Carlsbad, Calif.—The Gemological Institute of America has added two new members to its board of governors and named a brand new chair and vice chair. 

Expertise professional Lake Dai, adjunct professor of utilized synthetic intelligence (AI) at Carnegie Mellon College in Pittsburgh, and Russell Mehta, managing director of Rosy Blue (India) Pvt. have joined the board. 

Dai is a seasoned know-how enterprise investor and senior govt with 20 years’ expertise at firms together with Alibaba and Yahoo!, in addition to a variety of tech startups. 

Mehta has been within the diamond enterprise for almost 4 many years, serving to to develop Rosy Blue from a household enterprise to an organization now represented in additional than 14 nations. 

Lisa Locklear, senior vice chairman and chief monetary officer at Avanir Prescribed drugs and a governor since 2012, grew to become board chair on the conclusion of the board’s November assembly. 

Serving alongside her as vice chair is Stephen Kahler, senior advisor of strategic planning and enterprise improvement for Everidge and a governor since 2016. 

Commenting on the addition of Dai and Mehta, Locklear mentioned: “Lake and Russell deliver a wealth of expertise that can complement and diversify the board’s strengths.” 

GIA’s board of governors is designed to supply strategic route to the institute. 

There are 16 people on the board, a mixture of leaders from the jewellery trade, lecturers in related scientific fields, and specialists in know-how, enterprise, finance, shopper manufacturers, retail, and danger administration.