Our awards for Up and Comer were established to recognize young professionals who have attained excellence in their careers, demonstrated leadership and shown commitment to their community. We celebrated these fantastic individuals last week and we’ve captured the best moments from the evening in the video below:
Why it matters, and what fun we had!
NBC 6 News’s Kristin Sanchez lent her star power as featured emcee, while Island TV was the presenting sponsor of the sold-out event.
Mayi de la Vega is a Cuban-American real estate powerhouse, industry innovator, and the first-ever Cuban female Sotheby’s franchise owner. Her family immigrated from Cuba when she was just a
Dr. Elizabeth King is a successful businesswoman, mental health expert, motivational speaker, author, radio-TV personality, coach, and philanthropist. She is the founder and chief inspiration officer for the Suits, Stilettos
Pamela M. Dalton is Vice President and Branch Manager of American National Bank, one of the few locally owned independent community banks in Broward County, serving South Florida since 1985.
Marbet Lewis focuses her practice on the laws governing the alcohol industry and the production, importation, and sale of alcoholic beverage products. She represents clients in all aspects of alcohol
Elvira Freire-Santamaria, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, is a principal at Stantec in Miami with over 25 of experience. She has served the Miami design studio as a tenured leader, architect,
Traci Miller started at Miller Construction in 1993 and became a shareholder in 2011. As part of the firm’s leadership team and SVP of Corporate Communications, she oversees business development
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.
