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AJDC Picks Alan Revere as President

This will be Revere’s second time serving as president.

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1 year ago

March 28, 2023

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Alan Revere

(PRESS RELEASE) The American Jewelry Design Council has elected Alan Revere to be the president for the coming year. AJDC is a nonproﬁt educational corporation, which is mandated to raise the awareness and appreciation of original ﬁne jewelry. Membership is composed of respected and high-proﬁl self-employed contemporary jewelry designers in America.

The Council elected Adam Neeley as vice president, Merry-Lee Rae as treasurer, and Jennifer Rabe Morin as secretary. A longtime member of the organization, this will be Revere’s second time serving as president. He was also president in the early 2000’s.

“AJDC is on a roll right now,” says Revere. “Paul Klecka is stepping down after leading the group to a new level of engagement with the jewelry industry. “AJDC recently held its ﬁrst national jewelry design contest. The AJDC Jose Hess Design Award was a huge success and drew over 90 entries. The contest was followed up by a red carpet and cash prizes for the winners during a gala awards ceremony in Tucson.

Alan Revere is widely known as an award-winning jewelry designer as well as Director of the Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts in San Francisco from 1979-2017. He is a German-trained master goldsmith, designer, and author of 7 books on jewelry. His Facebook Group, “LetsMakeProfessionalJewelry,” has 30,000 members in 162 countries, replicating the projects from his book, Professional Jewelry Making.

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