Published mark
Comfort Systems USA
COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC
NYSE: FIX. Canonical company identity and public leadership record.
US
Record source reportedRecord not claimedNo Eval published
- Alpha ID
- alpha:company:b1b0c323-fcf1-4512-b89b-ee576a75b776
- SEC CIK
- 0001035983
- Website
- www.comfortsystemsusa.com Open
- Record version
- vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce, published Oct 15, 2026
- Newest evidence
- Apr 9, 2026
- Monitoring
- Not yet monitored Details
- Integrity
- Not yet signed Methodology
- CEO
- Brian E. LaneSince Feb 19, 2026
- Chair
- Not published
- Independent
- 9 / 1010 directors published
- Published claims
- 384 distinct sources
- Evidence records
- 80 pinned
- Source conflicts
- 0None open
Built from 4 distinct sources and 8 evidence records. Every Claim links to where it appears. Where nothing was published, the record states the coverage gap.
CorroboratedSource reportedAlpha inferenceNot disclosed
Public record. Alpha publishes governance facts about this organization from regulatory filings and company statements. Private enterprise overlay data is never projected here. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. How this works
CEO CHANGED
Brian E. Lane executive of Comfort Systems USA, effective 2026-02-19.
EffectiveEffective Feb 19, 2026E4
Monitoring
ContinuousWhat the published record states about identity, evidence, evaluation, monitoring, authority, and freshness. Watched-source schedules are not published for this record.
- IdentityunclaimedPublished
- Evidencesource_reportedPublished
- Evaluationnot_evaluatedPublished
- MonitoringNot yet published for this record.Not published
- AuthorityNot yet published for this record.Not published
- FreshnesscurrentPublished
Leadership
Evidence| Role | Person | Since | Status | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Executive Officer and Director | Brian E. Lane | Feb 2026 | current | Source reportedE4 |
| Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer | Julie S. Shaeff | Feb 2026 | current | Source reportedE5 |
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | William George | Feb 2026 | current | Source reportedE6 |
Board of directors
Evidence10 directors published. 9 of 10 with a published determination are independent.
| Director | Status | Since | Committees | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian E. Lane | Not independent | 2010 | None published | Source reportedE3 |
| Cindy L. Wallis-Lage | Independent | 2021 | Nominating, Governance, & Sustainability, chairNominating, Governance, & Sustainability · Chair | Source reportedE3 |
| Constance E. Skidmore | Independent | 2012 | AuditAudit; Compensation & Human Capital · ChairCompensation & Human Capital, chair | Source reportedE3 |
| Darcy G. Anderson | Independent | 2008 | AuditAudit; Compensation & Human CapitalCompensation & Human Capital | Source reportedE3 |
| Franklin Myers | Independent | 2005 | Audit | Source reportedE3 |
| Gaurav Kapoor | Independent | 2024 | Audit | Source reportedE3 |
| Herman E. Bulls | Independent | 2001 | Nominating, Governance, & Sustainability | Source reportedE3 |
| Pablo G. Mercado | Independent | 2018 | Audit, chairAudit · Chair; Compensation & Human CapitalCompensation & Human Capital | Source reportedE3 |
| Rhoman J. Hardy | Independent | 2023 | Compensation & Human CapitalCompensation & Human Capital; Nominating, Governance, & SustainabilityNominating, Governance, & Sustainability | Source reportedE3 |
| William J. Sandbrook | Independent | 2018 | Compensation & Human CapitalCompensation & Human Capital; Nominating, Governance, & SustainabilityNominating, Governance, & Sustainability | Source reportedE3 |
Committees and risk ownership
Evidence| Committee | Chair | Members | Risks assigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audit | Pablo G. Mercado | Pablo G. Mercado, Constance E. Skidmore, Darcy G. Anderson, Franklin Myers, Gaurav Kapoor | Not described in the published record |
| Audit · Chair; Compensation & Human Capital | Not published | Pablo G. Mercado | human_capital, financial |
| Audit; Compensation & Human Capital | Not published | Darcy G. Anderson | human_capital, financial |
| Audit; Compensation & Human Capital · Chair | Not published | Constance E. Skidmore | human_capital, financial |
| Compensation & Human Capital | Constance E. Skidmore | Constance E. Skidmore, Darcy G. Anderson, Pablo G. Mercado, Rhoman J. Hardy, William J. Sandbrook | human_capital, financial |
| Compensation & Human Capital; Nominating, Governance, & Sustainability | Not published | Rhoman J. Hardy, William J. Sandbrook | human_capital, financial |
| Nominating, Governance, & Sustainability | Cindy L. Wallis-Lage | Cindy L. Wallis-Lage, Herman E. Bulls, Rhoman J. Hardy, William J. Sandbrook | Not described in the published record |
| Nominating, Governance, & Sustainability · Chair | Not published | Cindy L. Wallis-Lage | Not described in the published record |
Committee RecordAudit: Chair Pablo G. Mercado; Members Pablo G. Mercado (Chair); Constance E. Skidmore; Darcy G. Anderson; Franklin Myers; Gaurav Kapoor
Committee AppointmentPablo G. Mercado: chair, Audit
Committee AppointmentConstance E. Skidmore: member, Audit
Committee AppointmentDarcy G. Anderson: member, Audit
