Accomplishments / Education 

• Passed GIA Colored Stone Course work  Oct 2024
• Earned my GIA Diamond Grader Certification Oct 2024
• Earned my GIA AJP, Associate  Jewelry Professional   2020
• Instructor at "My Learning Center"
• Instructor at “The Craft Center”, Concord NH.  
  • Classes include Intro I – Meet the Saw, 
  • Intro II – Meet the Torch, 
  • Fold Forming, 
  • Its not round how can I set it?, 
  • Let’s get Hinged, adding movement to bracelets and necklaces, 
  • File Carving in Metal,
  • Boxing It In; students learn how to build a metal bead, and  modify it to create a key lock clasp or tongue box clasp.
• Co-Chair Fair Committee – League of NH Craftsmen Fair 2007-2008
• Fair Committee Member – League of NH Craftsmen Fair 2003- 2010
• Exhibiting Member of the Piedmont Craftsmen Inc, since 2012 thru 2019
• League of New Hampshire Craftsmen - State Juried – 2002 to present
• Advanced Stone Setting - Blaine Lewis, July 2002
• Wax Carving - Kate Wolf, May 2002
• Jewelry Marketing - Marlene Richey, May 2002
• Easy Etching - Alan Perry, May 2002
• Combining Gold & Silver - Pauline Warg, April 2002
• Casting, Delft Clay & Charcoal - Pauline Warg, March 2001
• Intermediate Jewelry & Metalsmithing - MECA, June 2000
• Intro to Jewelry Making – LNHC Exeter Gallery – fall 1997
• Master of Business Administration - Sacred Heart University, 1985
• Bachelor of Business Administration - Western Connecticut State College, 1979