The elections took place during the 2017 JCK Las Vegas. Outgoing President Peter Bazar of Imperial has held two two-year terms.
The newly elected board members are:
- Elected president: Aziz Basalely, Eliko Pearl, New York.
- Elected vice president: Anil Maloo, Baggins Inc., California.
- Elected treasurer: Jeremy Shepherd, Pearl Paradise, California.
- Elected secretary: Richard Blake, Grassman-Blake, New Jersey.
For more information, call Bo Perry at 401-432-9990 or visit www.cpaa.org.
The Cultured Pearl Association of America is a nonprofit group founded in 1957. It is made up of manufacturers, wholesalers, dealers and suppliers of cultured pearls in the U.S.
Left to right: Richard Blake, secretary; Jeremy Shepherd, treasurer; Aziz Basalely, president; and Anil Maloo, vice president.
