Our Family | Martin Jewelry | Omaha, Bellevue, Offut

Meet the family

Darell & Pat Martin

Darell and Pat, the Founders and Owners of Martin Jewelry, are the heart and sole of the Martin Jewelry franchise. They purchased their first jewelry store in Nebraska City, NE. in 1980. Prior to purchasing their first jewelry store, Pat worked at a local bank and Darell was a Barber.

Bradley Martin

Brad started his jewelry career in 1980 working for his parents at the Nebraska City, NE. location. Brad is a Certified Gemologist which he obtained from Paris Junior College. He has been active in the jewelry industry for many years and specializes in jewelry appraisals. Brad and Denise have three wonderful children: Kendall, Kodee, and Mattea.

Denise Martin

Denise Martin began working in the jewelry industry back in 1989. Obtaining a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management and multiple certifications in various software and leadership classes, her main focus is working behind the scenes handling accounting, human resources and developing efficient processes.

Kendall Martin

Kendall is the next generation Martin to step into the family business. Kendall does most of the I.T. work at Martin Jewelry along with being a sales associate. Kendall currently works at all locations at times helping with processes, IT, and sales. He also coaches at Elkhorn High school.

Mattea Martin

CEO in Training

Mattea is the youngest of the Martin Family to jump into the jewelry business. Her main duties include gift wrapping, cleaning cases, sales and looking cute. Mattea has several years of retail experience by working at a firework tent every summer. She also helps take a lot of the pictures, videos and other social media posts. She is a very unique little girl in a family of all boys. Stop in and say “Hi” to Daddy’s little princess!

Jarven Warren

Designer & Goldsmith

Jarven is the head Goldsmith and Custom Designer here at Martin Jewelry. He started in the jewelry industry 43 years ago worked for Hostetters Jewelry for 18 years prior to Martin Jewelry. Jarven loves what he does and enjoys interacting with all the wonderful customers here at Martin Jewelry.

Amy Jo Kersten

GIA Certified Diamond Professional

Amy Jo joined Martin Jewelers in 2017 after years of service to 14 Karat jewelers and looking @ the Martin Jewelry Vision of a more modernized approach to representing fine jewelry to the public… A native of Nebraska, Amy Jo finds joy in serving the community she loves and has a passion for designing jewelry for her customers, striving to create the perfect piece that will capture their unique personality. She is also passionate about teaching her customers the value each piece of jewelry will bring and developing relationships with everyone who comes into the store.

Micaela Whitney

Sales & Design

Micaela is the most recent addition to the team. Micaela attended the University of Iowa & University of Creighton where she played Softball. She started her career in the coaching world and has now shifted into learning the jewelry business.

Lori Lewis

Sales Associate & Goldsmith

Lori has been helping the community in Nebraska City, NE with their jewelry needs for 31 years. Advancing her career by becoming a Goldsmith, Lori puts a lot of craftsmanship into sizing rings, setting stones and the other various jewelry repairs that the store offers. Training under two different Master Jewelers to learn the trades of jewelry repair, she has been providing in house jewelry repair at Martin Jewelry in Nebraska City for over 20 years.

Dylan Evans

Repair & Sales

Dylan Evans started with Martin Jewelry in 2022. Since then Dylan has helped with sales at the Lincoln and Offutt locations as well as Dylan is in training to take over a lot of the repairs. Dylan is also in process of helping record videos for our social media. Dylan has his hands in a lot of different things here at Martin Jewelry.