Appointments: GIA, Tiffany, Kassoy, more

New York--A newly created position at the GIA, a brand ambassador for Jewelers Unblocked and a just-appointed executive vice president at Tiffany & Co. are among the recent career moves in the industry.

Katherine Palmer Andrews is now the vice president of ethics and compliance at the Gemological Institute of America, a newly created position that will require her to work with senior management to ensure the integrity of the organization’s compliance and ethics programs.

A lawyer by trade, Andrews comes to the GIA with experience from the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, in private practice and as an in-house attorney for GE Energy, where she led the global compliance team for five years. She also worked with Thompson Reuters, where she developed an enterprise-wide compliance program.

A founding member of the Chief Compliance Officers Forum in Atlanta, Andrews also is a board member of the Georgia Bar Antitrust Section. 

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Nancy Robey has been named brand ambassador of Jewelers Unblocked and will seek opportunities to expand the company’s brand awareness within the luxury jewelry marketplace.

Robey is the founder and owner of the Nancy Robey Partnership Inc. and is credited with the creation of the Couture show in 1995. She also has served as a vice president and board member of associations within the industry, including the Women’s Jewelry Association and Jewelers for Children. 

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Catherine Dugan has rejoined Kassoy LLC as marketing director.

Previously, she worked for the company in the marketing department for four years before leaving to take a job as the graphic design manager for Stanton Carpet. 

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The Natural Color Diamond Association has named its 2014 board of directors and executive officers.

Jordan Fine of JFine Inc. has been named president; Alan Bronstein of Aurora Gems, vice president; Breanna Wittrock of Gundersons Fine Jewelry, vice president; and Jeffrey Post of Gem Platinum, secretary-treasurer. 

The executive officers are David Shara of Optimum Diamonds; Sean Moore of Borsheims; and Brian Denney of Denney Jewelers.

The NCDIA also announced the creation of new committees: the Educational Committee, chaired by Bronstein and Shara; the Legal & Finance Committee, chaired by Post; the Membership Committee, chaired by Wittrock; and the Marketing Committee, chaired by Fine.

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Tiffany & Co. has named Jill Beraud as an executive vice president. She will be responsible for global retail operations including all sales channels in every region, as