Steve Mister

Steve Mister, Esq., has been president and CEO of CRN since 2005. Under his leadership, CRN has experienced a refined strategic focus and increased membership, and has launched new initiatives to enhance consumer confidence in the supplement industry. In addition to his role as president and CEO of CRN, he is also the executive director for the CRN Foundation. Immediately prior to joining CRN, he was director of government affairs at the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations (NAPEO), where he developed and implemented a state government relations program tracking and responding to legislation in all 50 states. Before that, he served in several legal and legislative roles for over a decade at the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA), most recently as vice president and associate general counsel. He also worked as an attorney in the Washington, DC, law firm of Wiley, Rein & Fielding in general litigation, government ethics, and federal election law practice groups, and had a stint on Capitol Hill as a media relations assistant for former U.S. Senator Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. Mister holds a law degree from the College of William and Mary, an M.A. in Political Communication from the University of Maryland, and a B.S. from Towson University in Maryland.