Our Company
Evergreen Supply Company has been serving the electrical supply needs of Chicagoland's contractors, building engineers and business owners since 1986.
Evergreen is a ready, willing and able WBE/DBE/SBE firm.
Evergreen Milestones
- 1986 – Patt Gallagher starts Evergreen Supply Company from her home in the south suburbs, distributing 2 product lines to customers
- 1988 – Patt Gallagher moves the company from her basement into a 1,500 square foot warehouse space in Mokena to make room for growing product inventory
- 1995 – Colleen (Gallagher) Kramer is named President of Evergreen Supply Company
- 1995 – Patt Gallagher and her son Ken and daughter Kelly incorporate Evergreen's sister company - EverLights - to ensure the safe handling and recycling of lamps and ballasts
- 1999 – Patt and Colleen purchase a 20,000 square foot warehouse in Chicago's south side and are now offering contractors more than 400 different product lines
- 2006 – Colleen purchases Evergreen Supply from Patt
- 2009 – Colleen Kramer authors article on Chicago's Climate Action Plan for Chief Engineer. For the complete story, click here.
- Evergreen Supply wins the Governor's Small Business Award – 2001
- Ernst & Young names Evergreen as an "Entrepreneur of the Year" finalist - 2002
- Evergreen Supply Co receives the "Women's Business Enterprise Award" from the Women's Business Development Center – 2005
- The Federation of Women Contractors presents Colleen Kramer with their "Presidents Award" – 2008
- Colleen Kramer is inducted into the Chicago Area "Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame" by the University of Illinois at Chicago – 2009
- Enterprising Women magazine names Colleen Kramer an "Enterprising Woman of the Year" – 2009
Awards & Accolades
Professional Associations & Affiliations
Association of Subcontractors & Affiliates
Electric Association
Federation of Women Contractors
National Association of Electrical Distributors
Women's Business Development Center