Committee AppointmentFranklin Myers: member, Audit
Committee AppointmentGaurav Kapoor: member, Audit
Committee RecordCompensation & Human Capital: Chair Constance E. Skidmore; Members Constance E. Skidmore (Chair); Darcy G. Anderson; Pablo G. Mercado; Rhoman J. Hardy; William J. Sandbrook
Committee AppointmentConstance E. Skidmore: chair, Compensation & Human Capital
Committee AppointmentDarcy G. Anderson: member, Compensation & Human Capital
Committee AppointmentPablo G. Mercado: member, Compensation & Human Capital
Committee AppointmentRhoman J. Hardy: member, Compensation & Human Capital
Committee AppointmentWilliam J. Sandbrook: member, Compensation & Human Capital
Committee RecordNominating, Governance, & Sustainability: Chair Cindy L. Wallis-Lage; Members Cindy L. Wallis-Lage (Chair); Herman E. Bulls; Rhoman J. Hardy; William J. Sandbrook
Committee AppointmentCindy L. Wallis-Lage: chair, Nominating, Governance, & Sustainability
Committee AppointmentHerman E. Bulls: member, Nominating, Governance, & Sustainability
Committee AppointmentRhoman J. Hardy: member, Nominating, Governance, & Sustainability
Committee AppointmentWilliam J. Sandbrook: member, Nominating, Governance, & Sustainability
Control and voting power
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Authority to act
Evidence and agent registryWho can act for the company, and on whose authority. This is what a counterparty's agent checks before it accepts an order, signs, or pays.
Principal executive officerBrian E. Lane, Chief Executive Officer and Director, from Feb 19, 2026
Who can authorize an agentNot assessedNo Alpha inference about signing authority or board-reserved matters is published for this record.
Not assessed
AI agents registered by the companyNot registered in the public RegistryAgent Deployments, Agent Use Cases, Authority Grants, TrustChecks, Action Ledger entries and Governance Receipts live in the private enterprise overlay. They are never projected into the public Registry without explicit cross-plane authorization. Absence here is a plane boundary, not evidence that the enterprise operates no agents.
Agent registry
Delegations publishedNot disclosedBoard and officer delegation resolutions are not public filings and are not published in this record.
Search scope
Financials and market context
EvidenceIndex MembershipS&P 500 (SPX)
Security ListingFIX (NYSE)
Index memberships1 membership attached to a specific security and listing.Announcements, effective dates, and removals remain distinct states; Alpha does not infer membership from company size, exchange, or reputation.
SPX
Source reportedAs of Oct 16, 2026. Rights-filtered public evidence only; no redistribution or model training is granted. Only source-backed memberships with an explicit public redistribution basis are returned.
| Index | Security | Status | Effective | Verification | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S&P 500 (S&P Dow Jones Indices) | NYSE: FIX | current | Dec 22, 2025 | inferred | Slickcharts S&P 500 constituent table (public observation, not S&P DJI license) |
Governance and policies
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Risk, audit, and cyber
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
AI oversight and accountability
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Legal and regulatory
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Compensation
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Other published claims
EvidencePublished Claims that belong to no section above. Each keeps its permalink, evidence, and assertion state.
Legal NameCOMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC
Entity StatusPublic listing published
Official Websitehttps://www.comfortsystemsusa.com
Published FactUS
Published FactIndustrials
Published Facthttps://www.comfortsystemsusa.com
Not yet in this record
CoverageA gap is a coverage state, not a negative finding. These sections are expected for this entity class and are not yet published.
- Corporate structureNot reviewed. Parent, subsidiary and predecessor structure explains who is governed.
- OwnershipNot reviewed. Ownership and voting power determine who can influence the board.
- FinancialsNot reviewed. Governance-relevant financial context frames capital and audit decisions.
- CompensationNot reviewed. Pay design shows how incentives are governed.
- GovernanceNot reviewed. Governing documents and provisions set the rules of the enterprise.
- Shareholder governanceNot reviewed. Meeting and vote records show shareholder dissent and support.
- AuditNot reviewed. Auditor, controls and restatements show assurance over reporting.
- LegalNot reviewed. Material legal and regulatory matters show enforcement exposure.
- RiskNot reviewed. Risk ownership links the board, committees, executives and controls.
- CyberNot reviewed. Cyber and data governance is a disclosed oversight domain.
- AI governanceNot reviewed. AI oversight is a differentiated Alpha governance domain.
- Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.
- Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.
- Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.
- Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.
- This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.
