Vernon’s Top 20 honoured
Okanagan Edge Staff - Dec 30, 2020 - People in Business

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Kari Gares, who owns her own brokerage firm under the Verico Financial Group, is one of Vernon’s Top 20 Over 20 in 2020.

The Greater Vernon Chamber of Commerce was finally able to recognize its Top 20 Over 20 for 2020.

The chamber, in conjunction with KPMG Canada, announced Vernon’s top 20 business people in the spring, but the COVID-19 pandemic prevented it from presenting plaques and bottles of wine from O’Rourke’s Peak Cellars until this month.

“It’s a great honour to acknowledge these outstanding individuals and their contributions to the North Okanagan as role models, mentors and community builders,” chamber president Krystin Kempton said in a press release.

This year’s honourees are:
• Kristi Bieber
• Carla Dahlen
• Stacey Davidson
• Teresa Durning
• Barrita Durward
• Heath Fletcher
• Kari Gares
• Ian Hawes
• Kim Heizmann
• Leigha Horsfield
• Clint Houlbrook
• Tanya Laing Gahr
• Carmen Larsen
• Brad Marsh
• Mike Nolan
• Charlene Smart
• Bill Tarr
• Veronica Ukrainetz
• Deb White
• Josh Winquist

Each recipient was nominated from within the community and they were selected based on business success and community involvement.

The Regional District of North Okanagan and Castanet also sponsored the initiative.


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