A pioneering consultant on business sustainability, a social entrepreneur and a responsible investment advisor for the last 25 years, Assheton is CEO of The Dragonfly Initiative and has dedicated his career to creating value through business that benefits both shareholders and society.
Brandee Dallow is the RJC’s North America Business Development Consultant and also continues to run her brand strategy, marketing and communications consultancy, Fine Girl. Previously, Brandee was previously the head of Rio Tinto’s North America Representative Office for diamond sales and marketing.
In 1989 Brian established Nature’s Geometry with wife Kendra, a jewelry design, manufacture and lapidary arts business. Brian has designed an initiative for an ASM community in Brazil and is involved in scoping studies to verify and audit stone sourcing in the Amazon basin.
Vice President and Head of Sustainability Solutions at Everledger. Using the best of emerging technology including blockchain, Everledger provides stakeholders across supply chains with an immutable history of an asset’s authenticity, existence and ownership.
Chair, Board of Directors, Jewelry Industry Summit. Former President and CEO, Jewelers Vigilance Committee. General Counsel, United States Kimberley Process Authority. Member, Standards Committee, Responsible Jewellery Council. Awards: WJA’s Lifetime Achievement. Former New York City federal prosecutor.
Charles Lawson is an experienced Australian gemmologist and geologist holding a BSc in the Field of Geology and is an Alumni of the GIA, Gem-A (Gemological Association of Great Britain) and GAA (Gemological Association of Australia). Charles now specializes not only in the trading of gemstones but also in gemology education and documentary filmmaking.
Christina T Miller is sustainable jewelry consultant providing strategy, guidance, and impact measurement to help jewelers make lives better around the world. Miller is co-founder and Advisory Council, Chair of Ethical Metalsmiths (EM), a non-profit advocacy organization founded in 2004.
President and CEO, American Gem Trade Association. Doug is a graduate gemologist, a former GIA instructor. Board service includes AGTA, JVC and AGS. He is the recipient of the AGS’ 2018 Robert M. Shipley Award and the Triple Zero Award from AGS.
Emily is a jewelry designer who specializes in custom designed engagement and wedding rings in Philadelphia, PA. Her business is committed to responsible sourcing, using recycled metals and diamonds as well as traceable gemstones.
Erin S. Daily is a metalsmith who lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. Erin co-owns and operates Brooklyn Metal Works, a collaborative metalsmithing studio, exhibition space, and concept lab.
Fiona Wellington with her sister Kate Gordos created Myne London in 2017 as a response to the outcry from the gem industry in the Northern regions of Pakistan for international trade. Fiona previous career was in osteopathy, and an electrical retail business.
Jared Holstein is the co-founder of Perpetuum Jewels, a gemstone wholesaler which specializes in recycled diamonds and colored stones often using historical cuts.
Jay Moncada is a 3rd generation gems dealer and partner in Perpetuum Jewels LLC., the only gemstone trading company to hold certifications from SCS Global services: Certified Responsible Source for their Certified 100% Post-Consumer Recycled Gemstones.
Julija Menise has extensive onsite assessment experience conducing social and labor due diligence assessments, conflict mineral traceability assessments, CR management system and environmental management system assessments in a wide range of industries.
Senior Policy Advisor to IRMA, the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance. She has 20 years of experience in sustainability standards and certification, including six years as a director at ISEAL Alliance where she led global efforts to communicate the impacts of sustainability certification across a variety of industries.
Maggie Gabos is the Program Manager for the Jewelry Industry Summit and a sustainability consultant with Christina T. Miller Consulting. She holds a Masters Degree in International Development and Environmental Sustainability from the University of Pittsburgh.
Mark is the Chief Marketing Officer for the Richline Group. Former positions include Executive Vice President at Michael Anthony Jewelers and President of Leach & Garner International. Mark views his position with Richline as the keeper of corporate reputation.
Ms. Wong is a self-taught jewelry designer and goldsmith since 1982, and has a BFA. With her partners Deborah Spencer and Kathe Mai, she opened Trios Studio in 2006. The mission for the store is to be a retailer for FAIR TRADE GEMS and Responsible Sourcing.
Mike Pace is a marketing consultant and founder of Connected Jewelry LLC. He is Vice Chair of the Jewelry Industry Summit and Chairs the Marketing Committee. Michael was previously Interim Managing Director of Marketing of the Diamond Producers Association and VP Marketing for the World Gold Council.
Patricia Syvrud is the Program Development Manager for MMS educational platform at the University of Delaware (UD). She is the former Executive Director of the World Diamond Council, and a member of the Board of Directors of the US Kimberley Process Authority.
Robert founded Robert Bentley Co. in 1983, sourcing gemstones from Brazil. Board service includes AGTA, JVC and Jewelry Industry Summit, where he serves as Treasurer.
Robin Gambhir is Fair Trade Jewelry Co’s co-founder and manages finance, governance, technology and sourcing. Robin’s varied experience ranges from working as a software developer with Apple, a writer for the National Post newspaper to twenty-five years in the wholesale gem trade.
Roger Dery and his family founded Gem Legacy in 2018 as a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to education, vocational training, and local economies in East African mining communities, with the goal of inspiring the entire jewelry industry to actively support the supply chain.
Sarah currently works with The Dragonfly Initiative, a sustainability consultancy working in value creation along the commodities supply chain, and the Impact Facility for Sustainable Mining Communities, a TDI project in partnership with Fairtrade.
Sarah is the President and Founder of Amazon Aid Foundation and a producer and co-director of the award-winning film River of Gold and the short documentary Mercury Uprising, both films about illegal gold mining in the Amazon Rainforest.
Stanley has spent his entire life in the jewelry business, learning the diamond trade as a teenager, including cutting, sawing cleaving and blocking. After operating his own business, and serving 10 years with Louis Glick, he is now serving as Vice President, Diamond and Gemstones at Stuller.
A veteran diamond, gemstone and jewelry industry communications specialist, Steven Benson is the Director of Communications of CIBJO, the World Jewelry Confederation, which is an organization uniting under one umbrella national jewelry associations from around the world.
Toby Pomeroy is a U.S. award winning jewelry designer since 1967 and has been a key leader in the socially responsible jewelry movement since 2005. In 2010 his design studio received a top “A” grade from No Dirty Gold’s Manufacturers and Retailer’s Report.
Tom is a GIA Graduate Gemologist and is the International Colored Stone Association Ambassador to Madagascar and is a founding member of the Malagasy National Mines Committee. He opened Richfield Investor Services in Antananarivo, Madagascar in 2007 to assist incoming international investors.
President, Hoover & Strong. A family owned jewelry manufacturing, precious metals, refining and casting business since 1912, the company has a strong commitment to social and environmental responsibility. In 2014 Hoover and Strong partnered with Ethical Metalsmiths to bring FAIRMINED gold to the United States.