Qualifications of Martin D. Fuller, FGA (GEM-A), GG (GIA), ASA-MGA, NAJA-CSM
* Board of Governors – Accredited Gemologists Association (AGA) 2023 to 2026
* Board of Governors – Gems & Jewelry Discipline American Society of Appraisers (ASA) 2016 to 2020
* Secretary of National Association of Jewelry Appraisers (NAJA) 2012 – 2016
* NAJA Representative to the Industry Advisory Council (IAC) of The Appraisal Foundation – 2012 - 2016
* Member of the Personal Property Resource Panel of The Appraisal Foundation – 2012 - 2020
* ASA - Senior Member, Certified & Re-Certified 2009, 2014, 2018, 2025
* Master Gemologist Appraiser (MGA), ASA – Certified & Re-Certified 2009, 2014, 2018, 2025
* Graduate Gemologist; Gemological Institute of America (GIA) – Diploma, 1986
* Fellow of the Gemmological Association of Great Britain (FGA) Examination & Gemmology Diploma - 2018
* NAJA - Certified Senior Member (CSM) Designation 2005, 2010, 2018, 2023
* GIA Alumni Association, Washington, D.C. Chapter Past-President (2001-2003), Past-President 1991-93) & Vice President (1989-91)
* Chairman (2004-2016) Gems & Jewelry Committee, Washington, D.C. Chapter of ASA
* Founder, past-publisher and former editor of “The District of Gemology”
* Co-founder and former editor of the Washington, DC Chapter GIA Alumni original website, www.dcgia.org
* Co-author of the 5th edition of Dorothy Rainwater’s Encyclopedia of American Silver Manufacturers
* 2005-2011 Smithsonian Resident Associate Program Instructor
* Advisor & contributor to Madeleine Albright’s book, Read My Pins and the MKA brooch collection museum exhibits
* Contributor to Hillwood Museum publication Spectacular – Gems & Jewelry from the Merriweather Post Collection
* Advisor to The Gem Guide 1995 – Present
* Recognized Expert Witness
- Washington D. C. Superior Court
- Fairfax County, Arlington County & Alexandria, Virginia Civil & Circuit Courts
- U.S. Federal District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria, Virginia
- U.S. Federal District Court, Central District of California, Santa Ana, California
- U.S. Federal District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, Northern Division, Bay City, Michigan
* Continuing Education
- 2025 ASA Senior Member & MGA Recertification
- 2025 NAJA Conference - Tucson
- 2025 AGA Tucson Conference
- 2025 Australian Opal Centre Mine Tour
- 2024 USPAP Bi-Annual Recertification
- 2024 Gemstone Industry & Laboratory Conference
- 2024 Accredited Gemologists Association (AGA) Tucson Conference
- 2024 National Associated of Jewelry Appraisers (NAJA) Conference - Tucson
- 2023 American Society of Appraisers (ASA) Annual Conference New Orleans
- 2023 Scottish Gemmological Association Conference
- 2023 American Gem Trade Association (AGTA) Appraisal Panel Speaker - Tucson
- 2023 AGA Tucson Conference
- 2023 NAJA Conference - Tucson
- 2022 Advanced Synthetic Diamond Seminar – Tucson – Branko Deljanin
- 2022 USPAP Bi-Annual Recertification
- 2021 ASA ARM-204 Appraisal Review & Management
- 2021 ASA ARM-201 Appraisal Review & Management
- 2021 AGA Virtual Tucson Conference
- 2020 USPAP Bi-Annual Recertification
- 2020 Gemstone Industry & Laboratory Conference
- 2020 AGA Tucson Conference
- 2019 ASA IAC NYC 2019 Conference & Board of Governors Meeting
- 2019 ASA GJ 203 Advanced Assignments – Development & Report Writing
- 2019 AGA Conference on Synthetic Diamonds - Las Vegas
* Consultancy Clients include:
Smithsonian Institution Gems & Minerals Division, Hillwood Museum, Washington, D.C., U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security, US Secret Service, U.S.D.O.J., D.E.A., FBI, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Trade Commission, Fairfax County Dept. of Consumer Affairs, Tiffany & Co., Cartier, Neiman Marcus, Saks’s Fifth Avenue, Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, and The Gemological Institute of America.
Current As of March 2025.