Ray Chehata
CEO
Ray Chehata is CEO of Chehata Family Holdings and owner of Lifestyle Media Group (Lifestyle, SFBW, LUXE and Charitable), as well as a seasoned entrepreneur and dealmaker with a track record of growing and transforming companies across a wide range of industries.
Through Chehata Family Holdings, his portfolio includes H2GO FLA, servicing Dade-Broward-Palm County in the bulk water industry; Tri-County Sweeping Services, servicing Florida with over 200 employees with Hubs in Davie, Port-St-Lucie, Lakeland, Fort Myers, and Naples; and MM Distribution, a nationwide distributor of auto parts and janitorial supplies.
Chehata’s career spans banking, pharmaceuticals, hospitality, manufacturing, automotive, and cybersecurity. He has led growth and successful transactions at Above Security, Laboval, Tutti Frutti Canada, T-Rex Canada, and Styx Intelligence.
Active in the South Florida community, Chehata serves on several boards (NSU, Winterfest, JA of South Florida, & EAFL) and advisory groups and is committed to mentoring young entrepreneurs and supporting youth programs through many non-profits.
Gary Press
Chairman of the Board
A visionary entrepreneur with more than 25 years of experience in advertising, marketing, publishing, and finance, Gary Press serves as Chairman of the Board of Lifestyle Media Group.
Beyond Publishing, Press has successfully launched and sold financial and marketing solution companies, demonstrating his ability to create and grow revenue-driven enterprises. A dedicated community leader, he actively supports local nonprofits, educational initiatives, and chambers of commerce.
Kim Sarni
Managing Director
As Managing Director of SFBW and South Florida Legal Guide (SFLG), Kim Sarni spearheads advertising and marketing initiatives for the magazine. A New York native, with a degree in business administration and 20 years in the advertising industry, Kim brings to bear a fluent, comprehensive sense of the market and its ever-growing needs. Before joining SFBW in 2021, Kim forged a career at the forefront of advertising in both digital and print, as director of sales for such companies as The Wall Street Journal and CFO Publishing. She then assumed the role of national sales manager for the Business Journals, based in New York City.
Kim’s talents for utilizing events to grow business inform her work for SFBW and the SFLG, as she also oversees the sales side of an expansive portfolio of live and online events, from awards competitions such as Excellence in Health Care, Up & Comers and Apogee, to SFBW’s ever-popular CEO Connects and Round Table events. On a daily basis, and always with a sense of enthusiasm, Kim oversees sales and marketing teams, setting and regularly exceeding benchmarks at Lifestyle Media Group.
Laine Doss
Editor-in-Chief of Lifestyle Media Group
As Editor-in-Chief of Lifestyle Media Group, Laine Doss has more than two decades of writing about what makes South Florida a unique and wonderful place to live and work.
An award-winning writer, Laine is the former food editor of Miami New Times and editor of Broken Palate. She has contributed to dozens of other publications. Her scope of coverage includes food, culture, travel, lifestyle, and business, with a knack for blending service journalism with narrative storytelling. Her book of New York-themed cocktails is scheduled to be released in September 2026. Laine lives in Hollywood with her rescue dogs, Luna and Dora.
Melanie Geronemus Smit
Creative Director
Melanie Geronemus Smit is an award-winning creative director at South Florida Business and Wealth and Lifestyle Media Group, where she designs and produces the monthly magazines. The native Floridian has spent more than 24 years in the creative field, the past seven with Lifestyle Media Group. Melanie takes projects from conception through completion and works with clients from businesses of all types and develops strategies for creating high-impact visual experiences. Prior to employment at Lifestyle Media Group, Melanie worked for Harris Drury and Cohen, J. Walter Thompson, and the South Florida Business Journal.