b'TABLE OF CONTENTS10 About GEM Awards, the GEM Awards Committee & the GEM Awards Judges18 About Jewelers of America & the 20252026 Board of Directors22 Message from the GEM Awards Chair26 Message from Jewelers of Americas President & CEO30 GEM Award for Lifetime Achievement MARK & CANDY UDELL34 GEM Award for High Jewelry Excellence ANA KHOURI38 GEM Award Nominees for Jewelry Design40 GEM Award Nominees for Media Excellence42 GEM Award Nominees for Retail Innovation44 David Yurman GEM Awards Grant50 2025 GEM Awards Highlights53 A History of ExcellencePast GEM Award Winners64 24th Annual GEM Awards Sponsors & Acknowledgments'