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2023 Apogee Awards Honoree: David Pruna

Meet David Pruna, Regional President for Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties at SouthState Bank

David Pruna is the Regional President covering the Consumer, Business, and Commercial Banking markets for Miami-Dade and Monroe at SouthState Bank. Pruna joined SouthState over five years ago. He has served the South Florida Banking community for over 25 years. He has the honor of sitting as an Honoree Board Member for the South Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and is a board member of the Center for Financial Training, and is a board member of the South Florida Banking Institute. In past years, Pruna has been a part of March of Dimes, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, and a past Board Member of Catalyst Miami. Most recently, he is a two-time Rising Star Award Finalist (Model Star and Most Recent Executive Star) for the Coral Gables Chamber, as well as the South Florida Business and Wealth 2020 Up and Comer Award in the Banking Industry. Pruna attended the University of Phoenix, earning a Finance Degree; he then earned his MBA from Florida International University. He is married to Jaimy Pruna, who has been an educator for Miami Dade Public Schools for 25 years. They have two sons, Christian and Matthew Pruna, who attend Florida Christian School.

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.