About me
Alexis Padis is president of Padis Jewelry in the San Francisco Bay Area. Padis Jewelry has been serving the Bay Area for 50 years and has five locations including three in San Francisco, a tasting room and jewelry store in Napa Valley, and a location within Broadway Plaza Mall in Walnut Creek, California.
Alexis earned an undergraduate degree in business and her MBA in Entrepreneurial Management from Pepperdine University. She is a Gemological Institute of American Graduate Gemologist, an American Gem Society Certified Gemologist Appraiser, and she attended Harvard Business School with the GIA Leadership Program.
In addition to her work with Padis Jewelry, Alexis served as president of the American Gem Society (AGS) International Board of Directors from 2024 to 2026. She also serves on the Luxury/JCK Board, The Jewelers Mutual Industry Advisory Council, and the Jewelers For Children Executive Board of Directors, which partners with non-profits such as Make A Wish, CASA, and St. Jude’s to support youth and their families.
Alexis received the Women’s Jewelry Association Award of Excellence in Retail in 2017 and the American Gem Society’s Young Titleholder of the year in 2021. She was recently recognized as one of the “20 Under 40” by Jewelers of America and received the inaugural Diamonds Do Good Next Gen Award in 2022.
Outside of her work in the jewelry industry, Alexis serves on the board of ambassadors for St. Helena hospital and the Downtown Napa Wine Business Board, and also heads up operations at Padis Vineyards in Napa.
