Christiane Northrup, M.D.

New York Times Bestselling Author of Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom and The Wisdom of Menopause, co-founder of Team Northrup
Yarmouth, ME

After becoming acutely aware of the link between health and personal finances in both her own and her patients’ lives, Dr. Northrup along with her daughter, Kate Northrup, sister and brother-in-law, Penny Northrup Kirk and Philip Kirk, created Team Northrup. Internationally known for her empowering approach to women’s health and wellness, Dr. Northrup is a leading proponent of medicine and healing that acknowledges the unity of the mind and body, as well as the powerful role of the human spirit in creating health. She is dedicated to helping men and women create vibrant health on all levels.

Kate Northrup

Co-Creator of Team Northrup
Portland, ME

Kate is, and always has been, a creative entrepreneur. She started her business with USANA Health Sciences, Team Northrup’s product partner, at the age of 16. Kate built her business during her Christmas and summer vacations while she was attending Brown University. She was able to graduate with a large enough residual income that she never had to get a regular job and she achieved financial freedom at the age of 28.

Kate is one of the co-creators of Team Northrup and is passionate about inspiring people to create freedom on all levels, but particularly financially. Her philosophy is that when someone is freed up financially then they are truly able to show up fully on this planet and make the world a better place. Kate is a writer and host of Glimpse TV, an online talk show about falling in love with your life.  Kate’s first book is entitled Money: A Love Story... (Hay House, 2013).

Penny and Phil Kirk

Team Northrup co-founders
Scottsdale, AZ

For Penny and Phil, life has been filled with the accumulation of experience. Athletes, coaches, parents of three musician sons, and business owners, just to name a few titles, they have by choice moved twenty-four times in their thirty-seven-year marriage in an ongoing quest for new adventure, and with the intention of letting go of attachments to “stuff.” From New York to New Mexico, from farms to monasteries, from construction companies to manufacturing supplements, they have lived a rich and varied life, uniquely qualifying them to serve as inspiration and guides to their growing family of Team Northrup/USANA Health Sciences members. USANA’s founder, Dr. Myron Wentz, has honored them with the prestigious Dr. Wentz Vision Award for sharing his vision of true health. As co-founders of Team Northrup along with Penny’s sister Dr. Christiane Northrup and her daughter, Kate Northrup, they bring a combined 60+ years of experience in the pursuit of health on all levels. Financial success has come as a result of pursuing their purpose and passion, and this is what they love to share.

Some notable facts:

• Penny was a member of the United States Ski Team from 1968-1972 competing on the world cup tour.
• Phil graduated from Suffolk University with a J.D. in Law.
• They owned and operated a log home construction company.
• They cofounded Advanced Nutritional Research, a pioneering company in the field of pharmaceutical grade supplements.
• They owned and operated a lodge and youth hostel in Taos, NM
• They are 1-Star Diamond Directors with USANA Health Sciences, members of the Million Dollar Club, former Fortune 25 members and currently were elected to serve on the Independent Distributor Council representing all US-based distributors.

Dr. Karen Wolfe

Team Northrup Leader
Mission Viejo, CA

Dr. Karen Wolfe is an Australian physician, Health Coach, Speaker, Consultant and author. Born in Sydney Australia, Karen graduated from Sydney University with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery and completed a Masters Degree in Psychology from National University in California. She worked initially in Australia as a family physician followed by 8 years of experience in the administration of national health care, wellness and senior programs in her role as the Medical Director of the Australian Government Health Service.

Karen is a board member of the National Wellness Institute. Her greatest professional passions are the areas of stress, preventative nutrition and nutritional approaches to insulin resistance and obesity and she is the author of seven books, including Give Stress A Rest and A Wise Woman’s Approach to Healing and Cancerand in her latest book is co-author with Deb Kern, Create the body Your Soul Desires: The Friendship Solution to Weight, Energy and Sexuality.

Karen is also a Conscious Body Method coach and trainer and is very committed to the application of coaching for achieving behavioral change in wellness. She is an international speaker on wellness and nutrition she is a regular lecturer to the public as well as hospital groups, women’s conferences and professional organizations throughout USA and abroad. She cares that her audiences get it, so her presentations often include demonstrations and participation that bring personal meaning to her audience members.

Karen lives in Mission Viejo with her American husband, daughter and two dogs.

Deborah Kern, M.B.A., Ph.D.

Team Northrup Leader
Austin, TX

Dr. Deborah Kern is a health scientist who dares people to live in harmony with the wisdom of their bodies. Formerly the Executive Director of Lifestyle Enrichment at the prestigious Lake Austin Spa Resort, Dr. Kern is an internationally acclaimed speaker on mind/body/ spirit health. She is the author of Everyday Wellness for Women and co- author of Create the Body Your Soul Desires: The Friendship Solution to Weight, Energy and Sexuality. When she is not on the road, Dr. Kern teaches her Wild Woman Workout in Austin, TX , facilitates healing retreats and also provides one-on-one life coaching sessions.

Theresa Haney

Team Northrup Leader
Red Hook, NY

Theresa and Pepi are Creative Arts Therapists who met in Graduate School in 1993. They attracted Team Northrup into their lives in 2005 when their private practice, Damselfly Center, was peeking with success. Theresa was a worrier and with this success came the ‘What if’s’. ‘What if something happened to one of us’ or ‘what if something happened to the economy?’ A premonition? Well, we all know how that played out in 2008. Thankfully, nothing happened, but with the economy declining, we downsized 3 offices to 1, with a corresponding decline in income. Scary times they were. Gratefully, we had Team Northrup and our USANA business growing and with a little more attention, it carried us through. That year, 2008, we had a 300% increase in our income and the personal growth, as a result, was enlightening. Worry? It’s a thing of the past, mostly, due to the shift in perspective that is inherent in becoming an entrepreneur. Theresa retired as a Licensed Creative Arts Therapist and Autism consultant and closed Damselfly Center in the Spring 2012. Our USANA business replaced her income and then some. Pepi maintains her full time job as an LCAT and Director of Day Habilitation. 

