Hall of Fame Honorees

2026 Hall of Fame Honorees

Congratulations to our 2026 Hall of Fame Honorees - Barbara Trebbi Landry, Tim Petrillo, and J. Kenneth Tate.

 

The Inductees and Their Accomplishments

 

Barbara Trebbi Landry

President, BXT Corp

Barbara Trebbi Landry is a retired institutional investment executive, public company director, and community leader with more than three decades of experience in global asset management and international investing.

Barbara spent over 30 years in institutional investment management, specializing in international equities and emerging markets. She concluded her executive career as Senior Partner of Mercator Asset Management, a highly respected boutique institutional asset management firm that grew from approximately $2 billion to more than $13 billion in assets under management during her tenure. In addition to jointly overseeing investment strategy and new business development, she directed the firm’s finance, audit, and compliance functions.

Over the course of her career, Barbara traveled extensively to nearly 60 countries across Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa, developing deep expertise in global markets, politics, economics, and international business. She managed portfolios for major institutional clients including pension funds, foundations, endowments, and sovereign institutions, and met regularly with senior corporate executives around the world as part of Mercator’s investment process.

Barbara currently serves on the board of Acadian Asset Management (NYSE: AAMI), a global institutional investment firm that recently surpassed $200 billion in assets under management. Since joining the board in 2018, she has served as Chair of the Compensation Committee and as a member of the Audit Committee, where she serves as a Qualified Financial Expert, as well as the Nominating and Governance Committee. During her tenure, she has helped guide the company through numerous significant corporate initiatives including CEO and CFO transitions, corporate rebranding, the company’s re-domicile from the UK to the United States, major share repurchase programs, and strategic asset transactions.

Barbara has also been deeply involved in the South Florida community. She has served for more than a decade as a trustee of Nova Southeastern University and currently serves as Chair of the university’s Finance Committee. She is also a member of the NSU Art Museum Board of Advisors. In the past she has served on the board of the Broward County Library Foundation, Pine Crest School Board of Trustees and as Co-Chair of the South Florida Chapter of Women Corporate Directors.

Together with her husband, Michael Landry, Barbara was also involved in the ownership and stewardship of the acclaimed The Pillars Hotel & Club, a property widely recognized for its hospitality, design, and contribution to the Fort Lauderdale community.

Barbara earned a BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from the University of Florida and holds a Graduate Diploma in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She was awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 1992.

In retirement, Barbara continues to pursue lifelong learning and global interests through travel, skiing, tennis, golf, art, and wine studies, recently passing the first level sommelier examination. She lives in Fort Lauderdale with her husband and daughter.

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Tim Petrillo

Co-founder and CEO, The Restaurant People

An industry leader and pure innovator, Tim Petrillo of The Restaurant People (TRP) has helped redefine Fort Lauderdale’s culinary and nightlife scene for more than 30 years, delivering groundbreaking hospitality experiences that consistently engage guests and exceed expectations. Under Petrillo’s direction, the premier South Florida-based hospitality group has conceptualized and brought to life some of the most in-demand restaurants and nightlife venues in the Fort Lauderdale market over the past two decades, including YOLO and O Lounge; S3 on Fort Lauderdale Beach; Boatyard; Rooftop @1WLO; TRP Taste; Java & Jam; Nubé, located atop the 26th floor of the Beach House Fort Lauderdale; and Jagger Suite, the rooftop bar atop the Moxy Hotel in downtown Atlanta.

Petrillo’s concepts in Miami, Rosa Sky and Giselle Miami, have been widely celebrated as premier rooftop dining destinations, with Giselle receiving international recognition from the Restaurant & Bar Design Awards for its exceptional design. New concepts continue to be developed across South Florida, including Naia on Las Olas, opened in October 2026, followed by Pez.Ka and Anónima in FAT Village in 2027. In 2028, Petrillo will debut another new hospitality concept at The Related Group’s Andare on Las Olas, further extending his influence on South Florida’s evolving dining and entertainment landscape.

Petrillo is also Co-founder of Urban Street Development, the driving force behind the highly anticipated FAT (Food, Art, Technology) Village—an ambitious $500 million dollar redevelopment project that is helping revitalize downtown Fort Lauderdale by elevating local artists, entrepreneurs, and the city’s creative culture. The project will serve as a dynamic mixed-use destination anchored by a two-tower development featuring modern

residential units and innovative office space, with street-level activation including restaurants, nightlife venues, boutiques, art studios, and galleries.

Urban Street Development has also delivered several notable projects, including Florida State University’s Collegetown Entertainment District Phases One and Two in Tallahassee, which features 160 student housing apartments, 337 beds, 60,000 square feet of retail space, and a 600-space parking garage. Additional developments include the 240-key Hotel Indigo in Tallahassee, Queue Apartments in downtown Fort Lauderdale, and The Foundry/Mills Lofts in Flagler Village.

Petrillo balances his professional achievements with a deep commitment to civic engagement. He currently serves as Chair of Broward Workshop and the Orange Bowl Committee, and as an appointee to the Broward County Tourist Development Council, as well as Chair of the Marketing Advisory Committee for the VisitLauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau. He previously served as Chairman of the Fort Lauderdale Downtown Development Authority and has held board positions with the Museum of Discovery and Science, Jack & Jill Children’s Center, and the Fort Lauderdale Historical Society.

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J. Kenneth Tate

Co-founder and CEO, Tate Capital, LLC

Kenneth “Kenny” Tate has started several private companies in South Florida over the past 35 years. In 2009, Kenny co-founded Tate Capital, LLC., an active purchaser of over $900 million of institutional-grade real estate (some purchased through related distressed debt). Tate Capital oversees all asset and property management of these assets. In 2014, a group of investors under the management of Tate Capital purchased the Bahia Mar Hotel & Marina Resort on Fort Lauderdale Beach. Every November, Bahia Mar is the home of the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, the largest in-water boat show in the world.

In addition, in 1996, he started forming a group of companies operating under the TKO Apparel brand name. These companies currently design and import men’s and women’s clothing under private labels for many of America’s better-known national brands and/or retailers.

Before forming TKO Apparel, Mr. Tate co-founded Tate Development Corporation, a developer/builder of single-family homes and commercial properties.

Kenny has held a certified general contracting license in the State of Florida for over 40 years and was appointed by two Governors to serve on the State of Florida Contractors Licensing Board for seven years. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Mr. Tate was directly involved in the management and work of distressed real estate as a Receiver for multiple State Courts in Miami-Dade and Broward County, Florida. In the 1980s thru the late 2000s, Mr. Tate was an owner and the managing partner of the Villa del Ray Golf Club, an 18-hole championship golf course located in Delray Beach, Florida.

Kenny, a native of South Florida, has developed a strong sense of community pride. Accordingly, he feels a commitment to give back to the community that has been so good to him. He has been an active participant and contributor to many local non-profit organizations, giving tirelessly his time and financial resources. Mr. Tate currently serves on the boards of Nova Southeastern University, the Broward Workshop, the Broward Performing Arts Foundation, and Theatre Aspen. He is a former board member of the Community Foundation of Broward and Kids In Distress. Kenny was also the Volunteer Chair of NSU’s Realizing Potential Philanthropic Campaign, which recently achieved its goal of raising over $250 million for NSU, at the time the largest fundraising effort in the history of Broward County.

Mr. Tate is a graduate of Vanderbilt University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering, and Duke University, where he earned an MBA.

Kenny and his wife, Sandy, have been married for over 40 years, and together they have three adult daughters.