Michael Akkaoui of Tanury Industries Inc.
Lita Asscher of Royal Asscher of America Diamond Inc.
Robert Bentley of Robert Bentley Company Inc.
Jeffrey A. Cohen of Citizen Watch Co. of America Inc.
Karen Goracke of Borsheim’s
Myriam Gumuchian of Gumuchian Fils Ltd.
Eddie Le Vian of Le Vian Corp.
Ross Markman of Suberi Brothers Inc.
Stuart Samuels of Premier
Peter Webster of Roberto Coin
Todd Wolleman of Leo Wolleman/Color Craft
The new Officers elected for the coming term are:
Beryl Raff of Helzberg Diamonds as Chairwoman
Steven P. Kaiser of Kaiser Time as 1st Vice President
Scott Berg of Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry as 2nd Vice President
Mark Goldberg of Rolex Watch Co. as Treasurer
Joel Schechter of Richline Group as Corporate Secretary
During the event, the Stanley Schechter Award was presented to Brad Brooks-Rubin, for his work as the Special Advisor for Conflict Diamonds while he was employed at the U.S. State department. He is currently of counsel to Holland & Hart LLP. The keynote speaker was former Assistant Secretary of State Jose Fernandez, currently a partner at the law firm of Gibson Dunn in New York City.
The JVC welcomes the new board members and looks forward to working with all of the board of directors over the next two years.
Follow DiamondWorld on Instagram: @diamondworldnet
Follow DiamondWorld on Twitter: @diamondworldnet
Follow DiamondWorld on Facebook: @diamondworldnet