Ryan Burgard, Marketing Director & Co-Founder of WELA, started his career with his own online lead-generation business and has been successful in numerous entrepreneurial endeavors throughout his career. Burgard's businesses in online lead generation and direct sales have prospered with the direct sales business hitting a five-figure monthly income. He has also built downlines in excess of 75,000 distributors.

Burgard was an all time top-seller for Vemma prior to joining WELA. Vemma was a stable network marketing company that provided him with valuable knowledge and experience in nutrition, online marketing systems, and business processes. He has combined his knowledge from his own business ventures with that of his network marketing experience to create an influential leadership position for himself among other industry leaders at WELA.

At WELA, Burgard has achieved the recognition of 2nd all time income earner. He has also been recognized for his outstanding achievements with awards such as the Enliven International Top Recruiter in 2003 and Success University Top 10 Recruiter in 2006.

WELA's email communication is vital to the company's success, and Burgard is responsible for emails reaching all tour takers and WELA members. He maintains productive and efficient relationships with all major Internet Service Providers (ISP's).

Burgard and his wife Brandy value family time more than anything. They have three daughters, Kaitlynn, Natalie, and Madison. Working with WELA allows Burgard and his family the lifestyle they treasure with the flexibility to travel, more time together, and many of the luxuries life has to offer.