The L.A. and NY Metro chapters of the Women’s Jewelry Association marked the annual JNO on Sept. 12 with smiles and sparkle galore

(Above) Jewelers of America communications and PR pros Lauren Thompson and Amanda Gizzi at Shamballa Jewels, the site of N.Y.’s fete

 

WJA’s new executive director, Jennifer Markas, with designer Mary Enright

 

Gemologist Wendi Mayerson and NY Metro president-elect Eve Streicker

 

Allyson Bainbridge Riccardi, NY Metro’s communications chair, and treasurer Delphine Leymarie

 

WJA NY Metro JNO design contest winner Julie Lamb

 

Publicist Lauren McCawley, Lord Jewelry’s Lena Agdere, Erica Courtney’s Sheila Siu, and Janvier’s Tanya Parikh in L.A.

 

B&B Fine Gems’ Dave Bindra with Jeanne Larson of Pala International

 

Douglas Kazanjian regales JNO attendees at Kazanjian Beverly Hills, his family’s jewelry salon.

(NY Metro: David Stewart Brown/DSB Photography LLC [5]; L.A.: Morgan Ariana Coffey/Morganizephoto.com [3])