Our team
We’re Smidge®! Pleased to meet you and honored to serve you along your health journeys. We’ve been there, too. And we work every day to keep growing and learning, just like you <3
Daniel Corrigan
Co-Owner & Visionary
Dan founded Organic 3 to help others on their healing journeys, having survived a life-threatening intestinal condition. His decade-long search for answers led him to discover the importance of gut health based on a real food diet with fat-soluble vitamins and clean supplements.* Dan is trained in several dietary protocols and natural health disciplines, such as acupressure, whole nutrition and autism nutrition, alternative medicine and Feng Shui. He's also a Certified Body Ecology Coach, trained by Donna Gates. Dan began in the real food movement, with leadership positions in organizations dedicated to Dr. Weston A. Price, DDS. He's lectured about the effects of wholesome food, holistic and gut health — especially on behalf of families who reached out to him to create pure supplements for their children with sensitivities to the ingredients and additives in commercial brands. And he's the author of "Eat Well, Supplement Well, Digest Well." Dan is kind and compassionate. He lives to serve our customers and lead the Smidge® team with his abundant ideas and health knowledge. Read more about Dan.
Karen Myers
Co-Owner, Nutrition Education
After a long debilitating journey with Lyme, Karen ended up in the hospital where she was injured and disabled. Since then, Karen recognized that it was up to her to honor her body and take control of her health naturally.* Her most dramatic and significant healing began simply when her diet and food sourcing changed from conventional processed foods to organic and pastured foods from local farms. This led Karen to become involved in the real food movement with the Price Pottenger Foundation and several other organizations, where she united with Archie and Dan to eventually form Smidge®. Karen believes that nutrition and sustainable practices can uplift the body and planet, which drives her in serving our customers and educating our team. With 20 years in the holistic health field and now a Certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, Karen says, “The study of nutrition is about so much more than food. It is liberating and empowering. It's about the magical, generous resource here on earth... the gift of life and the ability to transform ourselves.”
Archie Welch
Co-Owner, Research and Development
Like Karen and Dan, Archie is a pioneer of the real food movement starting with his activism in the Price Pottenger Foundation and other groups inspired by Dr. Weston A. Price, DDS. Archie works closely with farmers, fisheries and artisans committed to our ancestors’ ways in his continuous journey to learn about nourishing food, quality supplements and holistic health and in vetting the ingredients that comprise our products. This has given him a unique perspective and helped shape the Smidge® philosophy — small-batch, fresh and as close to nature as possible. And the resulting collaborative efforts are some of the cleanest supplements ever produced*, he says. Archie loves hearing about how Smidge® products support people throughout their health journeys with chronic illness,* and he recounts a story about helping a friend with seasonal allergies via Smidge® Digestive Enzymes and making some positive changes to her diet. Archie enjoys cooking nutritious meals, visiting farmers’ markets, exercising and gardening. He makes a mean chicken tortilla soup!
Gail Abad
Executive Project Coordinator
Gail loves to move, whether it be yoga, indoor cycling, dancing or jump rope. She also keeps the team flowing as Executive Project Coordinator by ensuring our project deliverables are checked off the list. With experience in manufacturing, marketing and selling, she says she appreciates the Smidge® core values and kindness. And as much as Gail enjoys exercise, she loves to eat real food, too! She’s recently been snacking on boiled bananas instead of junk food.
Kimber Bates
Affiliate Manager
Kimber enjoys building authentic relationships with influencers and learning about how Smidge® products have helped others improve their quality of life — as she can relate to the products optimizing her health. She has extensive product knowledge that she’s happy to share, to empower our affiliates to spread the word with lots of great information that supports our clean products and the best results. Kimber is a stroke survivor who has spent countless hours researching natural health and plans to further her holistic health education. She finds fishing good for her soul.
Alissa Black
President
Alissa is our resident unicorn who keeps us all sparkling. Embodying our company’s core values, she helps the leadership team execute their ideas and drive them forward. And she’s grateful to serve each Smidge® team member (“family,” as she affectionately calls us) in whatever way she can. Alissa enjoys strength training, walking with her furbabies, meditation and relaxing on the pond in her large unicorn float. Oysterzinc never fails her.
Christine Budlong
Customer Service Representative
Christine Budlong is passionate about wellness. And it shows in every aspect of her life, from her role as a Customer Service Representative at Smidge® to her hobbies. Christine loves engaging with customers who, like her, prioritize living a healthy, balanced life. With her background in ultra marathons, free diving, and growing veggies, she knows firsthand the importance of fueling the body with the right nutrients and cooking her own fresh meals. Christine also focuses on mindful eating and mental wellness through meditation — ensuring her approach to health is holistic and fulfilling.
Heather Chambers
Customer Service Supervisor
Heather loves supporting customers by patiently and compassionately answering their questions and “helping them choose a supplement that might just change their lives!” Heather’s smile and upbeat nature are contagious, and she shares them with each customer she serves. The Smidge® core values resonated with Heather because she lives a clean lifestyle that includes healthy food and a dedicated workout routine. Heather counts Smidge® Evening Magnesium as one of her go-to's, because it helps her ease mild stress at the end of the day and sleep the whole night through. She’s passionate about creating music and art, too.
