Herbalife added Eric D. Rosen as vice president of government relations

Herbalife: added Eric D. Rosen to its growing global corporate affairs team as vice president of government relations and director of its Washington, DC office. Rosen will oversee Herbalife’s DC operations and will report to Ric Hobby, who was recently appointed as head of Herbalife’s global government relations reporting to Alan Hoffman, executive vice president of the global corporate affairs team.

Rosen, who will be based out of Herbalife’s DC office, is a Capitol Hill veteran with experience in the Senate, House and Executive Branch. For more than five years, he served as Judiciary Committee counsel to then-Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Rosen also served in the United States Attorney’s office in the Northern District of California where he prosecuted cases on behalf of the United States.

Herbalife is also expanding the company’s global corporate affairs team based in Los Angeles. The global nutrition marketer welcomes three experienced individuals to the global leadership team: Ric Hobby, who will serve as the company’s senior vice president for global government relations; Megan Jordan, who will serve as the company’s senior vice president for global corporate communications; and Randall Popelka, who will serve as vice president, government and industry affairs.

Two present members of the team, Julian Cacchioli and Elaine Pacheco, will take on new responsibilities within the global corporate affairs team as the office undergoes a significant expansion and reorganization.

Hobby will lead the global government relations team after 27 years with the company, most recently serving as the vice president, worldwide regulatory, government and industry affairs, based in Australia.

Jordan joins Herbalife and will lead the global corporate communications office after managing communications at one of the country’s largest utilities, Southern California Edison.

Popelka joins Herbalife’s Washington, D.C. office after working for over two decades on Capitol Hill, in the administration of President George W. Bush and in the private sector. He will work with thought leaders in our Nation’s Capitol and focus on legislative, administrative and regulatory issues in his new role.

Cacchioli will continue in his role as vice president of global corporate communications but will also take on the added responsibility of coordinating the company’s global public policy strategy and will oversee the company’s important and growing corporate social responsibility program.

Pacheco brings extensive knowledge of the company, employees and members having previously worked as the manager of employee communications for Herbalife. In her new role as strategic project manager in the office of the executive vice president for global corporate affairs, Elaine will be responsible for coordinating special projects and managing cross-functional teams within the global corporate affairs team.