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Maurice Tempelsman, Chairman of the Board of Lazare Kaplan International was keynote speaker at the WDC's 2016 Annual General Meeting.

The 2016 WDC AGM was held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, NY in September 2016

Patricia with Andrey Polyakov, VP of Alrosa and WDC President, and WDC Board Member Dilip Mehta, CEO of Rosy Blue.

Poolside at the KP Intersessional Gala Dinner in Dubai, June 2016.

The WDC team held a bilateral meeting with KP delegates from China.

As the Kimberley Process 2016 Chair, the UAE hosted the KP meetings in Dubai. Here the intersessional meetings are getting underway.

Patricia was a panel speaker at International Diamond Week in Tel Aviv, Israel in February 2016. Other members of the panel included Jean-Marc Leiberherr, CEO of the Diamond Producer's Association, Stephen Webster, iconic UK jewelry designer and Alex Popov, CEO of the World Diamond Mark.

WDC team relaxing at dinner at the White Rabbit restaurant in Moscow, after fruitful Board meetings.

The WDC's Annual General Meeting was held in Moscow, October 2015

Patricia with Dorothee Gizenga, ED of the Diamond Development Initiative and Cecilia Gardner, outgoing legal counsel for WDC at the KP Gala in Luanda, May 2015

Some members of the WDC Delegation at the Kimberley Process Meeting Gala, Luanda, Angola, 2015

Kimberley Process Intersessional Meeting, Luanda, Angola, May 2015

Elisa Henry, co-founder of high tech firm Shoutpoint and Patricia at the GIA Gems & Gemology Anniversary party, June 2014.

Jewelry designer extraordinaire Elena Kriegner, Hayley Henning, Executive Director of the Tanzanite Foundation and Patricia at a marketing event in NY, March 2014.

Patricia with Monica Richman, Chair of the NY City Bar Association Fashion Committee, prior to Patricia's presentation on gems and jewelry. October, 2013