Members
Appointments to the seven member Board of Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc., are made by the Governor (1), the Attorney General (1), the Chief Financial Officer (1), the President of the Senate (2), and the Speaker of the House (2). Appointments and terms of office are established pursuant to s. 288.8014, F.S.
Bryan A. Corr, Sr., Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Bryan A Corr, Sr., of Rosemary Beach, is the principal of the Corr Group, a real estate development company, and related companies. Prior to his career in real estate development, Mr. Corr served in various roles, culminating in President, of Otelco, a landline telephone company located in Huntsville, Alabama, and later founded a start-up cellular telephone business in Alabama and Georgia. He served as Chair of the Blount County, Alabama E911 Board and oversaw the design and implementation of the first stand-alone E911 system in Alabama.
Mr. Corr’s cellular telephone company start-up included the construction of the following physical assets: 350 transmission towers, 35 retail stores, 3 warehouses, 2 fortified switching centers, and 16,000 square feet of office space. This business is now a part of AT&T. Mr. Corr was a founding member and Director of a start-up business to construct communication towers in Latin America that has constructed and leased approximately 500 towers.
The Corr Group is responsible for several major developments across the region. The 30Avenue Lifestyle Center, located at the intersection of U.S. 98 and County Road 30A adjacent to Rosemary Beach, was developed from the ground up. This project consists of approximately 129,000 square feet of retail and office space on 16 acres. The center continues to be owned and managed by the company. The Corr Group owns and operates the Grand Panama Office building in Panama City Beach, Florida, a four-story Class A Building, containing approximately 40,000 square feet of multi-tenant office space, and has purchased a distressed property, The Islander Motel in Panama City Beach, Florida. The motel was demolished, creating 270 feet of gulf front property for future development. The property has since been sold.
Mr. Corr is a 1982 graduate of the University of Alabama School of Business. He has served on the Board of Directors of Wireless One Inc., Community Bancshares, and Community Insurance, as well as the Board of Directors of the Rural Cellular Association, McPherson Oil Companies, and Network Management Services. He has served as District Vice President of the University of Alabama Alumni Association and holds a Private Pilot License with instrument, multi-engine, and jet ratings.
Appointed by Senate President
Term Beginning July 1, 2022 - Ending June 30, 2026
Charles W. Rigdon
Mr. Charles W. Rigdon of Destin, Florida is the principal of Harbor Capital, a real estate investment company. In his early career, Mr. Rigdon worked in the accounting and banking sectors. For the past 40 years Mr. Rigdon’s primary business ventures have been real estate and private equity related. He was a founding partner in Kelly Plantation, a masterplan community in Destin.
Harbor Capital has been responsible for multiple major real estate developments in Okaloosa and Walton Counties. Most recently Harbor Capital developed Forest View, located in south Walton County. The development includes Dunes Lake Elementary School, the South Walton Sports Complex, a Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market, office complexes and Ariza Apartments. Harbor Capital is currently developing 331 Commercial, on US Hwy 331 south of Freeport.
Mr. Rigdon is the managing partner for The Enclave at Deer Moss Creek located in Niceville, a Class A apartment complex which opened in 2024. Harbor Capital’s latest project is in Crestview, a seventy-six acre commercial and mixed-use development.
Mr. Rigdon is a graduate of Troy University with a B.S. in Accounting. He is a licensed Florida Real Estate Broker. He resides in Destin, Florida with his wife and two children.
Appointed by Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis
Term Beginning March 31, 2025 – Ending March 30, 2029
David L. Humphreys, Vice Chair
David Humphreys, of Panama City, is the President\Owner of Linea Peninsular Inc.
Linea Peninsular was started in 1984 and operates small container vessels trading between the U.S. and Mexico. Linea Peninsular originally operated out of Port Bienville Mississippi. After being devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, operations were moved to Panama City, Florida.
Mr. Humphreys has served on the Board of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Florida and supports various charities in the area. He completed his BBA degree at the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
Mr. Humphreys enjoys boating and spending time with his wife and 3 children.
