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Walter Revell

Walter L. Revell has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Revell Investments International Inc. since 1984. Mr. Revell also was Chairman and CEO of H. J. Ross Associates, Inc. from 1991 to 2002. He served as President and CEO of Post, Buckley, Schuh & Jernigan, Inc. from 1975 through 1983. From 1972 to 1975, he was the 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 served on the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors of the Florida Council of 100, where he has been a member since 1972. He also served as Chairman of the Greater Miami Foreign Trade Zone Inc.

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 has been a Director of The St. Joe Company, a major developer and landowner, since 1994 and of NCL Corporation Ltd., the holding company for Norwegian Cruise Line and other brands, since 1993. He recently served as a Director of Calpine Corporation, a major producer of electric power in the United States and Canada, and of Rinker Materials Ltd., one of the largest producers of construction materials in the world, and of Dycom Industries, a major construction company. He has been a Director of Edd Helms Group Inc. since 2002. He also serves as a Director of International Finance Bank and other closely held companies. He is a member of the Advisory Board at Hyde Park Capital Partners.

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

Mr. Revell previously served as a Director of Sun Banks, Inc., the Florida holding company, 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., a large architectural firm, and Health Options. 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 that hosted Super Bowl XXIII in Miami in 1999. 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. Mr. Revell served on the Florida State University 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. Mr. Revell earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Florida State University in 1957.