FEATURE ARTICLE
Executive
Spotlights
MARK WOLFERT
Founding Executive General Counsel
When Mark’s son, Drew, first came to work
for do-TERRA in 2008, he was one of three
people in the call center. Drew would bring
home essential oils, and Mark’s friend and
former co-worker, Greg Cook, would also
bring essential oils with him when they
went out for lunch together. Mark took these
oils home and shared them with his family.
As the Wolfert family started to use the oils,
they realized they actually worked. Mark
says, “My first exposure with essential oils
was probably no different from anyone else.
We all have stories and experiences about
how essentials oils have benefited us and
our loved ones.”
What is your role in dōTERRA?
I am the General Counsel for dōTERRA and one of the
seven dōTERRA executives. I oversee the legal department,
government relations, and anything that has to do with helping
protect dōTERRA, its employees, and its Wellness Advocates.
What is one of your biggest professional challenges?
I spend a lot of my time helping train and educate dōTERRA
employees and Wellness Advocates to promote the business
in an honest and ethical way. I feel very responsible for
protecting the company and safeguarding this opportunity
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for all of us. We want to keep the business thriving and
growing in a manner consistent and compliant with the law.
What do you see for dōTERRA in the future?
We doubled the size of our business in 2014, and we are still
growing at an astounding rate. What’s most meaningful to
me however, is the expanded outreach that dōTERRA will
have with people throughout the world. Not only are we
sharing the highest quality essential oils with more people,
we are providing an opportunity to more people for greater
financial stability. We continue to source an increasing
amount of our oils in third world countries, where we partner
with local growers and farmers. This impacts many people in
a positive way. It raises their standard of living and gives them
steady employment for a fair wage.
Could you tell us a little about your personal goals?
I love people and helping others. We are involved with
dōTERRA because of the good we can do. Our passion
is with our charitable organization, the dōTERRA Healing
Hands Foundation™. We hope to help elevate, motivate, and
inspire as many people as we can. That’s where our joy
and satisfaction come from. Anyone who has been around
dōTERRA long enough knows we really mean that. We want
to create more jobs, opportunities, and freedom. We feel a
keen sense of responsibility to keep this business going for
others and their families.
What do you do for fun?
I love to be with my family. We like to travel and eat good
food together.
What do you do for fun?
I’m an avid sports fan. I enjoy being active.
I play tennis and golf with my kids and my
wife. My kids have all been involved in sports,
so I’ve always enjoyed supporting them in
that as well.
What’s something no one knows
about you?
I have six girls and the three oldest are girls,
so our mornings were always hectic getting
them all ready for school. The hair had to
What’s
one
be done,something
the clothesno
had
to knows
be picked out,
about
you?
everything had to be just right—and I wasn’t
I’m
a shy
person.
I know
surprise
much
help
with that.
So, that
I toldmight
my wife,
“Why
people,
but
I
don’t
like
the
attention.
Getting
don’t I fix breakfast, and you can focus on
up
on stage
at convention
or other Ever
meetings
getting
the girls
ready for school?”
since
is
not
my
favorite
thing.
I’m
always
trying
to
then, whenever I’m in town I make breakfast
get
out
of
it.
for my family. S
Random facts:
Mark has been married for 37 years and
has five children and six grandchildren.
Mark’s favorite place to travel is
Germany, because he has family there.
His favorite movies are You’ve Got Mail,
Sabrina, and It’s a Wonderful Life.
His favorite products are dōTERRA
Breathe®, DDR Prime®, Deep Blue
Polyphenol Complex®, Digestzen
Terrazyme®, and Correct-X®.
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