By Dan Mitchell, MLM Blog Correspondent

Blake Roney, founder and Chairman of the Board of Nu Skin won an International Stevie Award as Top Chairman of the Board for 2009. Congratulations Blake!

"As founder and chairman of the board for Nu Skin, Blake Roney has shaped the foundation and successful direction of this company," said Truman Hunt, Nu Skin president and chief executive officer. "Nu Skin's 25 years of success can, in many ways, be attributed to Blake, his values, his abilities as a businessman and his efforts to improve lives. He represents the company's mission to 'be a force for good' in the world and has demonstrated his passion to improve lives by empowering people with innovative products, rewarding business opportunities and an enriching and uplifting culture."

Roney's achievements include developing an enterprise that established a legacy of demonstrating its difference through its people, product, culture and opportunity. The company has grown from a few thousand dollars in start-up capital to a billion-dollar publicly-traded company with more than 750,000 independent distributors operating in 48 markets. Nu Skin boasts an impressive portfolio of skin care and nutritional anti-aging products, and a direct selling model that attracts both full-time and supplemental income seekers. In addition, the company has facilitated the donation of more than 155 million meals through its Nourish the Children initiative and has donated more than $17.5 million to "improving lives of children through the Nu Skin Force for Good Foundation."

Source: Nuskin