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Patricia Syvrud
Minerals, Materials and Society Program Manager
University of Delaware
Patricia Syvrud is the Program Manager for the Minerals, Materials and Society (MMS) program at the University of Delaware (UD). She was the first Executive Director of the World Diamond Council, an international organization charged with representing the diamond pipeline at the UN-mandated Kimberley Process forum and is a member of the Board of Directors of the United States Kimberley Process Authority. A GIA graduate gemologist with an MBA from the University of Southern California, Patricia is currently overseeing the creation of the Jewelry Development Impact index (JDI), which is a technical evaluative research project in the MMS program at UD, and is a member of the Governance Committee of the Public Private Alliance for Responsible Minerals Trade.
Patricia’s career highlights include cataloging the entire National Gem Collection at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History and working as a pro bono consultant to former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright for assistance with Albright’s pin exhibition and book, “Read My Pins, Stories from a Diplomat’s Jewel Box.”
Patricia has been featured speaker at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY, World Bank, AGTA GemFair, AGS Guild Meetings, Chicago Responsible Jewelry Conference, GIA Alumni Association, and International Diamond Week, Israel, among other public and trade events.