In Focus is our gift to the community. A way for us to help show our recognition for the people, businesses and organizations that help make our city great. The team at KelownaNow.com is passionate about this community and the people that make it amazing. We want to show our friends, neighbours, family and colleagues that we notice them and the fabulous things that they do.

What is your name?
Kimberley Tchebotar

If you could spend one whole day with anyone in the world who is currently alive, who would you select?
Sophia Amoruso – the original #girlboss

If you were to receive any existing public award, what award would you like to win?
I would love to be included in the Chamber's Top 40 Under 40. I think it would be amazing to be included with such a great group of peers within the Kelowna business community.

If you could spend a day with any historical figure, who would you choose?
Audrey Hepburn – she was eloquent, successful, and compassionate.

Who inspires you?
My Mom. We're business partners and best friends.

What are three things on your bucket list?
1. Start a family
2. Open the Pink Pumpkin Studios – it's our dream to have a store front!
3. Travel to Eastern Europe – my husband was born in Moldova and I would love to go back with him and see his childhood home

If you had an enormous yacht, what would you name it?
I would never have an enormous yacht – I'm terrified of open bodies of water

If you could foresee a single day of your future in its entirety, what date would you select?
I wouldn't want to look into the future – I just want to live in the moment.

What are you passionate about?
WEDDINGS! I absolutely love designing weddings. It's one of the most important days of somebody's life, and I love celebrating that.

What has been your favourite day of your life, up to this point?
My wedding day. Obviously.

Where do you work?
Pink Pumpkin: an events company

Where can people find you or your business online?
www.pinkpumpkinevents.com

How do people connect with you on Linkedin?
Kimberley Tchebotar

What has been your proudest accomplishment?
Completing my Bachelor of Business at Okanagan College.

If you were trapped in an elevator with several wealthy investors from any field, which field would you want them to be experts in? What would say to them/talk about?
I would love to be trapped in an elevator with Kelly Cutrone (the founder of People's Revolution) because I think she's mastered a work-life balance by building and empire and raising a child. She wrote, "If You Have To Cry, Go Outside". I read it every few months for inspiration.

Where is your favourite place to dine in Kelowna?
Nourish! Greek Chicken Friday is my favourite day of the week.

What is your favourite activity in Kelowna?
Walking Knox Mountain

If I could change one thing about Kelowna, it would be
Safer bike lanes!

What do you think makes Kelowna great?
No matter where you look in Kelowna, you can always see something beautiful (the mountains, the lake, the orchards).

My choice for the KelownaNow In Focus spotlight is:
Lyndsay Richholt of Wine Country Accents

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