The Jewelers Board of Trade (JBT) has named Jeffery Corey of H. E. Murdock Company as chairperson for a one-year term.
As well as choosing him as chairperson, the group also reelected him to the board for a two-year period, it said Monday. Corey originally joined the board in 2017.
JBT, a nonprofit organization that provides credit reporting and collection services, held its annual board meeting on March 19.
The following officers and directors will serve a one-year term:
First vice chairman: Andrew Rickard, Rochester Diamonds and Gold, Rochester, New York
President: Erich Jacobs
Secretary: Brenda M. Pimentel
Treasurer: Erich Jacobs
The JBT board also newly elected the following people for a two-year period:
Thomas Davis, director of business development of Select Jewelry, Long Island City, New York
Arien Gessner, president of Rio Grande, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Grant Hansen, chief information security officer of Jewelers Mutual Insurance Co., Neenah, Wisconsin.
Reelected to the board for a period of two years are:
Matthijs Braakman, Retail Management Publishing, Montclair, New Jersey
Jeffery Corey, H. E. Murdock Company, Waterville, Maine
Annie Doresca, Jewelers of America, New York
Brian D. Fleming, Carla Corporation, East Providence, Rhode Island
The following board members will continue to serve their existing terms:
Lika Behmoaras, ISC Industries, Lika Behar Collection, Carlstadt, New Jersey
Ira Bergman, The Gordon Company, Pompano Beach, Florida
Edward N. DeCristofaro, LDC, East Providence, Rhode Island
Teresa Frye, Techform Advanced Casting Tech, Portland, Oregon
Keven Peck, Color Merchants, New York
Andrew Rickard, Rochester Diamonds and Gold, Rochester, New York
Parag Jain, Parag Diamonds, New York
Roger Gesswein, III, Paul H. Gesswein & Co., Bridgeport, Connecticut
Additionally, the organization reelected Richard Katz of Richline Group in New York to the advisory board for a two-year term, while Ann S. Arnold of Buyers International Group in Napa, California, and Michael L. Kaplan of Rocket Jewelry Box in Elmsford, New York, will continue to serve their existing terms.
Image: Jeffery Corey. (Jewelers Board of Trade)
