Meet the Team

A family operation,
built on craft and care.

Seven people lead South Nashville HVAC, with a combined 75+ years of experience in the trade. Most have been with the company more than a decade. When you call, you'll know the names of the people answering and the techs who show up.

7
Leaders
75+
Combined yrs
NATE
Certified

Family-oriented, NATE certified technicians and installers — focused on quality and craftsmanship on every job.

PG
Founder · Retired
Where it started

Phillip Gray

Founder · 1985 – 2020 (Retired)

Phillip founded the company on a simple promise: straightforward service, honest recommendations, and reliable comfort homeowners could count on. Three and a half decades later, the same values run the place — the names on the doors changed, the work ethic did not.

Family-operated BBB A+ since 2004 Mitsubishi Diamond Elite
Leadership

The people running the company today.

The leadership team you'll work with — office, service, and operations. Most have been here more than a decade.

MG
President

Mark Gray

30+ years with South Nashville HVAC

Mark leads the company today, carrying forward the standards Phillip set in 1985 and pushing the team toward higher-efficiency, better-installed systems job after job.

ZW
Vice-President

Zack Wolf

19+ years with South Nashville HVAC

Zack steers day-to-day operations — install scheduling, equipment sourcing, and making sure every truck rolling out is set up to do the work right the first time.

JG
Chief Operating Officer

Jonathan Garrett

20+ years in the industry · 13+ years here

Jonathan runs operations across service, installation, and field training — translating two decades of HVAC experience into the playbooks the rest of the team works from.

ZA
Service Manager

Zack Ayriss

9+ years with South Nashville HVAC

Zack manages the service side — every repair call, every tune-up, every emergency dispatch — and makes sure the right tech with the right parts gets to the right house, fast.

KM
Office Manager

Kathy McCormick

12+ years with South Nashville HVAC

Kathy is the voice on the phone, the calendar, and the message-thread keeping you in the loop. Customers regularly call her out by name — for good reason.

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Treasurer

Teresa Adams

21+ years with South Nashville HVAC

Teresa keeps the books steady — financing partnerships with Wells Fargo and Good Leap, vendor relationships, payroll for a long-tenured crew, and the financial discipline that lets the company invest in better tools and training.

In the customers' words

"Kathy was great with communication about when to expect them. Techs were friendly, professional, & knowledgeable."

Emily Jones · Google Review
By the numbers
Google rating
4.9
Customer reviews
522
Years in Nashville
~30
BBB rating
A+
How we work

What every member of the team is held to.

Honest recommendations

We tell you what the system actually needs — not what pads a ticket. A major portion of our business comes from referrals, and that only happens by being straight with people.

Properly sized, properly installed

We run a room-by-room Manual J load calculation per Energy Star, design custom ductwork to match, and guarantee every new system is sized correctly for the home.

Follow-up on every install

We come back in person after every installation to verify the job. If something isn't right, we want to know — and fix it — before the warranty card even gets filed.

Community

We live where we work.

The same team that installs your system also coaches the Saturday-morning league, sponsors the local programs, and rolls trucks toward disaster relief when neighbors need it.

  • Sponsoring local youth sports

    Backing leagues and programs in the Nashville community since 1990.

  • Supporter of Youth for Christ (YFC)

    An ongoing partnership with a local YFC chapter.

  • Recycling 40,000–60,000 lbs of metal a year

    All refrigerants reclaimed in EPA-approved fashion through a certified third party.

  • Free HVAC systems after natural disasters

    Partnered with American Standard to donate replacement systems for families recovering from storms and tornadoes.

Want one of these names answering your call?

Schedule service, request a replacement consultation, or just ask a question. Kathy or someone on the team will get right back to you.

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