LISA KETRICK JOINS BUXBAUM JEWELRY ADVISORS AS SENIOR ASSOCIATE

AGOURA HILLS, Calif. (6/21/10) –Veteran financial analyst Lisa J. Ketrick has joined Buxbaum Jewelry Advisors as a senior associate responsible for facilitating the financial and administrative management of the firm’s sales events and appraisal projects.

Ms. Ketrick comes to the Agoura Hills-based Buxbaum Jewelry Advisors with over 16 years of experience in equity and company analysis within various industries, including positions as an associate contractor with AccuVal Associates and a senior associate with Great American Group Asset Management, LLC. In the latter role, she managed and produced orderly liquidation appraisal projects, valuing over $100 million in collateral wholesale consumer inventories.

Prior to that, she spent 13 years with Trust Company of the West, working in the area of Equity Research starting as a portfolio administrator/associate analyst and later promoted to vice president/analyst. In that role, she made investment recommendations of publicly traded companies in the retail sector.

The Reseda, Calif.  resident earned a B.S. degree, with honors, in Business Administration-Finance from California State University, Los Angeles. Ms. Ketrick is also a GIA (Gemological Institute of America) Accredited Jewelry Professional.

“We are very excited for Lisa to join our team,” said Stevan Buxbaum, president of Buxbaum Jewelry Advisors. “Having Lisa on board expands our analytical depth and enhances our ability to deliver information to our customers faster.”

About Buxbaum Jewelry Advisors/Buxbaum Group - Buxbaum Jewelry Advisors (www.buxbaumjewelry.com) has assembled a team of jewelry professionals that have provided wholesale and retail jewelers with financial solutions for more than 20 years. It offers a wide range of services and can meet the needs of both profitable and financially distressed jewelry retailers and wholesalers. It is an affiliate of Agoura Hills, Calif.-based Buxbaum Group (www.buxbaumgroup.com), which has built its reputation for over 30 years as one of the largest liquidators and appraisers of retail and wholesale inventories across North America, as well as a prominent turnaround investing firm.