Walter L. Revell
Walter L. Revell
Director

Mr. Revell currently serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Revell Investments International, Inc., a diversified investment, development and management company, which he founded in 1984 in Coral Gables, Florida. In addition, he serves as a Director of The St. Joe Company, a large, diversified real estate company (NYSE-JOE); Rinker Group Limited (NYSE-RIN (ADR) (Australia)), a major producer of construction materials in several countries; Calpine Corporation (NYSE-CPN), a major producer of electric power in the United States and Canada; NCL Corporation Ltd., parent company of Norwegian Cruise Line and other brands; Edd Helms Group, an electrical, air-conditioning and data communications service company, and International Finance Bank

From 1991 to 2002, he served as Chairman and CEO of H.J. Ross Associates, Inc., consulting engineers, planners and scientists, in Coral Gables and continues as Senior Advisor to the new parent company, T.Y. Lin International, in San Francisco. From 1975 through 1983, he served as President, CEO and a Director of Post, Buckley, Schuh & Jernigan, Inc., consulting engineers and planners, in Miami. From 1972 to 1975, he was Secretary of Transportation for the State of Florida.

Mr. Revell is a past Chairman of the Board of both the Florida Chamber of Commerce (1984) and the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce (1981-82). He has served on the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors of the Florida Council of 100, where he has been a member since 1972.

Mr. Revell completed two special assignments in Florida for Governor Jeb Bush. He served as Chairman of the Florida Energy 2020 Study Commission, which conducted an 18-month study and recommended a strategic plan for meeting Florida’s energy needs over the next 20 years. He also was Chairman of the Governor’s Hurricane Evacuation Task Force, formed in 1999 after Hurricane Floyd threatened the east coast of Florida and caused the evacuation of more than two million Floridians.

Mr. Revell is a former Chairman of both the Capitol Center Planning Commission in Tallahassee and Florida's Columbus Hemispheric Commission and a former Vice Chairman of Florida's Public Facilities Financing Commission, all gubernatorial appointments. He also served on the Florida Fuel Allocation and Conservation Council, the Commission for Government by the People, the Historic Key West Preservation Board and the Private Sector Advisory Panel on Infrastructure Financing for the U.S. Senate Budget Committee.

He previously served as a Director of Dycom Industries, Inc., a telecommunications and electrical services company (NYSE); Sun Banks, Inc., the Florida holding company (NYSE), and Sun Bank of Miami; American Resources, Inc. and its subsidiary, American Bearing and Power Transmission, Inc., a group of agri-business and industrial supply companies; Spillis Candela & Partners, Inc., the oldest and largest architectural firm in Florida, and Health Options, a Blue Cross-Blue Shield affiliate.

Mr. Revell is a member of the Orange Bowl Committee, and he formerly served on the Board of Trustees of Miami-Dade Community College and the President's Council at Florida International University.

He was Chairman of the Miami Mega-City Management Council for Special Olympics and was a member of the Board of Directors of the community corporation which hosted Super Bowl XXIII in Miami in 1989. He also was a Director of We Will Rebuild, Inc., the community corporation established after Hurricane Andrew hit South Florida in 1992 and Chairman of its State Funding Committee.

A native of Tallahassee and a 1957 graduate of Florida State University, Mr. Revell served on the FSU Council of Advisors, the FSU Athletic Committee and the Board of the FSU Foundation. He also was Chairman of the Eminent Scholars Campaign and Chairman of the Board of the FSU Alumni Association.

Mr. Revell lives in Coral Gables and the Florida Keys with his wife, Sheila. They have three grown children.

Bill McBride
Chairman

Lynn D. Evans
Director

Jim Foster
Director

Dr. James P. Gills, Jr.
Director

Hjalma E. Johnson
Director

J. Joseph Kruse
Director

Leslie M. Muma
Director

Walter L. Revell
Director

Joseph Ryan
Director

John H. Sykes
Director

John R. Torell III
Director

Jerry L. Williams
Director
Hyde Park Capital Partners, LLC
701 North Franklin Street
Tampa, Florida 33602
Phone: 813.383.0202
Fax: 813.383.0209