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Founding Executives

dōTERRA's founding executive leadership team includes seasoned business, marketing, and healthcare professionals of uncommon professional experience and reputation for integrity and performance in the direct selling industry. Each is committed to dōTERRA's mission of sharing the life-enhancing benefits of therapeutic-grade essential oils with the world, while creating a generous and uplifting culture for dōTERRA employees and Independent Product Consultants. Quick to turn attention from themselves and recognize the invaluable contribution of family, friends, employees, consultants, and business partners in their successes, they find their greatest satisfaction in lives made better through their associations.

David Stirling

President

Dave Stirling's leadership as President and CEO of dōTERRA has resulted in one of the fastest growing and successful companies in the industry. He will tell you this is a result of having an extremely capable and experienced executive team, and great distributor leaders. Dave's greatest strength lies in his ability to see what can be, inspiring the same vision and confidence in others. He brings a management style that is founded on trust and respect, which has resulted in consecutive successes throughout his career. Dave's preparation for the role he plays today has included significant management roles for much of the last 15 years. Previous to dōTERRA, he chaired the executive management team for a large essential oil company, taking them to solid profitability while almost tripling revenues in just three and a half years. Dave also brings a strong background in technology, overseeing global IT engineering efforts for a billion-dollar giant in the network marketing industry. He holds both a Bachelors degree and MBA in Business.

Dr. David Hill, D.C


Chief Medical Advisor 
Chairman, Scientific Advisory Committee
Dr. David K. Hill is the Chief Medical Officer of dōTERRA Intl, LLC. He is an expert in the use and application of essential oils. As a licensed Chiropractic physician, Dr. Hill is well recognized in the field of integrative medicine and essential oils, and routinely works with many large hospitals and medical facilities throughout the world, defining the integration of essential oils into modern medical practice. Dr. Hill is the author of several books and maintains affiliations for research to further understand the powerful healing properties of essential oils. After extensive experience, Dr. Hill stands at the head of a new era of education and understanding of natural medicine and essential oils and is dedicated to educating and empowering others to take control of their own health.

Emily Wright


Vice President Leadership Development
For the past decade and a half, Emily has immersed herself in the many facets of the essential oils industry due to the amazing benefits she has experienced first-hand. She served on the Executive Board of a large multi-national essential oils direct-selling company for over a decade, wherein she gained great insight into the industry. She is passionate about sharing the amazing benefits of essential oils with the world and desires to create a welcoming atmosphere for many to call home. Her hands-on experience and understanding of global sourcing and quality assurance practices has allowed dōTERRA the ability to offer nature's purest essences, sourced from the most pristine regions around the globe. Emily also has vast experience in all facets of sales and leadership and loves nothing more than to help others succeed. She is best known for her positive outlook, bright smile, and make-it-happen attitude.

Robert J. Young

 
Vice President Marketing
Rob has over 20 years experience in the direct-selling industry in product marketing and corporate communications serving in senior executive management positions and on strategic steering committees for some of the largest direct-selling companies in the world. Corporate and packaging identities that Rob has developed are familiar to millions of customers while products he has marketed have accounted for billions in global sales. Anyone associated with the direct-selling industry over the past two decades is likely to know Rob or be familiar with his work. His product expertise includes skin care, personal care, and household consumer products, but his greatest personal passion is for developing and marketing nutritional wellness products and programs. 

Gregory Cook

 
Vice President Operations & International
Greg has over 20 years experience in the direct selling industry. He believes this industry has the ability to change people's lives for good like none other. Most of Greg's career has been spent expanding and managing U.S. based companies in foreign markets. Greg has personally been involved in expansion efforts of one of the largest companies in the industry into over 40 markets. Since the inception of dōterra, Greg envisioned that the whole world would not only accept, but embrace essential oil wellness. That vision is now becoming a reality with the aggressive expansion of dōTERRA overseas. Greg believes dōTERRA's foundational keys to success are having the highest quality essential oils on the planet, the most generous compensation plan for hard working product consultants, a company culture of integrity, and above all great people.

Mark Wolfert

 
General Counsel
Mark Wolfert has more than 25 years' experience as an attorney in private practice and as in-house counsel to a global billion dollar direct sales company where he was a corporate officer and member of its executive management team. Mark directed regional management teams and had responsibility for operations in the United States, Canada, Latin America and Europe while supporting thousands of independent distributors in those geographies. He choreographed the development and opening of many new markets throughout Asia, Europe and Latin America. He has provided his expertise and consulting services to other direct selling companies in the industry, helping them establish business operations in international markets. Mark is known as a cheerful attorney who likes people and endeavors to help them become their very best.

Corey B. Lindley

 
Chief Financial Officer
Corey brings more than 20 years of experience to doTERRA's management team. He is recognized as a pioneer in the global direct selling world developing the first truly global seamless compensation opportunity in the industry and securing licenses to do business in complex international operating environments. He and his family of eight children lived in Asia for six years as he developed and managed several hundred million dollar markets - with a specific emphasis on Japan and Mainland Chine. Working closely with distributor sales leaders and developing loyal and competent management teams have been hallmarks of his career. Corey is also an experienced financial executive having been the CFO of a billion dollar publicly listed direct selling company - marketing the business to Wall Street and being involved with numerous multi-million acquisitions and transactions. Most recently, Corey and his family lived in Melbourne, Australia for three years on an assignment for his church. Corey holds a B.S. and an MBA degree and loves to help other people improve their lives.