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Prestigious Women Awards Honorees: Lynne Hopkins

Hopkins’ expertise is global marketing and communications for publicly traded organizations, focusing on brand strategy, digital media, corporate image and reputation. She has experience in a variety of sectors, from telecommunications to financial and market research for S&P 500 companies. She is dedicated to impacting communities through philanthropic initiatives.

Favorite quote: What you do has far greater impact than what you say.

Fun fact: Love fast cars and sci-fi.

How do you unwind after a long day of work? With three dogs, there is no unwinding.

What challenges have you faced in your career, and how did you overcome them? On more than one occasion, coming into global organizations and creating the brand and marketing strategy from the ground up. This provided unique challenges to engage leadership teams in the promotion of newly defined brands and bolstering their external reputation in the marketplace.

What has been the most monumental moment of your career thus far? Establishing the philanthropic program, SBA Cares, and watching the impact it has provided to communities, children, health initiatives, social services and animal welfare year after year has been inspiring. The hundreds of nonprofit organizations benefiting from the generosity of our leadership, employee matching program and volunteers has truly changed lives.

Who are your role models? My grandmother was a remarkable role model when it was uncommon for women to work outside the home. Not only did she graduate from college, which was unusual in her time, she also rode a horse to a one-room schoolhouse and taught grades 1-12 in Ohio. Later, she managed the business for my grandfather’s successful apothecary, before the emergence of the drug store chains.

What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever gotten? You can be anything you want and do anything you want. Do not let anyone tell you differently. John and Evelyn Rose (my grandparents).

What advice would you give a young woman at the start of her career? There will always be stress, not everyone will agree with you and sometimes you may see things differently – that’s OK. Follow your instincts, make sure you can look yourself in the mirror every day and know that you are acting with integrity. Things always have a way of working out, just stay focused and be positive.

How does being a woman has impacted your career? I utilize my unique experiences to bring value and a different perspective to the conversation, which has served me well.

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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.