Leading Tampa homebuilder names future president, seeks CFO

Homes by WestBay, the largest locally owned, privately held homebuilder in Tampa Bay, has announced an executive succession plan.

The firm’s founder and president, Willy Nunn, will move to the role of CEO and chair of a newly created board of directors at the end of 2027, according to a statement. Nunn, a banker before getting into homebuilding, founded Homes by WestBay in 2009. He was a Business Observer Top Entrepreneur in 2022.

Other changes, the company says, include: 

• WestBay Chief Financial Officer Beth Bradburn will become COO when a new CFO is brought on board. Bradburn will then retire at the end of 2027. The new CFO will report to Bradburn during her remaining tenure as COO; in that role, the release states, “Bradburn will continue to work with the various operating divisions to optimize performance as she has for the last 12 years while in the CFO role.”  
• Longtime area building executive Mark Metheny will become President of Homes by WestBay at the end of 2027 and will then take over all homebuilding and land development operations for Homes by WestBay and subsidiaries. Metheny and the new CFO will report to Nunn going forward into 2028. Metheny, who will continue in his current roles as president of subsidiaries Casa Fresca Homes and HBWB Development, was an executive with Lennar for 20 years before joining WestBay in 2021. 
• Metheny and Bradburn will join Nunn on the WestBay board of directors along with other significant shareholders, Dee Crescini and Brian Bullock, at the end of 2027. Bullock and Crescini currently manage Homes by WestBay’s largest homebuilding divisions and have been with the company since 2013.

“Our strong focus on strategy, long term planning and business continuity has served us well. Today, we enjoy remarkable success in no small part due to the incredible work and commitment that Mark, Beth, Brian and Dee have brought to our company over many years,” Nunn says in the release. “I have no doubt that these leaders will continue the WestBay tradition of being very intentional about positioning us for continued quality and growth.”

Founded in 2009, Homes by WestBay ranked No. 57 among national homebuilders in 2024. It had $677.67 million in revenue in 2024. It has 250 employees and builds about 1,200 homes annually,