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January 25, 2008

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New York—The Women's Jewelry Association (WJA) has named Yancy Weinrich, industry vice president of Luxury by JCK and JCK-Las Vegas, as its ninth president.

Weinrich, who succeeds Ann Arnold, will serve a two-year term.

Weinrich has more than 12 years of experience in the fine-jewelry and watch industry.

She has been a member of the WJA national board since 2000, where she started the Las Vegas chapter and served on the WJA's executive board in the roles of secretary, treasurer and president-elect.

In her current role as industry vice president for Luxury by JCK and JCK-Las Vegas, Weinrich works with more than 200 of the industry's top manufacturers and brands, and more than 2,000 of the top independent retail stores in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean.

Prior to this post, Weinrich served for six years as the director of membership for the American Gem Society and for more than two years as vice president of business development with the Manufacturing Jewelers and Suppliers of America, developing membership and programs to benefit its members.

Weinrich has also volunteered as a career counselor for the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) Career Fair in both New York and Carlsbad, Calif.

Weinrich says she is excited to lead the WJA.

"My objectives for the next two years are to grow membership, start international chapters and expand our 'Women in the Know' business conferences to the Southwest, bringing the total to four annual events," Weinrich said in a media release. "WJA has become more and more relevant to women and men in our industry for developing their career, networking, knowledge and, of course, their friendships."

In addition to its new president, the WJA has also announced new officers and a new national board. The new officers include President-Elect Kendra Bridel-Weinman of Tache; Immediate Past President and Co-Vice President, Fundraising Ann Arnold of Lieberfarb; Treasurer Gena Alulis of SuperFit; Secretary Phyllis Bergman of Mercury Ring Corp.; Vice President, Co-Chair of Fundraising Anna Martin of ABN AMRO Bank; Vice President, Events Michelle Orman of Lup Communications; Vice President, Chapter Affairs Sue Elliott of the GIA; Vice President, Membership Ronni Klein of Displays and More; Vice President, Technology Au-Co Mai of Emitations.com; Vice President, Education Fran Pennella of Maurice Lacroix USA; and Vice President, Mentorship Cindy Edelstein.

New national board members, who serve two-year terms, include: Jane Goodman Baum of I.B. Goodman; Lisa Cochin of the Diamond Promotion Service; Babette Goodman Cohen of I.B. Goodman; Marcee Feinberg of Lazare Kaplan; Isabella Fiske of Lieberfarb; Helene Fortunoff of Fortunoff; Cecilia Gardner of the Jewelers Vigilance Committee; Norma Haas of ENH International; Andrea Hill of Hill Management Consulting; Julianne Jaffe of JJ Marco; Dione Kenyon of the Jewelers Board of Trade; Kathryn Kimmel of the GIA; Emeritus, Peggy Kirby, retired, of Finlay Fine Jewelry; Jessica Cohen of Lup Communications; Lynn Ramsey of Lynn Ramsey Public Relations; Amy Rosi of Aros Communications; Gillian Schultz of Metronet Safe and Sound; Hedda Schupak of the JCK Publishing Group; and Joy Toback-Galicki of Myron Toback.
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