Steve Cunningham
Senior Digital Marketing Specialist
Before joining Smidge®, Steve worked with large Fortune 100 companies. “It’s rare to work with a company that is so committed to their customers and truly cares about their customers and their health journeys,” he says of Smidge®. “We believe in our products and want to share them with the world!” Steve does so by sharing Smidge® social media messages and content in spaces where like-minded customers are open to receiving them. In his free time, Steve enjoys traveling and going to live concerts.
Paul Gazda
Sales & Marketing Director
Paul joined Smidge® with more than 15 years of professional marketing experience and after starting his health journey. He loves to help people discover Smidge® and understand the benefits of our products with education-based marketing and social media. Paul gets stuff done with compassion and light-heartedness. He carries Digestive Enzymes with him everywhere he goes and plays golf in his spare time.
Natalie Lavis
Communications Manager
Natalie credits Smidge® supplements for transforming her health and setting the foundation for a healthy pregnancy and daughter. As a certified copywriter and former journalist, She loves being able to convey the thought, research and passion behind our products and the positive results they can yield.* “I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to lend my craft to a company that lives for their clients’ well-being and that has changed my life,” she says, noting that the owners are involved in the details and are a tremendous educational resource.”The entire team is like a family and works tirelessly and joyously to serve our customers.” Natalie feels rejuvenated when running the hills of Seattle, practicing hot yoga and cooking nourishing food for her loved ones.
Stephanie Madison
Executive Assistant
Stephanie is the queen of processes at Smidge®. She takes pride in supporting a passionate team so they can focus on their mission of helping customers change their lives. “My position is internal facing, but it doesn't mean I don't get to hear many of the wonderful testimonies customers share with us,” she says. Supporting the entire Smidge® team gives Stephanie a unique perspective of the inner workings of the entire company. Her role helps ensure those working closely with customers can focus entirely on them. Stephanie enjoys swimming in the waters of Florida’s Emerald Coast and counts Sensitive Probiotic Powder as her go-to Smidge® product.
Leila Palmer
Graphic Designer
Leila enjoys creating refreshing graphics and imagery for “products she can really stand by and that help people become their best, healthiest selves.” The Smidge® core value of “a smidge is big” resonates with Leila because she’s incredibly detail-oriented as she outputs her creative vibes. With extensive experience working with product imagery and a passion for typography of all kinds, Leila is a creator at heart. She has myriad artistic hobbies such as drawing, painting, writing, crocheting, sewing and making jewelry. Leila’s wellness regimen includes cooking and eating whole foods/pescatarian, Korean skincare, and soaking up the Florida sun any time of the year!
Dave Rouleau
Technical Operations Manager
Dave believes that love is the glue that holds us all together. And he’s the glue that holds our team together with his willingness to jump in when problems need to be solved or something needs fixing — whether it’s tech, the shopping cart logistics or tweaking the back end of our website. He adores working for Smidge® because of the team’s passion for helping others and the opportunity to play a part in our customers’ wellness journeys. Dave loves walking and biking and unwinding by listening to his vast record collection.
John Rozycki
Vice President of Operations / R&D
John is our mover and shaker with a warm smile. Literally! He orders and moves our products to get them stocked and to our customers’ doorsteps with ease and positivity. He identifies closely with our core value of “know better, do better” and says he appreciates working for a company that’s doing its best, as that’s how John tries to live his life. Plus, John is always learning something new from our customers. His favorite wellness activities are kayaking, hiking national parks and playing hockey.
Jodie Stamm
B2B Outside Sales Manager
Jodie traveled her own path to better health, finding her sweet spot with a clean, real-food diet, and Smidge® supplements. Today, she fully embodies our core values and says there’s nothing more fulfilling than building relationships with practitioners and resale customers, “where we’re all working together toward the same mission of serving and helping others along their journey to better health!” Jodie is quick, detail-oriented and thrives on serving our likeminded wholesalers. She enjoys running races with her daughter, hiking and anything outdoors with fresh air and sunshine.
Gana Wilson
Product Manager
A passionate and knowledgeable traditional naturopath, Gana ensures the utmost quality of all our products. She maintains the portfolio of Smidge® nutritional supplements and potential new products based on customer feedback, testing and research. As a long-time natural food employee and former head of our customer service department, Gana brings vast knowledge and excitement to her position, thanks to being in tune with Smidge® customers and receiving their feedback every day. Ever since a young age, Gana has been “obsessed” with vitamins and “intrigued” by clean supplements, as she had family members with health issues. That’s why Gana says it was wonderful to find a job where the company values match her passion — and that Smidge® is the kind of premium product she had been searching for to give her family. Gana enjoys kayaking the beautiful Michigan lakes and water trails. Harvesting herbs and vegetables from her garden empower her, as feeding her family good food is a top priority.
