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2024 Diversity & Inclusion Awards Honoree: Spirit Airlines

The South Florida-based airline exceeded the air transportation industry averages for diversified and increased gender representation, including female director representation.

Spirit Airlines is proud to be recognized for its Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging (DEI&B) efforts for SFBW’s 2024 Diversity & Inclusion Awards. Spirit is committed to creating opportunities for its Team Members to thrive in a diverse and inclusive environment, allowing the Spirit Family to bring their true, authentic self to the workplace and reach their potential. The South Florida-based airline implemented strategies in four areas: Grow Community Outreach & Social Responsibility, Ensure Equitable & Inclusive Total Rewards, Creating an Environment of Inclusion for All, and Foster Belonging Through Representation. In 2023, Spirit exceeded the air transportation industry averages for diversified and increased gender representation, including female director representation, increasing 13% from the previous year. Additionally, Spirit supported its seven Team Member Resource Groups that empower Women, Black, LGBTQIA+, Asian, Latinx, Veteran, and Third Culture Individual Team Members and their allies. The airline also expanded the uniform and image standards policy to all Flight Attendants and Guest Service Agents, allowing these Team Members to dress in ways they feel best represent their identities. Lastly, the Spirit Charitable Foundation donated $490,000 to DEI&B–focused nonprofits that serve underrepresented communities through the Spirit Charitable Foundation in 2023.

Drew Limsky

Drew Limsky

Editor-in-Chief

BIOGRAPHY

Drew Limsky joined Lifestyle Media Group in August 2020 as Editor-in-Chief of South Florida Business & Wealth. His first issue of SFBW, October 2020, heralded a reimagined structure, with new content categories and a slew of fresh visual themes. “As sort of a cross between Forbes and Robb Report, with a dash of GQ and Vogue,” Limsky says, “SFBW reflects South Florida’s increasingly sophisticated and dynamic business and cultural landscape.”

Limsky, an avid traveler, swimmer and film buff who holds a law degree and Ph.D. from New York University, likes to say, “I’m a doctor, but I can’t operate—except on your brand.” He wrote his dissertation on the nonfiction work of Joan Didion. Prior to that, Limsky received his B.A. in English, summa cum laude, from Emory University and earned his M.A. in literature at American University in connection with a Masters Scholar Award fellowship.

Limsky came to SFBW at the apex of a storied career in journalism and publishing that includes six previous lead editorial roles, including for some of the world’s best-known brands. He served as global editor-in-chief of Lexus magazine, founding editor-in-chief of custom lifestyle magazines for Cadillac and Holland America Line, and was the founding editor-in-chief of Modern Luxury Interiors South Florida. He also was the executive editor for B2B magazines for Acura and Honda Financial Services, and he served as travel editor for Conde Nast. Magazines under Limsky’s editorship have garnered more than 75 industry awards.

He has also written for many of the country’s top newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, Boston Globe, USA Today, Worth, Robb Report, Afar, Time Out New York, National Geographic Traveler, Men’s Journal, Ritz-Carlton, Elite Traveler, Florida Design, Metropolis and Architectural Digest Mexico. His other clients have included Four Seasons, Acqualina Resort & Residences, Yahoo!, American Airlines, Wynn, Douglas Elliman and Corcoran. As an adjunct assistant professor, Limsky has taught journalism, film and creative writing at the City University of New York, Pace University, American University and other colleges.