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US nonprofit · EIN 580597209 · Kennesaw, GAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 580597209) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 30 September 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Exemption status IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List (posted to 13 October 2026).Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Southern Jewelry Travelers Association Inc

Revenue
$2.3m
year to 30 September 2024
Expenses
$2.1m
year to 30 September 2024
Total assets
$2.2m
$148k liabilities
Net assets
$2.1m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
5
4.8 years on average
Staff
5
employees, year to 30 September 2024
Chair observed
≥2 yrs
Rhett Hartzog
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Exemption recognised again: the IRS automatically revoked this organisation’s exemption on 15 February 2013, and its IRS ruling date is now 1 February 2018 (a later recognition). Source: IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List, posted to 13 October 2026.
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Southern Jewelry Travelers Association Inc's network

5 people1 organisationi5 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (5). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

5 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 6 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Rhett Hartzog ChairLegacy Chair2022
4 yrs
Allan CagleDirector2024
2 yrs
Michael PavlakosDirector2024
2 yrs
RAJ LalwaniDirector2019
7 yrs
Susan BrownExecutive Di2019
7 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

8 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Allison PeckVice Preside2024
Elesa DillonPresident2024
Joseph TsuiTreasurersince 2019
Rhett HartzogExec Vice Prsince 2019
Ross WesdorpExecutive VP2024
Steve BerkowitzVice Presidesince 2019
Steve BinderPresidentsince 2019
Tom SchlotmanVice Preside2021

Pay and hours

year to 30 September 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Susan BrownExecutive Di40$0
Allan CagleDirector$0
Rhett HartzogLegacy Chair$0
Raj LalwaniDirector$0
Michael PavlakosDirector$0
Elesa DillonPresident$0
Allison PeckVice Preside$0
Joseph TsuiTreasurer$0
Ross WesdorpExecutive VP$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Southern Jewelry Travelers Association Inc
EIN
580597209
Address
3900 Kennesaw 75 Parkway, Kennesaw, GA, 30144-6431
State
Georgia
Mission
To create and foster the symbiotic relationships and interests of the jewelry industry's members, retailers, and vendors and to promote learning and growth of the jewelry industry as a whole for the next generation. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
Y03 Mutual and membership benefit
IRS classification
501(c)06 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Mutual & Membership Benefit
Size band
6 (IRS master file code)
Formed
1950
Principal officer
Elesa Dillon (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 February 2018
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2024

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥7years on the filingsRAJ Lalwani
≥7years on the filingsSusan Brown
≥4years on the filingsRhett Hartzog
≥2years on the filingsAllan Cagle

Latest return

year to 30 September 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 September 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$2.2m
Total liabilities
$148k
Net assets or fund balances
$2.1m
Contributions and grants received
$0
Program service revenue
$2.2m
Employees
5

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2023$2.3m$2.1m$144k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.