness and sexual health. That unique understanding coupled with her business acumen has helped her become one of the pioneers of promoting healthy sexual products for women.
Anna has more than 20 years experience in natural healing arts as well as marketing natural products. She is a graduate of the European School of Massage and Aromatherapy in London, England, and she is the owner of Bodytonics through which she practices and teaches naturopathic and therapeutic modalities.
Kareyn Talson, Founder and Vice President, New Zealand Pure, Inc.
Kareyn is a nutrition scientist, product formulator and manufacturing expert with more than 30 years of experience in the natural products industry, both domestically and internationally. She and Anna helped establish New Zealand Pure, Inc. so that they could share products such as Sylk with women in North America.
Kareyn is a graduate of Kent State University.
Ben C. Friedman, J.D., Legal and Accounting
Ben holds accounting and law degrees from the University of Missouri. He has practiced tax law for more than 26 years and is a past chairman of the tax section of the State Bar of Arizona. Ben has also served on the American Bar Association Tax Section Subcommittee on Professional Corporations.
Lynn and Kevin Kite, Manufacturing
Lynn and Kevin are the owners of Geneva Marketing, the world’s exclusive extractors of the Kiwiplant Vine Extract and the manufacturers of SYLK Natural Personal Lubricant. Both have extensive business and finance experience in New Zealand and abroad.
Rudy Dragone, R.Ph, Business and Product Development Consultant
Rudy, a pharmacist, graduated from St. John’s University. He owns Profile Health, a leading specialty bio-identical hormone compounding company. Previously, Rudy built a chain of ten pharmacies that grossed more than $20 million annually, which he sold in 1998.
Mano Miyata, Executive Direct Marketing Consultant
Mano has a successful track record with assisting North American companies in their develop of direct marketing campaigns worldwide. He has a network of resources including online marketing, fulfillment, manufacturing, direct mail, and more.
Mano was educated at the Business School at California State University.
Peter Anderson, Sales Manager - Wholesale and Distribution Marketing Channels
Has worked successfully with key retailers and suppliers in the Natural Products Industry for over 20 years, building and managing sales teams, broker networks and marketing campaigns.
Scientific and Medical Advisory Board:
Dr. Patrick Flanagan
Dr. Flanagan holds his degree as Doctor of Alternative Medicine from Medicina Alternativa in Columbo, Sri Lanka, as well as Doctor of Science in Nanotechnology. He is listed in Who’s Who in American Science, the author of seven books, and he is an internationally known scientist, medical researcher and inventor, holding patents in electronics and medical categories.
Dr. Laura Kimbro, M.D
Dr. Laura Kimbro is a board certified OB/GYN physician and Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She is certified in advanced gynecologic laparoscopic surgery and she specializes in well-woman care and menopausal medicine.
Dr. Mamiko Odegard, Ph.D.
Dr. Odegard graduated from New Mexico State University and she is a Certified Therapist with the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists. In practice for more than 20 years, she is also a member of the American Psychology Association and National Register of Health Providers in Psychology.