Jon Walp, Store Manager. Has 28 years experience in every facet of business. Manufacturing, wholesale and retail. Worked for chain stores, catalog showrooms and prestigious independent stores. Jon is a GIA graduate and has been with Long Jewelers for five years. Jon's a Penn State graduate.

Randy Chivers, Store Assistant Manager. Started in jewelry business in 1998 in a sales position for independent jeweler. Has a diamontology certificate for the Diamond Council of America. Native to Virginia Beach. Employed at Longs since May 2002.

Debbie Jastrzebski - Originally from Johnstown, PA. Lived in Virginia Beach since 1986. Began metalsmithing in college and apprenticed for a master goldsmith after graduation. Has been in jewelry business since 1978 as a bench jeweler. She has worked at Long Jewelers for 13 years in sales and manages shop operations. She received her Bachelors in Fine Arts in 1978 from the Edinboro University in PA. She also has her GIA diamonds/colored stone certification and is the pearl and bead stringer for the store.

Jack Overby - Fine jewelry since 1981 in sales at Carlysle & Co. Progressed into management positions in Virginia Beach area. Lived in VB since 1974. Originally from California. Began working at Longs in February 1998 and has earned his GIA diamond certificate.

Kim Templeton - Began fine jewelry career in 1988 working at management level in lease department of major department stores. Has worked for independent jewelers since 1992 in Oklahoma City and started at Longs in 1997. Earned GIA diamond certificate. Originally grew up in Iowa. Graduated from University of Northern Iowa in 1985. Moved to Virginia Beach in 1997.

Service Staff:

Les Barnes, Appraiser. UNC Chapel Hill Alumni, class of 1955. Graduate of the Gemalogical Institute of America.

Edward Mateus - He is a 4th generation watch technician. Has been in the watch repair business for 25 years. He is originally from Portugal where he learned and crafted the skill till 1988 when he moved to Virginia Beach. He is a member of American Watchmaker – Clockmaker Institute. He has been employed with Longs for five years.

Allen Rogers - Bench jeweler with ten years of bench work repairs. Newest addition to the shop staff. He earned his certificate in bench repairs and diamond and stone setting from Stewarts International School of Jewelry Repair. He is a native of Portsmouth, Virginia.

Eugene Gatchalian - Master bench jeweler who at age 11 started in the family business. Started doing wax patterns and cleaning and polishing jewelry. Took four years of schooling for filigree work and at age of 21 started mounting diamonds and doing gold repair.

George Gatchalian - Bench jeweler who learned from the family business in the Philippines. Moved to the US in 1990 and has worked at Long Jewelers for 13 years. He completes all aspects of jewelry repair.