Press - InStore Mag, June 2017
(Press Release) EAST PROVIDENCE, RI – The Cultured Pearl Association of America Inc. has held its governing board elections.
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.
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.