Sunair Services Appoints Jack Ruff CEO and President

BOCA RATON, Fla. -  Sunair Services Corporation announced that it has appointed Jack I. Ruff to serve as its chief executive officer and president, effective July 25, 2008.

Ruff is a co-founder of Royal Palm Capital, Inc. ("RPCP") and has been a partner of RPCP since September 2002 through the present date. Ruff has also served as vice president and director of Royal Palm Capital Management, Inc., since February 2005 through the present date.

Previously Ruff served as senior vice president with Bank of America, N.A., where for more than 18 years he was responsible for mergers and acquisitions and financing high growth public and private middle market companies. In this capacity, he evaluated and structured transactions using public and private equity, public and private senior debt and mezzanine securities. In addition, he was the market executive for Bank of America's Financial Strategies Group, where he managed a group of professional bankers focused on the middle market in Florida. Prior to joining Bank of America (formerly NationsBank) in 1984, he was employed for seven years by The First National Bank of Chicago's Global Banking Group. Ruff received his B.S. in finance and economics from Indiana University.

John Hayes, the company's former CEO and President, has left the company to pursue other interests.