JA Elects New Directors to Board
July 26, 16
(IDEX Online News) – Jewelers of America (JA) has announced the election of two new industry leaders to its board of directors at its semi-annual board meeting in New York.
The two new directors are Jewelers Mutual Insurance Company senior vice president of commercial lines Mike Alexander, and Bremer Jewelry president and CEO Ronda Daily, and will serve a term until 2019. They replaced outgoing directors Brian Mann of David Mann, Inc., in Potomac, Maryland and Teresa Saldivar of Teresa’s Jewelers in Santa Ana, California.
Alexander is relatively new to the jewelry industry, but Daily is an expert jeweler and an AGS-registered jeweler and GIA graduate gemologist.
“I’m pleased to welcome Mike and Ronda to the Jewelers of America Board,” said JA Board chairman Ryan Berg of Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry, San Antonio, Texas. “They each bring experience with the issues our retail and supplier members care about most. I look forward to working with them as we continue with our core missions to support our membership, advocate on behalf of the jewelry industry and maintain consumer confidence.”
JA’s Board of Directors is led by an Executive Committee comprised of Chairman Ryan Berg, Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry; Chair-Elect John Henne, Henne Jewelers; Vice Chair Mark Light, Sterling Jewelers Inc.; Vice Chair Holly Wesche, Wesche Jewelers; Treasurer Coleman Clark, BC Clark Jewelers; and Secretary Cathy Tivol, TIVOL.