Nashville hosted the American Gem Society April 23–25 for a Conclave marked by good food, great tunes, and next-level networking

Robert M. Shipley Award winner Doug Hucker, CEO of the American Gem Trade Association, with wife Marcia and their son, Douglas

 

Outgoing AGS board president Scott Berg with new president John Carter of Jack Lewis Jewelers

 

Heller Jewelers’ Scott and Catherine Heller at a bash hosted by the Diamond Council of America, the Gordon Co., Harmon Group, and Jewelers Mutual Insurance

 

AGS director of marketing Donna Jolly with keynote speaker and professional guitarist Mike Rayburn

 

Conclave chair Alexis Padis of San Francisco’s Padis Jewelers with keynote speaker Jon Dorenbos

 

JCK’s Isabel Cajulis, Ashi Diamonds’ Ash Shah, and G.K. Group’s Anna Samsonova

 

The President’s Party on closing night was a little bit country…and a little bit rock ’n’ roll.

 

(Hellers: Joska Borbely/Harmon; others: courtesy of the American Gem Society)