AGS Names Distinction-Award Honorees

RAPAPORT... The American Gem Society (AGS) will honor three industryleaders at its Circle of Distinction dinner, it said last week. Alan Zimmer, CEO of Reeds Jewelers, will receive theLifetime Achievement Award. Zimmer's father opened Reeds in 1946, with the business now covering more than 50 store locations across the US. Caryl Capeci, president of Chow Tai Fook North America, andElliot Tannenbaum, senior principal of Leo Schachter Diamond Group, will bothreceive the AGS Triple Zero award. "This year's honorees are leaders who have taken risks,executed innovative strategies and best practices throughout their career, aswell as given their time and talent for the betterment of our industry," saidKatherine Bodoh, CEO of AGS and AGS Laboratories. The dinner will take place on July 30 at the Plaza hotel inNew York. Image: Alan Zimmer, CEO of Reeds Jewelers. (AGS)