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2023 Up and Comer Honoree: Tara Montenaro

Meet Tara Montenaro, Chief Operating Officer of the YMCA of South Florida

Tara Montenaro began her career at the YMCA of South Florida as Executive Director of Early Childhood Education, bringing 15 years of experience in Early Childhood Education to the Y. Soon after, her operational background led her to take responsibility over the Association Aquatics, centralizing efforts and creating policy, standard and risk measures to ensure quality and safety. In response to the pandemic, the Y had to change its operation entirely. Montenaro answered the call, restructuring all Y operations from a decentralized model to a centralized model, resulting in program sustainability and revenue production. Soon after, Montenaro was promoted to Executive Vice President of Operations. Today, her responsibility has expanded further, overseeing all YMCA Family Center Operations, Product Line Programs, Youth Development, Marketing, and supporting Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe counties with the title of Chief Operating Officer. Montenaro was born in Ohio but has lived all over the United States and Europe as a self-proclaimed ‘Military Brat.’ Coming from a family that serves, she has a strong passion for our veterans. Montenaro attended Palm Beach State College, where she completed her bachelor’s degree. In her leisure time, she enjoys anything around the water, attending sporting events, and traveling domestically and abroad. She resides in Boynton Beach.

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.