Pascoe Experts

Meet Our Experts

Our experts are individuals who are knowledgeable in various topics pertaining to natural healthcare, herbals, and homeopathic medicines. Their job is to bring you the most accurate, relevant and timely information pertaining to healthcare. They want to make sure our brochures do not contain any misleading health claims. This is ensured by competent colleagues who are scientists and/or physicians.


Please allow us to introduce our experts:

Astha Arora

Consistency is a non-negotiable component of your social media strategy- that's her Mantra! Meet Astha Arora, Social Media Specialist & Content Creator for Pascoe Canada. She is an artist, who loves to connect dots between design, content, and connectivity to ensure how the brand is perceived across all platforms at all times. Astha has past experience in the healthcare industry and has served roaring success to her clients in social media. She has exceptional storytelling skills which allows her to craft effective content that engage the audience and drive traffic- while keeping the essence of the brand alive.

Ashley Charpentier

Ashley is a personable and detail-orientated MBA graduate with many years of experience in sales and marketing roles with an emphasis on results, forecasting and effective presentation. Ashley has shown success in her career with a strong track record of achievement in client relations and business development. As the National Key Accounts Manager, she focuses on combining a relationship-centric approach with research, analysis, and strategic planning capabilities to grow customer accounts and the Pascoe brand. She is passionate about initiating and strengthening client relationships by offering unique and customizable solutions to further brand awareness, product education, maximize sales, and increase market share.

Ashley enjoys reading, researching and writing about natural health care, the health care industry and scientific research to further her knowledge and strengthen her delivery of information to her customers.

Alexandra Cieslowski

Alexandra has worked in the healthcare industry throughout her career. She has gained valuable experience in the pharmaceutical industry and in the natural health care industry. She has a proven track record of successful performance in all of the roles she has held in her career. As the National Key Accounts Manager, her efforts are dedicated to forming and strengthening relationships with health care practitioners, patients and customers across the country. Her responsibilities include understanding consumer habits, delivering more efficient customer service, accessing new markets in the medical industry, introducing new products, supporting e-commerce initiatives, and delivering informative education and training.

Alexandra’s extensive knowledge and her passion to continue learning has allowed her to achieve success in her career.

Birgitta Kautz

Birgitta holds a master’s degree in biology and has worked for many years as Regulatory Affairs Manager for a medium-sized pharmaceutical company in Germany.

After moving around a lot in Europe, she gained experience as study coordinator at the University Hospital Basel in Switzerland. In this position, Birgitta was responsible for coordinating clinical studies as well as clinical research projects. She has also completed additional trainings in Good Clinical Practice and a Certificate of Advanced Studies program for Study Nurse/Coordinator.

In the Pascoe team, Birgitta uses her knowledge and experience in the life sciences while working in Regulatory Affairs and Quality Control.

Dr. Rigobert "Rigo" Kefferputz

Dr. Rigobert "Rigo" Kefferputz is an international speaker with a keen interest in mental health - mindset, hormones, lifestyle design and levelling up. For him, the goal is to put life into living. As a speaker, whether on his YouTube channel or at conferences, he values analogies and humour to make sense of the intricacies of the human mind and body. Dr. Kefferputz has been in practice for a decade and has founded a Naturopathic Medical Retreat Centre in British Columbia. He is the Medical Advisor for Pascoe Canada and also a board member of the Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors, where he advocates on behalf of the profession federally. As a father and husband, Rigo is a different kind of “bro” and is committed to helping men heal and calling them into their greatness.

Dr. Alexandra Sisam, ND

Dr. Alexandra Sisam is a licensed Naturopathic Doctor. Dr. Sisam uses a mind/body approach to medicine, focusing on supporting the patient, both emotionally and physically through the use of mind/body counselling, homeopathy, nutrition, botanicals and physical medicine. She works to gain an understanding and awareness of each patient’s personal experience, both physically and emotionally. She has also completed additional training in energetic healing, including Reiki. Dr. Sisam works to support the mind, body and spirit in order to provide the most comprehensive and compassionate care. She is constantly learning about the inter-connectedness of these parts of the human body and using them to help treat both physical and emotional conditions.

Dr. Sisam took a particular interest in working with patients with mental health concerns including anxiety, eating disorders and depression. She also completed a year-long internship working with patients with chronic disease and fibromyalgia. She is passionate about helping patients as they navigate through their own health and wellness, no matter the concern.

Michele Tkalec

Michele Tkalec is a creative individual that loves to excel in everything that she does. She is a graduate in the travel and tourism industry and decided to go back to school and is now Paralegal Certified. Michele is bilingual in French and loves to bring this forward into her work environment. Michele has always had a passion for social media in her personal life and wishes to bring that positive, creative energy forward. At Pascoe Canada, Michele is the Bilingual Administrative Coordinator, she enjoys working with all departments.

Michele is always eager to learn, to jump in on new projects and challenge herself.

Jane Yang

As the manager of regulatory affairs and quality assurance at Pascoe Canada, Jane is responsible for the regulatory work that ensures Pascoe Canada's continued compliance with Canadian regulations. She has extensive knowledge and experience in Food and Drug Regulations, academic research, and quality assurance. She also stays abreast of emerging regulations and policies from various health authorities. Jane has worked in the regulatory field for healthcare products for over 16 years.

Leveraging the hard skills gained from her bachelor's degree in chemistry and her training and experience in regulatory affairs, Jane has a deep understanding of Pascoe products, and regularly resolves customer inquiries in addition to her compliance work. Additionally, she is the primary contact for matters relating to pharmacovigilance.

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