Linked people
Same claims as person records- Brian E. LaneChief Executive Officer and Directorcompany:b1b0c323-fcf1-4512-b89b-ee576a75b776:leadership_role:18, company:b1b0c323-fcf1-4512-b89b-ee576a75b776:leadership_role:8
- Julie S. ShaeffSenior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officercompany:b1b0c323-fcf1-4512-b89b-ee576a75b776:leadership_role:19
- William GeorgeExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officercompany:b1b0c323-fcf1-4512-b89b-ee576a75b776:leadership_role:20
- Cindy L. Wallis-LageDirectorcompany:b1b0c323-fcf1-4512-b89b-ee576a75b776:leadership_role:9
- Constance E. SkidmoreDirectorcompany:b1b0c323-fcf1-4512-b89b-ee576a75b776:leadership_role:10
- Darcy G. AndersonDirectorcompany:b1b0c323-fcf1-4512-b89b-ee576a75b776:leadership_role:11
- Franklin MyersDirectorcompany:b1b0c323-fcf1-4512-b89b-ee576a75b776:leadership_role:12
- Gaurav KapoorDirectorcompany:b1b0c323-fcf1-4512-b89b-ee576a75b776:leadership_role:13
- Herman E. BullsDirectorcompany:b1b0c323-fcf1-4512-b89b-ee576a75b776:leadership_role:14
- Pablo G. MercadoDirectorcompany:b1b0c323-fcf1-4512-b89b-ee576a75b776:leadership_role:15
- Rhoman J. HardyDirectorcompany:b1b0c323-fcf1-4512-b89b-ee576a75b776:leadership_role:16
- William J. SandbrookDirectorcompany:b1b0c323-fcf1-4512-b89b-ee576a75b776:leadership_role:17
Subject and corrections
Public-role doctrineThis record exists because the company is in the published Registry. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. Corrections are versioned and the original stays in history.
- Basis
- Published company record built from public sources
- Sources
- 8 evidence records cited. 0 with redistribution rights.
- Never published
- Private enterprise overlay data: deployments, authority grants, TrustChecks, receipts, telemetry
- Record claimed
- No
- Open disputes
- 0
- Identity ownership
- unclaimed
Claiming not yet available
If the company claims the record, its statements appear as their own assertion state and never overwrite the cited evidence.
Evidence
Authority and rights- E1Alpha canonical company public projection. canonical identity. Retrieved Oct 15, 2026. Cited by 5 Claims.
- E2COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC Form 10-K (filed 2026-02-19). SEC filing. Retrieved Aug 29, 2026. Cited by 2 Claims.
- E3sec proxy. Published Apr 9, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 10 Claims.
- E4sec filing. Published Feb 19, 2026. Retrieved May 14, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E5sec filing. Published Feb 19, 2026. Retrieved May 14, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E6sec filing. Published Feb 19, 2026. Retrieved May 14, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E7board_seats. board seats. Cited by 17 Claims.
- E8Slickcharts S&P 500 constituent table (public observation, not S&P DJI license). index provider. Retrieved Sep 2, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
What changed in version public-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce
vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce published Oct 15, 2026- Brian E. Lane executive of Comfort Systems USA, effective 2026-02-19.
- Julie S. Shaeff executive of Comfort Systems USA, effective 2026-02-19.
- William George executive of Comfort Systems USA, effective 2026-02-19.
- Gaurav Kapoor seat on Comfort Systems USA, effective 2024-01-01.
- Rhoman J. Hardy seat on Comfort Systems USA, effective 2023-01-01.
- Compensation & Human Capital; Nominating, Governance, & Sustainability committee of Comfort Systems USA, effective 2023-01-01.
- Rhoman J. Hardy member of Compensation & Human Capital; Nominating, Governance, & Sustainability, effective 2023-01-01.
- Cindy L. Wallis-Lage seat on Comfort Systems USA, effective 2021-01-01.
- Nominating, Governance, & Sustainability · Chair committee of Comfort Systems USA, effective 2021-01-01.
- Cindy L. Wallis-Lage member of Nominating, Governance, & Sustainability · Chair, effective 2021-01-01.
- Pablo G. Mercado seat on Comfort Systems USA, effective 2018-01-01.
- William J. Sandbrook seat on Comfort Systems USA, effective 2018-01-01.
- Audit · Chair; Compensation & Human Capital committee of Comfort Systems USA, effective 2018-01-01.
- Pablo G. Mercado member of Audit · Chair; Compensation & Human Capital, effective 2018-01-01.
- William J. Sandbrook member of Compensation & Human Capital; Nominating, Governance, & Sustainability, effective 2018-01-01.
- Constance E. Skidmore seat on Comfort Systems USA, effective 2012-01-01.
- Audit; Compensation & Human Capital · Chair committee of Comfort Systems USA, effective 2012-01-01.
- Constance E. Skidmore member of Audit; Compensation & Human Capital · Chair, effective 2012-01-01.
- Brian E. Lane seat on Comfort Systems USA, effective 2010-01-01.
- Darcy G. Anderson seat on Comfort Systems USA, effective 2008-01-01.
- Audit; Compensation & Human Capital committee of Comfort Systems USA, effective 2008-01-01.
- Darcy G. Anderson member of Audit; Compensation & Human Capital, effective 2008-01-01.
- Franklin Myers seat on Comfort Systems USA, effective 2005-01-01.
- Herman E. Bulls seat on Comfort Systems USA, effective 2001-01-01.
- Herman E. Bulls member of Nominating, Governance, & Sustainability, effective 2001-01-01.