Mark Halperin to Speak at CRN Conference

WASHINGTONThe Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) announced that Mark Halperin, New York Times bestselling author and senior political analyst for TIME, will return as a featured speaker at The Conference, CRN's annual symposium for the dietary supplement industry. Halperin will speak on the last day of The Conference, which takes place Oct. 3 to 6 at the Montage Laguna Beach Resort in Laguna Beach, Calif. and. 

As a featured speaker at The Conference, Halperin will share his insights on the upcoming White House and Congressional elections, as well as how any resulting shifts in power may affect the dietary supplement industry over the next few years. He will also share some stories from his pending 2012 follow-up to his 2008 election-focused book "Game Change," a 2008 New York Times bestseller.

Mark Halperin is this generations Bob Woodward, a shrewd investigative journalist with an ability to capture the most important moments in our political era," said Steve Mister, president and CEO of CRN. "His speech at our 2010 annual conference was one of the highlights and I know attendees will be looking forward to hearing from him again. He gave us a riveting account of the 2008 presidential election, and I, like so many others, am looking forward to getting his take on what is shaping up to be one of the most interesting political cycles in decades."

 As the editor-at-large and senior political analyst for TIME, Halperin covers politics, elections and government for the magazine and TIME.com. He is also the creator and author of TIME.coms The Page," a news and analysis tip sheet that gathers and edits the latest political stories, campaign ads, TV clips, videos and campaign reactions from every news source, along with his own analysis.

In addition, Halperin is senior political analyst for MSNBC, where he appears regularly on "Morning Joe" and other programs on the cable channel. Prior to joining TIME in April 2007, Mr. Halperin worked at ABC News for nearly 20 years, where he covered five presidential elections and served as political director from November 1997 to April 2007. In that role, he was responsible for political reporting and planning for the network's television, radio and internet political coverage.

The Conference has become an annual event for dietary supplement industry executives because it consistently features political speakers, such as Robert Gibbs and Karl Rove.  The Conference is open to CRN members and non-members.