As artist’s and therapist’s, It was a necessity to change both our beliefs and expectations in order to shift our attention to understanding that healing and wholeness may be delivered in more ways than we had ever imagined. That art indeed has an expansive definition if allowed. We had to realign with the notion that making a living and having a life are two different things – we chose the latter

Liza Pascal, L.Ac.

Team Northrup Leader
Boulder, CO

“There is only one success—to be able to spend life in your own way.” – Anonymous

OK. So we have no idea who said that, but we certainly agree. The question is, how? How can we fashion our lives so that we can spend it any way we choose? We want to wake up when we’re done sleeping, vacation when we want to, spend as much time working as we feel necessary, enjoy time at home with family as we like and have enough money to make all of that a reality.

It took us a while but we figured it out. It all started when we moved from New York City to Boulder, Colorado nearly three years ago—and much to our surprise (especially Ayan’s) we have been thrilled with our decision. Liza was pregnant when we decided to move and we have a hunch our little Luna was the driving force behind the whole plan. We are both acupuncturists and share interests in health, travel, food, and quality of life. As much as we love being acupuncturists, we learned quickly that there was no way our salaries would be able to pay for our daughter’s education or our big appetite for life.

That’s when we were introduced to Team Northrup and the benefits of residual income. We haven’t looked back since. Four years later, we’re enjoying all the benefits that financial freedom brings- peace of mind being the most profound of all side effects.

Judie Harvey

Team Northrup Leader
Potomac, MD

Judie Harvey is the Website Editor for Dr. Christiane Northrup’s website. She has worked for Dr. Northrup for eight years, and is also a freelance writer and a distributor for USANA Health Sciences. Judie lives in Potomac, Maryland with her two sons and her daughter (when she is home from college).

Sue Dumais

Team Northrup Leader, Owner of Family Passages
Vancouver, BC

Sue is a true pioneer in the field of personal training, yoga and mind body therapy. She is the owner of Family Passages Mind Body Studio in Vancouver, Canada offering Fertility Yoga classes, Yoga Therapy and a Couples Fertility Yoga Mind Body Program. Sue is the author of the Yoga for Fertility Handbook and A Strong Core for Life. Recognizing the need for more fertility support worldwide, she developed the first Fitness Fertility Specialist course and a Fertility Yoga Teacher Training Program. Sue is passionate about her work and her life. Her passion is obvious in her teaching and her accomplishments. Sue has a gentle yet powerful way of helping others see their true potential.  Sue has helped many clients transform their life and reach for everything they ever dreamed of.

Pepi Diaz-Salazar 

Team Northrup Leader
Red Hook, NY

Pepi Diaz Salazar is a Team Northrup Leader, a Gold Director in USANA and a Licensed Creative Arts Therapist a with a specialty in Dance/Movement Therapy. Pepi started her business in 2005 and has grown it to a full-time income. “Without USANA, my partner and I would have lost our home during the economic crash of 2008. Actually in 2009, we had a 300% growth in our business. I hate to think where we would be without USANA and Team Northrup.”

Maddy Vertenten

Team Northrup Leader
Freeport, ME

Throughout her eclectic career, Maddy has been driven by a desire to foster deeper connection among people, and positively impact the well-being of individuals and communities.

Before becoming an entrepreneur, she was a leadership development specialist for a fortune 50 company where she was influential with leaders during a period of significant economic and competitive change. Maddy transitioned from internal consultant to executive coach, working with corporate leaders to discover and articulate unique strengths as an avenue to authentic personal growth, rewarding careers, life balance and excellent leadership. She also held roles in the aerospace, education and entertainment industries. Maddy has a Bachelor’s of Music (and an MBA) and has played the violin with string quartets, symphony orchestras, a rock band, and numerous working ensembles across the U.S.

Maddy founded Vibrant One in 2009 to inspire others to create a Healthy + Beautiful Life – promoting total wellness through lifestyle change, self-care, daily practices such as intention and affirmation, pleasure, and mind-body-spirit connection. She offers groups, tools and programs to help facilitate these shifts.

Maddy finds fulfillment in art, nature, meditation and financial freedom. She enjoys dancing, reading, travel, and being outside in the elements. She recently moved home to Maine with her husband Joe, and children Max and Ella.

Linda Bourdelaise

Certified Livewell Coach and Wellness Educator
Gambrills, MD

Linda recently left a career as an Administrator and Learning Specialist of a private school in order to expand her life as an Entrepreneur. Team Northrup is the catalyst for this transition as a Health and Wellness Educator. Linda believes that health encompasses “physical, mental, and social well-being, and not only the absence of disease or infirmity.” (WHO, 1948) Previously, Linda had been the President of P.A.C.T, Inc., Parents And Children Together, and also in private practice as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. She has taken over a thousand students to Europe throughout the years, and continues to have a passion for travel. Now, this passion for education and travel is able to expand through her USANA business. With Team Northrup as a new chapter in her life, Linda feels connected to her true self, while she facilitates health and inspires a path of wellness for all ages.