Two industry veterans are stepping down from their high-ranking posts at the Gemological Institute of America (GIA), the company announced recently.
Anna Martin, GIA’s senior vice president of Institute and Industry Relations, is leaving her post on December 31, 2023 after nine years with the organisation, 14 years on the GIA Board and more than four decades as one of the most influential leaders in the gem and jewellery trade. Meanwhile John W. Valley, a member of the GIA Board of Governors, retired from the board following GIA’s regular annual meeting held in early November in Carlsbad, California.