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BBX Capital, Inc. Appoints Marcia Barry-Smith to Its Board of Directors 

Marcia Barry-Smith (pictured) has been chosen to serve on the Board of Directors for BBX Capital, Inc., a Florida-based diversified holding company. Barry-Smith brings over 30 years of experience in the banking industry, including roles as Senior Vice President and CRA Officer at BankAtlantic and a Senior Vice President of Citizens Federal Bank. She also served as Executive Director of the BankAtlantic Foundation from 2009 to 2012.

Along with her current role at MBS Consulting Services, Barry-Smith has been the Director of Community Relations and Outreach. She also is the Director of Government Relations, Policy and Advocacy at Habitat for Humanity of Broward County and is the Executive Housing Strategist for the United Way of Broward. Barry-Smith has served on other boards and councils include Neighbors for Neighbors, Women in Distress, the Broward County Housing Council (serving as its Chair), and the City of Lauderhill Affordable Housing Committee. She has also been the recipient of various awards, including the Susan B. Anthony Community Activist of the year award, Lifetime Achievement Award – NPO 2019, and most recently, the Jamaican Trailblazer 2021 award. Barry-Smith was educated at the University of Toronto – Trinity College.

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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.