(PRESS RELEASE) The Canadian Jewellers Association announces the appointment of Marco Miserendino as the new chairman of the CJA Board for 2018-2019.

Miserendino is vice-president, managing director and co-owner with his sister Paola Miserendino of Bijouterie Italienne, an upscale jewelry store in Montreal. He studied accounting and business management at the University of Quebec in Montreal. Miserendino has recently become a CRJ title holder of the American Gem Society and is also an Independent Jewellers Organization Master Jeweller.

He is joined on the Board by the following:

• Past Co-Chairman – Umesh Shah, RJB Diamonds, Markham, Ontario
• Past Co-Chairman – Stephen Cole, Spicer Cole Fine Jewellers Ltd, Fredericton, N.B.
• 1^st Vice Chairwoman – Lena Nazzaro, Gucci Watch & Jewellery, Unionville, Ontario
• 2^nd Vice Chairman – Kevin Kaye, Citizen Watch Co. of Canada, Markham, Ontario
• Treasurer – Gail Golberg, Beverly Hills Jewellers Manufacturing Ltd., Richmond Hill, Ontario
• Director – Angela Betteridge, Angela Betteridge Jewellery Inc., Kelowna, B.C.
• Director – Gino DeVuono, DeVuono Group, Guelph, Ontario
• Director – Jeremy Epp, Independent Jewellers, Winnipeg, Manitoba
• Director – Duncan Parker, Dupuis Fine Jewellery Auctioneers, Toronto, Ontario
• Director – Marco Pasteris, Birks Group, Montreal, Quebec
• Director – Richard Rooney, Bogart’s Jewellers, St. Johns, Nfld.
• Director – Beth Saunders, Canadian Jewellery Group, Huntsville, Ontario
• Director – David Sexton, Jewelers Mutual Insurance Group, Neenah, Wisconsin