Dominick Guarino

As President and CEO, Dominick Guarino has grown National Comfort Institute from the ground up alongside his late partner Rob Falke, into the HVAC industry's largest independent training and certification organization. He co-founded NCI in 1994 with Rob (originally National Balancing Institute). NCI has also grown into a premier membership organization focused on every aspect of helping HVAC contractors succeed in delivering high performance products and services to their customers. From the late 1980s to the early 1990s Dominick became Chief Editor and subsequently Associate Publisher of Contracting Business magazine. He also ran sales and installation for a Cleveland-Based HVAC contractor in the early 1990s. Dominick presides over NCI conferences and participates in HVAC industry councils, conferences and meetings. He is past Advisory Council Chairman of the Western HVAC Performance Alliance. He was inducted into the Contracting Business Magazine Hall of Fame in 2023.