Natalie grew up in Elmhurst, a suburb of Chicago, and lived in the city for over 5 years. Despite her Chicago roots, she decided to join Itamar out west and moved to California a couple of years ago.

She enjoys closing deals and crunching numbers and has spent the majority of her career in finance though she recently took on a new role within a start-up at Amazon. Natalie studied Marketing and Economics at West Virginia University and is currently pursuing her MBA at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. She sits on the executive board for the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Young Professionals and is in charge of their finances and fundraising.

She is an avid golfer and skier and enjoys reading through a bucket list of books. In her free time, you can find her traveling, and spending time with her better half (Itamar not Ziggy) and her fur baby (Ziggy not Itamar).

Natalie describes Itamar as the ying to her yang but most importantly she loves and admires him for his caring nature, charisma, and creativity.

Natalie and Itamar’s love story began on a midsummer’s night back in 2016 when their worlds collided serendipitously in downtown Chicago while out with their friends at a local watering hole. After some cheeky back and forth banter, the duo knew the spark was strong however, the timing just wasn’t right.

Two years later, as fate would have it, their paths crossed again and a first date took place on Valentine’s Day in 2018. Their whirlwind romance began to blossom and after six months of long distance, Natalie packed her bags and moved out west to join Itamar in sunny California where the couple still resides and enjoys skiing, surfing, and hiking in the Sierra mountains together.

Since then, the couple has traveled to over five different countries, welcomed a mischievous pup named Ziggy into their family, and decided to spend the rest of their lives together. After traveling back home to Chicago for the holidays, Itamar popped the question on December 24th, 2020 – and Natalie said yes!

Time to turn the page on the next chapter.

Born in Israel, and raised in Highland Park, IL, Itamar has continued to explore new places across the country having lived in the UK for a few years before relocating to California for work. He studied Marketing and Art at the University of Redlands and completed his Master’s degree in Advanced Architectural Design at the Architectural Association of London.

Itamar enjoys the pursuit of designing experiences and deriving strategic solutions from analytical research. He jointly managed his family’s fine art studio for six years before moving into his current role in construction and design for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts.

He grew up playing hockey which he still enjoys playing today. He is also an avid golfer, snowboarder, and surfer. In his free time, he enjoys reading, painting, and traveling.

Itamar fell in love with Natalie because of her genuine judge in character, her passion, her love for animals, and for her desire to help others. He describes her as a rare altruistic beauty.