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For Immediate Release

Posted: November 22, 2002 Released by MJSA

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MJSA Education Foundation Appoints New Trustees

Providence, Rhode Island - The Manufacturing Jewelers & Suppliers of America (MJSA) Education Foundation has announced the appointment of four new trustees: Howard Pomerantz of GIA Gem Instruments in Newport Beach, California; Peter Fuller of North Attleboro, Massachusetts-based Fuller Box Co.; Harold Gadon, formerly of Providence Metallizing in Pawtucket, Rhode Island; and Michael Coan of the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. All were appointed during a foundation meeting at MJSA’s Providence headquarters on November 14.

MJSA Education Foundation Chair Howard Schachter welcomed the new trustees during the meeting. “I feel each of the incoming trustees will make an invaluable contribution to the well being of the foundation,” he said. “They are very solid workers, and each brings disciplines and skills very important to the future of MJSA.”

All four members bring to the foundation a diverse background in the jewelry industry. Pomerantz, formerly of KerrLab in Orange, California, currently serves as executive director of GIA Gem Instuments. He is a member of MJSA’s Board of Directors and co-chairman of the 2003 Expo New York Education Committee. Fuller, president of Fuller Box Co., is a past chairman of the MJSA Board of Directors. Harold Gadon, a longtime MJSA member, is the past president of Providence Metallizing. Coan is the jewelry department chair at the Fashion Institute of Technology, which is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. Each of the four trustees will serve three-year terms.

Schacter also recognized the valuable contributions of four outgoing trustees: Michael Salvadore Sr. of Salvadore Machinery Corp., Providence; Eddie Bell of Rio Grande, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Michael Toback of Myron Toback Inc., New York City; and Roger Gesswein of Paul Gesswein Inc., Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Trustees serve as ambassadors for the foundation by working on the development of curriculum, supporting the annual golf tournament, and providing expertise in reviewing MJSA scholarship applications. For more information about the MJSA Education Foundation, please contact Mary Walek, MJSA director of education, at 800-444-6572, ext. 3041; e-mail mwalek@mjsainc.com.

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