Jennifer Heebner is an award-winning, 25-year veteran journalist in the fine jewelry industry who has long loved pearls! She is the editor in chief of AGTA’s publications and #thisispearl magazine for the Cultured Pearl Association of America (CPAA) as well as serving as its executive director. She also contributes to Rapaport, INSTORE, The GemGuide, and other trade outlets, and spent 19 years at JCK as a staff editor.