Triumph Gulf Coast honored four departing Board Members whose terms have expired at its June 22 meeting at Gulf Coast State College in Panama City. Incoming Board Chair, Charles Rigdon, was joined by past Board Chairs and Members in congratulating the departing members.
As Triumph continues to award grants to local governments, local schools, colleges and universities for high wage job creation, workforce training and research focused on transforming the economy and increasing household income across the eight county region designated by the Florida Legislature, this Board has invested Triumph funds creating pathways to success in Northwest Florida.
Since its inception in 2017, Triumph has funded 90 grants across all eight counties in the region totaling more than $825M. Projects have been funded in Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, Bay, Gulf, Franklin and Wakulla counties. The Triumph Board’s investments will result in more than $1.2 billion in net new family income annually.
Members honored at the meeting included:
Bryan Corr, Sr., 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 as 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 successful cellular telephone company is now a part of AT&T. Mr. Corr was also a founding member and Director of another start-up business to construct communication towers in Latin America.
The Corr Group is responsible for several major developments across the region including the 30Avenue Lifestyle Center, located at the intersection of U.S. 98 and County Road 30A adjacent to Rosemary Beach, and the Grand Panama Office building in Panama City Beach. Both locations are owned and managed by the company.
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.
David Humphreys 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.
Jay Trumbull, Sr., 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 to 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.
Leslie Weiss 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. She is a Certified Building Contractor and a Certified General Contractor. 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 the 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 the 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Construction Quality Management for Contractors.
Mrs. Weiss has served 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 from the University of South Florida in 1993.
Hydra has been recognized as the U.S. Senate Small Business of the Week. 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 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.