Diamonds Do Good Recognizes Leaders Creating Positive Community Impact
June 10, 24
Celebrity Influencers Among Those Raising Funds to Help Student Scholars and Entrepreneurs from
Natural Diamond Communities
Las Vegas, NV; June 5, 2024 - Before a sold-out audience of industry leaders, designers, retailers, and celebrity influencers including jewelry designers Neil Lane and Meredith Marks (also of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City fame), Diamonds Do Good (DDG) recognized leaders who represent the tenet that 'Doing Good is Good Business' on the eve of the opening of JCK Las Vegas.
Beyoncé stylist, Shiona Turini received Diamonds Do Good's 'Diamond Influence Award' reflecting both the prestige and enduring impact of natural diamonds in pop culture while acknowledging her significant contribution to shaping and influencing diamonds in the cultural landscape.
Luxury retailer London Jewelers, the Gemological Institute of America (GIA), and Ben Bridge Jeweler President & CEO Lisa Bridge all received awards recognizing their leadership in adopting policies and programs that reflect the interconnectedness between building a successful business, having a social purpose, and caring for the community.
The enthusiastic crowd helped raise an additional $50,000 during the program by purchasing Gabriel & Co.'s exclusively designed tiger-eye bracelets with diamond accents donated to DDG by board member Jack Gabriel and his brother Dominick.
The funds raised for the event will be used to provide educational and entrepreneurship grants to empower young people living in natural diamond communities worldwide.
About Diamonds Do Good: formerly known as the Diamond Empowerment Fund, Diamonds Do Good is a not-for-profit organization inspired in 2006 by South African President and Global Humanitarian Nelson Mandela to tell the world about the positive impact behind natural diamonds and the natural diamond industry. Through our grants program, we create meaningful change in natural diamond communities and share these and similar affirming stories of the industry's real impact on real people. https://www.