On April 1, 2019, Stephen F. Rush was promoted to serve as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Watsco, Inc. Rush joined the Company in 2001 and served in various leadership roles at several operating subsidiaries of the Company through 2016, when he assumed a non-executive advisory role in the Office of the President. As Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Rush will oversee the company's primary operating subsidiaries, while assuming other operational responsibilities of the company.