Lisa Kennedy is a GIA Sr. Subject Specialist in gemology, including the areas of diamond and colored stone identification. She started in the jewelry industry as a sales associate for a fine jewelry store and joined GIA 9 years ago as a gemologist in the New York laboratory focusing on fancy colored diamonds and diamond identification. She went on to become a gemology instructor and subject specialist at GIA, writing new gemology curriculum and leading seminars to foster continuing education and training for trade members. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry with an emphasis in crystallography.