2022 Speakers

Hany Besada, PhD

Senior Research/Programme Advisor & Senior Research Coordinator | United Nations Development Programme

Founder | Columbia Gem House

Brad Brooks-Rubin

Sr. Advisor | Office of Sanctions, U.S. Dept. of State

Andrea Jose Castro

CREATIVE DIRECTOR | PERUVIAN FINE JEWELLERY AND FOUNDER | CASA COLLAB and Andrea Jose

Founder/President | Fine Girl Impact Communications and President | Women's Jewelry Association (WJA)

Matthew Gavin Frank

AUTHOR | Flight of the Diamond Smugglers

Professor | Institute of Development Policy University of Antwerp

EXTRACTIVES INDUSTRY CONSULTANT | VIRTU GEM, AGEC

Chief Marketing Officer | Richline Group

CEO | Hill Management Group | Werx Brands

Owner and Designer | VIPĀKA Jewelry and Founder | The Nomad Jeweler

Planning Director | Chede Mining Organization (Colombia)

Christie Klimas

Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Studies | DePaul University-Chicago

Shabana Lakdawala

Co-Founder | Lakdawala

Ph. D Candidate, MS, BA | Root Studios

President & Founder | Responsible Trade LLC

PROFESSOR OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT

Founder | Maleta Gems & Jewels

Senior Director of Development at Pure Earth

Researcher | IPIS Research

Dr. Adriano Mol

Professor & Specialist in Gem and Jewelry Design

Vice President | Federation of Small Scale Mining Associations of Zambia and African Women in Mining Association-Southern African Chapter

Will Nevins-Alderfer

Professor | UC Bukavu - Mining and Environmental Governance Center (CEGEMI) & UAntwerpen - IOB

Patricia Nsimire Ndagano

Consultant | The World Bank

Morgane Nzelemona

Head of Sustainable Markets | Alliance for Responsible Mining

Christian Poirier

Program Director | Amazon Watch

Founder and Executive Director | Mercury Free Mining

President |Steve Quick Jeweler

Abigail Sibanda

Gender Focal Person | Marange Women's Alliance (MWA)

Monica Stephenson

Founder | ANZA Gems

Mercurius Jewelry

Cristina M. Villegas

Director of Sustainable Markets, Pact

Rowena P. Watson

Div. Chief, Wildlife Conservation and Combating Wildlife Trafficking | OES/ECW, U.S. Dept. of State, Washington DC

Founder | Responsible Jewelry Transformative | Chicago Responsible Jewelry Conference | Susan Wheeler Design

Sara E. Yood, Esq.

Deputy General Counsel | Jewelers Vigilance Committee

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