Our People

Board of Directors

President

Donna Hawrelko
FGA, FCGmA

Vice-President

Duncan Parker
FGA, FCGmA

Treasurer

Adam Ostrow
FCGmA

Secretary

Breanne Avender
FGA, FCGmA

Director Of Education

John Mattinson
FCGmA

Director of Communications

Archana Jaswani
FCGmA

Director of Membership

Darlene Wong
FCGmA


Past Honorary Directors

Dr. R.T. Boyd, FGA, FCGmA
R.I. Gait, MSc, PhD

Instructors, Staff and Volunteers

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Anita Beardwood, FCGmA
Instructor

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Anna Yampolsky, FCGmA, RMV, CAP
Instructor

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Mayur Davé, FGA, GG, FCGmA
Instructor

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JoAnne Larmond
Office Administrator

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Archana Jaswani, FCGmA
Office Administration

Past Executive Boards and Contributers

The CGA owes sincere thanks to many individuals who have contributed to the Association over the years. Below are listed only a few …

The First executive board of the Canadian Gemmological Association, 1959.

Back row, L to R: Dr R.T. Boyd, D.S.M. Field (President), Arnold Ritchie, Jack Stitt. Front row: Jack Gunning, Robert Wille

The 2009 executive board of the Canadian Gemmological Association.

L to R: Anita Beardwood (Conference Chair), Donna Hawrelko (Director of Education), Duncan Parker (President), Brad Wilson (Vice-President), Jennifer McKercher (Secretary of the Board), Glen King (Treasurer).

CGA Presidents

1958-60 D.S.M Field 1961 Jack W. Gunning
1962 H.A. Creates 1963 Robert Arend
1964 Fred Waddington 1965 Michael Goad
1966 Bernard Hinton 1967 Harry Venables
1968 Jack Stitt 1969 Ed Green
1970 Peter Saalmans 1971-72 Herb Forth
1973-75 Richard Covent 1976 W.D. Goodger
1977 Lloyd Allingham 1978-79 R.M. Coxhead
1980 D.S.M. Field 1981-85 Warren Boyd
1986-88 Jeannine Dykstra 1989-91 Robert Shore
1992 James Hergel 1993-96 Dr Zia Hasan
1996-97 Heida Mani 1997-2014 Duncan Parker
2014-Present Donna Hawrelko