William F. Murdy

WILLIAM F. MURDY is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Comfort Systems USA,
Inc. Prior to Comfort, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Club
Quarters, a privately owned, rapidly growing chain of membership hotels catering
to corporate travelers to major cities in the US and Europe. Until July 1999, he
was Chairman, President and CEO of LandCare USA, Inc. LandCare grew to be the
country’s largest commercial landscape and tree services company before merging
with ServiceMaster in 1999. Prior to LandCare, Mr. Murdy was President and Chief
Executive Officer for eight years of General Investment and Development, a
large, privately held, diversified real estate investment, development and
operating company, and before that, from 1981 to 1989, Managing General Partner
of the Morgan Stanley Venture Capital Fund and President of its associated
management company. From 1974 to 1981 he served in a number of positions
including Chief Operating Officer of Pacific Resources, a rapidly growing $1
billion company in the oil and gas sector. He is a graduate of the Harvard
Business School and the United States Military Academy at West Point. He served
in the United States Army from 1964 to 1974, including two tours of duty in
Vietnam and three years teaching at West Point. He serves on the Board of
Directors as well as the Audit and Compensation Committees of UIL Holdings; the
Board and is the Chairman of the Compensation Committee of Kaiser Aluminum; and
the Boards of NetVersant and Compact Power Inc. He is a member of the National
Board and Executive Committee of Business Executives for National Security, the
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Corporate Council and the Council on Foreign
Relations.