JBT Names Richline Group’s Richard Katz as Chairman

The Jewelers Board of Trade (JBT) has reelected Richard Katz as chairman for a one-year term.

Since 2008, the chief operating officer of Richline Group has volunteered on the board of the JBT, a nonprofit organization that provides credit reporting and collections services.

“Richard continues to bring great perspective to JBT’s strategies and operations,” said JBT president Erich Jacobs in a recent statement.

Katz and others were named to the board at JBT’s annual meeting on February 8. In addition to Katz, these officers and directors will serve a one-year term:

• First vice chairman: Brian D. Fleming, Carla Corporation, East Providence, Rhode Island
• Second vice chairman: Jeffery Corey, H. E. Murdock Company, Waterville, Maine
• President: Erich Jacobs
• Secretary: Brenda M. Pimentel
• Treasurer: Erich Jacobs

The following people were newly elected to the JBT board:

• Annie Doresca, chief financial officer of Jewelers of America, who was elected for a two-year term.
• Parag Jain of Parag Diamonds, who was elected for a one-year term.

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
• Brian D. Fleming, Carla Corporation, East Providence, Rhode Island
• Richard Katz, Richline Group, New York
• Bryon Nelson, Jewelers Mutual Insurance Company, Neenah, Wisconsin
• Pinny Rubin, Quality Gold, Fairfield, Ohio

The following board members continue to serve their existing terms:

• Ann S. Arnold, Buyers International Group (BIG), Napa, California
• Ira Bergman, The Gordon Company, Pompano Beach, Florida
• Edward N. DeCristofaro, LDC, East Providence, Rhode Island
• Teresa Frye, Techform Advanced Casting Tech., Portland, Oregon
• Roger H. Gesswein, III, Paul H. Gesswein & Co., Bridgeport, Connecticut
• Keven Peck, Color Merchants, New York
• Andrew Rickard, Rochester Diamonds and Gold, Rochester, New York

Image (left to right): Erich Jacobs, Richard Katz and Annie Doresca. (JBT)