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2024 Prestigious Women Awards Honoree: Loreen Chant

Meet Loreen Chant, President and CEO of Health Foundation of South Florida

Loreen Chant currently serves as the president and CEO of the Health Foundation of South Florida. As the first woman CEO in the Foundation’s history, she is leading the Foundation’s mission of ensuring that all South Floridians have equal access to health and well-being. In her first three years leading the Foundation, she has driven more than $12M in Foundation investments for grants and program support for nonprofits that are advancing health equity and helping individuals live healthier lives. Loreen previously served as President and CEO of Easterseals South Florida, where she led the organization’s transformative growth. Loreen also spent more than 20 years in higher education, ultimately serving as President of Johnson & Wales University’s North Miami Campus. Well-known in South Florida for her community contributions, Loreen was included in City & State’s South Florida Power 100 (2023) and was presented with an In the Company of Women award (2022). She was named one of South Florida’s 25 Most Influential Women by the SFBJ (2009). Loreen currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Early-Learning Coalition of Miami-Dade and the Miami-Dade Parks Foundation. Loreen holds an MBA from NSU and an Executive Education Program Certificate from Harvard Business 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.