DDG’s Third Virtual Event To Engage Botswana Govt. Officials, Jewellery Designers & Retailers In Conversation

Diamonds Do Good’s (DDG’s) third Virtual Global Conversation will address how increasing diversity and inclusion within a company is good for business. DDG has convened designers, retailers and dignitaries from around the world for the event, which will take place on 11th March from 11am-noon EST (9:30pm-10:30pm IST).

Rebecca Foerster, president of both Diamonds Do Good and Alrosa USA, will kick off the event with an in-depth interview with key governmental leaders of Botswana, one of the world’s top diamond-producing nations. Foerster will chat with His Excellency Onkokame Kitso Mokaila, Botswana Ambassador to the United States; Mmetla Masire, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy; and Botswana-based designer Boitshoko Kebakile of House of Divinity.

Diamonds Do Good co-founder Sally Morrison, PR Director of Natural Diamonds at De Beers will then moderate a discussion between innovative jewellery designers and key American retailers from both the luxury and mass-market sectors.

Designers include Lola Oladunjoye of Paris-based Lola Fenhirst, Roxanne Rajcoomar-Hadden of London-based RRH Jewelry, and Lorraine West of Brooklyn-based Lorraine West Jewelry.

Retailers on the panel will be Kecia Caffie, SVP and General Manager at Piercing Pagoda, and Jennifer Gandia, co-owner at Greenwich St. Jewelers, a leading independent jewellery store in Soho, New York City.

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