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Our Team Members

We are a team of experts focused on the legal and regulatory issues that apply to the jewelry industry. We are here to assist businesses, consumers and the industry at large meet their compliance and educational needs.

JVC is headquartered in New York City. Normal Business Hours are 9am to 5pm, Monday through Friday (Eastern Time) excluding National Holidays.

 

 

President, CEO & General Counsel

Sara E. Yood, Esq.

Operations Director

Rachel Chalik

VP Partnership & Sponsorship

Cathrine Wolden

Assistant Counsel

Liz Fraccaro

President, CEO & General Counsel

Sara E. Yood, Esq.

Sara Yood, President, CEO & General Counsel at the Jewelers Vigilance Committee (JVC), is an attorney admitted in the state of New York with extensive experience in intellectual property law. Sara’s responsibilities at JVC include anti-money laundering compliance, FTC Jewelry Guides compliance, trademark litigation, copyright, advertising monitoring, creating legal compliance tools and publications, and advanced legal strategy. She has developed an additional expertise in U.S. and international laws concerning the importation and exportation of animal materials used in jewelry, and has authored multiple JVC publications illustrating the laws surrounding the jewelry industry. Yood came to JVC from a fellowship at the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham Law School, where she received her law degree. She is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis. Yood also serves as the Treasurer and on the board of the Women’s Jewelry Association and is a member of the Fashion Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association.

Operations Director

Rachel Chalik

Rachel Chalik is the Operations Director of the Jewelers Vigilance Committee (JVC). She received her BFA in jewelry making from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia and became a full-time goldsmith in NYC shortly after. She volunteered for New York City Jewelry Week and then joined the JVC team in 2019. She continues to work on her own jewelry business out of her home in Pennsylvania.

VP Partnership & Sponsorship

Cathrine Wolden

Cathrine earned her BS in Business Marketing from Virginia Tech.
She joins JVC Legal as the Vice President of Partnership and Sponsorship. She spent 20 years working in Business Development, Sales, and Marketing in Jewelry and Fashion, including the non-profit sector.

As a Sales Leader, Cathrine has a proven track record exceeding targets in both up and down markets, consistent top-line growth, and possesses strong team-building skills. She previously served as committee chair on the WJA executive board and the NYSJA board.

With her twin teenage daughters and energetic rescue dogs, Cathrine resides in Pound Ridge, NY. She loves to travel, ski and has competed professionally in marathons domestically and internationally.

Assistant Counsel

Liz Fraccaro

A graduate of DePaul University College of Law, Ms. Fraccaro is a trained archaeologist and attorney admitted to the Illinois State Bar and New York State Bar. In 2024, Ms. Fraccaro obtained a Certified Anti-Money laundering Specialist (CAMS) certification. Ms. Fraccaro previously served as Legal Consultant at the Antiquities Coalition, where she also directed the Antiquities Coalition’s Financial Crimes Task Force, uniting a diverse group of experts and leaders from the art, legal, and banking sectors to develop concrete recommendations for combating money laundering, forgery, fraud, and terrorist financing via art and antiquities. She graduated in 2012 from Indiana University with bachelor’s degrees in Anthropology and English Literature, and she earned an MA in Mediterranean Archaeology from University College London in 2014.

Board of Directors

Officers

Rebecca Foerster

Chairman

HEARTS ON FIRE

Jenny Luker

Past Chairman

PLATINUM GUILD INTERNATIONAL USA

Julie Yoakum

1st Vice President

HELZBERG DIAMONDS

Michael Richards

2nd Vice President

UNDERWOOD JEWELERS

Mark Goldberg

Treasurer & Finance Committee Chair

ROLEX WATCH USA

Lisa Lackland

Secretary & Legal Action Committee Chair

BEN BRIDGE JEWELER

Judy Fisher

Membership Committee Chair

REEDS JEWELERS

Annie Doresca

Executive Committee

BLACK IN JEWELRY COALITION

John Kreul

Executive Committee

JEWELERS MUTUAL INSURANCE GROUP

Peter Webster

Executive Committee

ROBERTO COIN

Feriel Zerouki

Executive Committee

DE BEERS GROUP

Directors

Scott Berg

LEE MICHAELS FINE JEWELRY

Katherine Bodoh

AMERICAN GEM SOCIETY

Richard Corbo

CHANEL

Brandee Dallow

GRANDVIEW KLEIN DIAMONDS

Steven Holtzman

C.D. PEACOCK

Susan Jacques

GEMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA

Glenn Markman

FACETS OF FIRE DIAMONDS

Malyia McNaughton

MADE BY MALYIA

Belit Myers

STULLER, INC.

Marta Nowakowski

SAKS FIFTH AVENUE

Shekhar Shah

REAL GEMS INC.

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