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SFBW announces 2015 Apogee Awards honorees

| SFBW Staff

The awards, which were inaugurated in 2014, celebrate the success of leaders in the categories of chairman/chairwoman, CEO, president, chief operating officer, chief financial officer, chief information officer, chief marketing officer and top HR executive. One award is given in each of South Florida’s three counties for each of the eight categories.

This year’s honorees and their categories are:

 

Chairman

  • Broward County – Mike Jackson, AutoNation, Inc.
  • Miami-Dade County – Tony Argiz, Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra LLC
  • Palm Beach County – George Lemieux, Gunster

 

CEO

  • Broward County – Frank Sacco, Memorial Healthcare
  • Miami-Dade County – Tere Blanca, Blanca Commercial Real Estate
  • Palm Beach County – Michael Kaufman, Kaufman Lynn Construction

 

President

  • Broward County – David Armstrong, Broward College
  • Miami-Dade County – Michael D. Katz, Katz Barron Squitero Faust
  • Palm Beach County – Rick Hayduk, Boca Raton Resort & Club

 

Chief Operating Officer

  • Broward County – Jessica Pavlik, Berger Singerman LLP
  • Miami-Dade County – Xavier Gonzalez, eMerge Americas
  • Palm Beach County – Mark Smith, 3Cinteractive

 

Chief Financial Officer

  • Broward County – Steve Wilder, City Furniture
  • Miami-Dade County – Daniel Kushner, City National Bank of Florida
  • Palm Beach County – Joanne Aquilina, Bethesda Health

 

Chief Information Officer

  • Broward County – Tom West, Nova Southeastern University
  • Miami-Dade County – Tery Howard, Miami Dolphins & Sun Life Stadium
  • Palm Beach County – Lakshman Charanjiva, NextEra Energy

 

Chief Marketing Officer

  • Broward County – Brian Wallace, Magic Leap
  • Miami-Dade County – Maylynn Vargas-Menoud, ROIG Lawyers
  • Palm Beach County – Eric Lebersfeld, Capitol Lighting

 

Top HR Executive

  • Broward County – Tracy Wiggan, Federated National Insurance
  • Miami-Dade County – Adrienne McCoy, Baptist Health South Florida
  • Palm Beach County – Jo Carol Rutherford, SBA Communications

 

“Today, it’s all about teamwork and the Apogee Awards are unique in honoring representatives of the key positions that make up business leadership teams,” said Gary Press, Chairman and CEO of SFBW and of Lifestyle Media Group, which publishes 11 magazine titles. “Each of our honorees has outstanding business achievements and they are known for giving back to our community.”

 

SFBW began publication in September 2014 and reaches 117,000 senior-level business readers throughout the region. 

Presenting sponsor for the Apogee Awards is the Octagon Family of Recruiting Companies, while Gold Sponsors are Quantified IT and Tripp Scott Attorneys at Law, and Silver Sponsors include BankUnited, Comcast Business and the NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale.

 

The recipients will be honored at a gala event at 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 21 at the NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale. For further information regarding the Apogee Awards and to purchase tickets please visit https://apogee.sfbwmag.com/

 

Nominations for the Apogee Awards were open to the public and included outreach to community leaders.

 

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Drew Limsky

Drew Limsky

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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.