Youngevity International, Inc. announced that David Rutz has been appointed as Vice-President of Global Services. David Rutz brings more than 25 years of direct sales, network marketing and executive operations experience to Youngevity. David has led and trained a national sales organization; and as a corporate officer, David launched his own direct sales company, Escape International.

Mr. Rutz was also the Founder and President of a long-distance telephone and internet company (The Free Network) where he lead the growth and operations from startup to over 300,000 customers in under 3 years - using direct selling as the sole method of distribution.