Appointed by Senate President
Term Beginning July 1, 2022 - Ending June 30, 2026
Jay Trumbull, Sr., Chair
Jay Trumbull, Sr., of Panama City, is the President/Owner of Culligan Water franchises with seven offices in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. He owns a plumbing company and HVAC company in Panama City.
Mr. Trumbull served several years on the Bay County Planning Commission, the Panama City Housing Authority, the Bay Medical Board Foundation, and the Bay County Chamber of Commerce. He was appointed to the Florida Transportation Commission in 2011 and served as Chairman from 2015 – 2019.
Currently, Mr. Trumbull serves on the Board of Trustmark National Bank as well as several boards within his industry including Culligan Dealers of North America. He is a member of the Culligan Dealer Advisory Council and is currently president of the Southeastern Bottled Water Association.
Mr. Trumbull serves as an Elder at First Presbyterian Church in Panama City. He and his wife, Tammy, have been married for 34 years and have three children and seven grandchildren.
Appointed by Speaker of the House
Term Beginning June 27, 2022 - Ending June 1, 2026
Leslie Weiss, Treasurer
Mrs. Leslie Weiss, of Crawfordville, is President of Hydra Engineering & Construction, LLC. Mrs. Weiss started Hydra in 2008, providing Engineering, Environmental and Construction Services primarily to Federal and State clients. Mrs. Weiss is a Hispanic American with her mother’s family being of Cuban descent.
Mrs. Weiss became a Certified Building Contractor in the State of Florida in September 2012 and a Certified General Contractor August 2020. She is a registered Professional Engineer in: Florida, Georgia, Alabama, West Virginia, South Carolina, Colorado, Arizona, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas.
Mrs. Weiss serves on the Civil Engineering Advisory Board for University of South Florida, the Board of Advisors for the FSU / FAMU College of Civil Engineering and holds Fellow Status with the American Society of Civil Engineers. She is a sustaining member of Society of American Military Engineers and a Federal Highway Administration Certified Safety Inspector for In-Service Bridges, a Georgia Erosion & Sediment Control Certified Design Professional, a Florida Department of Environmental Protection Qualified Stormwater Management Inspector and is certified under OSHA 30 Hour Construction and US Army Corps of Engineers Construction Quality Management for Contractors.
Mrs. Weiss is on the Board for the Wakulla County Chamber of Commerce.
Leslie Weiss graduated at the top of her civil engineering class with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering with emphasis in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering from the University of South Florida in 1993.
In August 2020, Hydra was recognized as the U.S. Senate Small Business of the Week by Senator Marco Rubio. The company won the University of South Florida “Fast 56 Award” in 2022, 2020, 2017, and 2016 for being one of the top 56 fastest growing firms of USF alumni. Hydra won Small Business of the Year in 2016 through the Department of Homeland Security for contracts at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. The company won the 2017 Florida Companies to Watch award from GrowFL.
Mrs. Weiss and her company has received the 2016 and 2018 Business Excellence Award from the Wakulla County Chamber of Commerce for Professional Services, and the 2014 Business Excellence Award for Environmental Stewardship.
Leslie Weiss has been married to Manuel Weiss since 2020 and has one daughter, Brittany Hope.
Appointed by Speaker of the Florida House
Term beginning August 18, 2022 - ending June 30, 2026
Former Members
David Bear (Chair 2023-2024)
Collier Merrill
Lewis Bear, Jr. (replaced Stan Connally, Jr.)
Allan Bense (original chair)
Robert Bonezzi (original member)
Stan Connally, Jr. (original member)
Pam Dana, Ph. D (original member)
Benjamin Lee (replaced Robert Bonezzi)
Stephen Riggs, IV (original member)
Jason Shoaf (original member)
Don Gaetz (original member, Chair 2018-2022)
Matt Terry (replaced Jason Shoaf)