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The Kelowna Women In Business will be holding their sixth annual Her Story series at the Coast Capri Hotel, Jan. 13.
The event, which features local women who have surpassed challenges and found success, will offer an inspiring way to start the new year.
Here is a little information on this year’s speakers:
Klaudia Ceglarz
Born in Poland, Klaudia immigrated to Canada with her parents when she was eight years old. Like any immigrant, she encountered numerous obstacles in her journey to start a new life in Canada. With hard work and determination, she persevered and went on to become a television news anchor.
Klaudia’s education includes a double major in French and German from the University of Victoria. She also attended the British Columbia Institute of Technology receiving a diploma in Broadcast Journalism. Her first break in broadcasting came at Victoria’s AM 900 RADIO in 1998. A year and half later Klaudia made the leap into television and headed north to work at NTV in Dawson Creek. From there it was back to her hometown of Victoria where she spent three years reporting and anchoring at CHUM Television. After that, Klaudia spent a year at CFJC Television in Kamloops reporting and anchoring the 11pm news. She was thrilled to relocate to the Okanagan in December 2005 to join the award winning CHBC Television Team.
Klaudia enjoys travelling having explored Europe extensively. Her favourite hot destination is Hawaii.. For the past several years, she has enjoyed various volunteer work particularly with the elderly as well as teaching children the importance of literacy. Her hobbies include reading, sipping red wine (local of course), skiing, boating and spending time with her parents in Victoria. She’s also a huge animal lover and adores her beloved kitty named Madison adopted from the Kamloops SPCA.
Gayle Liman
Gayle Liman is an educator/curator, writer and artist with over 25 years of experience in Canada, the United States and Central and South America. She has travelled extensively and is passionate about cross cultural collaboration. She represented the Kelowna Museums and Westbank First Nation at a United Nations Forum on Indigenous Issues in 2006 and is currently the Research Curator for the Westbank First Nation. Most recently, Gayle has focused her passion and research on the significance of mentorship in ensuring health and well being of women and children worldwide. She holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Minnesota and a Master of Education from the University of British Columbia but she would be the first to say that it was “hands on learning and mentorship” that she received from the many women who have come into her life that have most influenced her life’s journey.
Nicole Rustad
Nicole Rustad is a Mom, a long time resident of Kelowna and the Kids Helping Kids, Manager for Disney Online Studios Canada. In this capacity, she is responsible for determining where a percentage of net profit is donated to worthy projects helping kids around the world, she supports volunteerism efforts within the company globally and she looks for ways to encourage kids globally to get involved and give back. Nicole has an extensive history of volunteerism with a variety of causes both within and outside of our community. She co-chairs a 100-km relay called “A Great Big Run For Africa” raising funds for Partners in the Horn of Africa’s micro-financing programs for impoverished women; she was the founding President of the Okanagan Jaycees; eight-time chair of the Terry Fox Run and has been a part of many different community and global organizations as a volunteer.
Registration has to be complete by Jan. 8 and the price for members: is $35 and it’s $45 for non-members. Register at kwib.org
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