The Palm Beach 100
TAYLOR MATERIO
Chief Development Officer Historical Society of Palm Beach County
Born and raised in West Palm Beach, Materio has a 15-year career in nonprofit development, management, and fundraising. In addition to her role at the historical society, Materio is proud to serve her community as a councilmember for the Town of Lake Clarke Shores. After graduating from the University of Florida, Materio worked in Washington, D.C., where she advocated for affordable housing rights on Capitol Hill. She returned to South Florida and joined her family’s business, McMow Art Glass. Materio has served on several committees and boards, including the Commission on Women and Homeless Advisory Board for the Palm Beach County Commission and as chair of the Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce’s Young Professionals Committee. TOP BUCKET-LIST DESTINATION: Safari in Kenya FIRST JOB: I worked for our family business when I was 13 years old in the retail studio and learned from a young age the importance of hard work. PROFESSIONAL ACCOLADE: Young Professional of the Year from the Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce SOMETHING FEW PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT HER: I love scary movies.
PATRICK MCNAMARA
President, CEO Palm Health Foundation
McNamara joined Palm Health Foundation as president and CEO in March 2017. He has spent the past 30 years in the nonprofit health and human services sector, including 18 years with Community Partners of South Florida, where he also served as president and CEO. Having spent most of his professional career in cross-sector work to improve communities, McNamara has designed and implemented initiatives in behavioral health, housing, family services, health, and nonprofit leadership. A native of New Orleans, he and his wife, Ana, are the proud parents of three children.
STARTS HIS DAY: I have three different sources of morning reflections that I receive daily by email. I read these three meditations before my first cup of coffee. AT THE TOP OF HIS BUCKET LIST: Alaskan cruise WHAT HE WOULD TELL HIS YOUNGER SELF: Fear less and love more. FIRST JOB: Mowing lawns with my brother BEST ADVICE HE’S RECEIVED: Always keep your sense of humor, especially about yourself. FAVORITE QUOTE: “To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.” —Alfred Lord Tennyson
ANN MCNEILL
President M.C.O. Construction and Services, Inc.; Constructively Speaking, Inc.; MCO Consulting, Inc.; National Association of Black Women in Construction; International Masterminders Association, Inc.
McNeill is the “Master Wealth Builder” helping entrepreneurs gain greater clarity in the highest income-producing areas of their business and life. She’s an expert speaker, coach, author, contractor, and the president and CEO of one of South Florida’s few African American female-owned construction companies, a multimillion-dollar construction company. She is the 2022 awardee of the Better Investing Founder Award and has been featured on CBS and ABC World News and in Black Enterprise magazine, USA Today, and Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. M.C.O. Construction and Services Inc. was founded more than 40 years ago and is still one of the leading Black-owned firms in Florida in construction management and project controls.
BEST ADVICE SHE’S RECEIVED: To invest and max out all my retirement accounts every year PERSONAL MOTTO: You must have a dream to have a dream come true. TOP TRAVEL PICKS: Senegal and Cape Town, South Africa STARTS HER DAY: With a daily date with myself by writing my daily affirmations and goals HOBBIES: Reading, walking, and traveling
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WILLIAM A. MEYER
Chairman Meyer Jabara Hotels
Meyer is chairman of Meyer Jabara Hotels, which owns and operates 31 hotels from offices in Danbury, Connecticut, and West Palm Beach, Florida. His real estate projects in Palm Beach County include office buildings, shopping centers, large raw land tracts, hotels, and Devonshire at PGA National. He also serves as chair of the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County’s Campaign for the Future, a bold initiative to support the Jewish community today, tomorrow, and forever. Meyer is on the boards of the Kravis Center, Quantum Foundation, Palm Beach’s United Way and Civic Association, and the West Palm Beach Police Fund. Following his graduation from the University of Pennsylvania, London School of Economics, and Georgetown Law School, Meyer became a member of the New York and Florida Bars. He later graduated from Harvard Business School.
STARTS HIS DAY: With 40 minutes of stretching and calisthenics ADMIRES MOST: Bill Marriott. He started with a single coffee shop. COLLECTS: Watches and cars PERSONAL MOTTO: You get what you inspect, not what you expect.
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