On Oct. 8, the Jewelers 24 Karat Club of Southern California boogied down at the Beverly Hills Hotel for its 72nd Annual Dinner Dance.

(Above) Rising Star Award winner Jen Cullen Williams with husband Brad (c.); her parents, Mark and Mary Ann Cullen; and his parents, Paul and Linda Williams

 

Excellence in Service Award honoree Mary Todd-McGinnis of Ben Bridge Jeweler with her husband, John McGinnis

 

GIA’s Judi Shechter, Kathryn Kimmel, and Kimberly Overlin 

 

Omi Privé’s Niveet Nagpal (second from l.) and his wife, Jeena, with GIA’s Bev Hori and her husband, Art Uyeda

 

Excellence in Service Award honoree Nikhil Jhaveri of Jhaveri Diamond Corp., A&Z Pearls’ Avi Raz, and L.K. Imports’ Rajiv Agrawal

 

Designer Allison Neumann and GIA’s Craig Danforth

 

Amanda Bilberry of Jogani Beverly Hills and designer Evelyn Huang of Evelyn H. Jewelry 

 

Henderson Collection’s Lecil Henderson; GemFind’s Alex Fetanat and his wife, Nasim Fetanat; and NPD Group’s Desiree Hanson

 

Omi Privé’s Manos Phoundoulakis (c.) with Carlos and Maggie Luszek of Servis & Taylor in Brentwood, Calif.