The Manufacturing Jewelers and Suppliers of America (MJSA) recently united the association’s communications department with the AJM Magazine staff. AJM editor and associate publisher Rich Youmans has been appointed director of communications and publications and will oversee all corporate communications and publications including the AJM and MJSA Web sites.

In other MJSA news, Gregg Todd has been named a trustee of the group’s Education Foundation. Todd is a master instructor for program development for Stuller in Lafayette, La.