{"id":12722,"date":"2021-11-18T15:24:21","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T09:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gjepc.org\/solitaire\/?p=12722"},"modified":"2021-11-18T15:24:25","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T09:54:25","slug":"gia-board-welcomes-two-new-governors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gjepc.org\/solitaire\/gia-board-welcomes-two-new-governors\/","title":{"rendered":"GIA Board Welcomes Two New Governors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) Board of Governors held their first in-person meeting in two years, on 5th-8th November, in Carlsbad, California. The Board reviewed the Institute\u2019s strategic plans and priorities to ensure GIA will continue to advance its consumer protection mission. Before the Board meeting, the GIA global research team, including several Governors, convened for the Institute\u2019s 15th<\/sup> annual research meeting to review and discuss the extensive research and discoveries that underpin GIA\u2019s education programmes, laboratory services and instrument development, all in support of the Institute\u2019s mission to ensure the public trust in gems and jewellery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Board welcomed two new Governors \u2013 Dave Bindra, Vice President of Operations and Head of Acquisitions at B&B Fine Gems, and Marcus ter Haar, an experienced diamond industry executive. Lisa Locklear, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Avanir Pharmaceuticals, was named Chair-Elect, succeeding Dione D. Kenyon, previous President and CEO of The Jewelers Board of Trade. The board also bid farewell to Governor Amit Dhamani, CEO and managing director of Dhamani Jewels Group, who completed his nine-year term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been honoured to serve as Chair of the GIA Board of Governors since 2016, and look forward to continuing on the Board and working with Chair-Elect Lisa Locklear,\u201d said Dione Kenyon. \u201cDave Bindra and Marcus ter Haar bring valuable industry expertise and leadership experience. Their experience and guidance, in this time of rapid change for our industry, makes them excellent additions to the Board.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are delighted for the insights and perspectives that these two new Governors, and our entire Board, bring to propelling GIA\u2019s consumer protection mission during this critical inflection point for the industry,\u201d said Susan Jacques, GIA president and CEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe work presented at the GIA research meeting was incredibly impressive; there is no other organization with such a comprehensive, robust and mission-driven research program,\u201d said Tom Moses, GIA Governor, executive vice president and chief laboratory and research officer. \u201cGIA is pushing beyond traditional gemological research into fundamental aspects of geology, mineralogy and the physics of diamonds, all with the ultimate goal of protecting consumers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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