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The group's 2009-2010 Board of Directors includes:

• Chairman Bill Brennan of Brennan Tools & Fastening Systems of St. Louis, MO
• President Robert Bailey of Bailey Tools & Supply, Louisville, KY
• Vice President Rick Lamb of Frank's Supply, Albuquerque, NM
• Treasurer Jim Kelly of A.W. Meyer, Ridgefield, NJ
• Secretary Marshall Jones of Marco Supply, Roanoke, VA
• Director Craig LaRue of California Service Tool, Hayward, CA
• Director Andy Jordan of Total Tool Supply, St. Paul, MN

Evergreen's 2009-2010 Supplier Advisory Council includes:

• Darrell Hendrix of Milwaukee Electric Tool Company (Chairman)
• Bill Ley of Delta Consolidated/Jobox
• Tim Millar of SafeWaze/Aearo
• Carmine Citro of CST Berger
• Brad Gellis of Louisville Ladder LLC
• Steve Chamberlin of Husqvarna Construction Products
• Gerald Warren of Warren Sales (Manufacturer Rep Liaison)
• Jack Comune of Wil-Com Associates (Manufacturer Rep Liaison)

The Evergreen Marketing Group is a member-owned cooperative organization founded in 1989 by six construction/industrial supply distributors. It currently consists of 72 distributors with more than 260 locations in the United States and Canada and has combined revenues of more than $1.4 billion dollars. The group is focused on driving growth and profitability of its distributors and preferred suppliers through an on-going program of training and education, business development and partnering. Evergreen owns a state-of-the-art 17,000-square-foot training center in Farmers Branch, Texas and offers the industry's only professional certification programs for distributor sales and operations people.

Evergreen recognizes member and supplier of the year

The Evergreen Marketing Group has recognized three distributor members and three manufacturer partners as 2008 member or supplier of the year. The awards were presented at the group's annual Partnership Conference in April.
Earning distinction as 2008 Distributor Member of Year were:

• Acme Electric of Grand Forks, North Dakota (Tier 1)
• Jensen Equipment Co., Inc. of Pewaukee, Wisconsin (Tier 2)
• McClamroch Machinery Co., Inc. of Shreveport, Louisiana (Tier 3)

Earning distinction as 2008 Preferred Supplier of the Year were:

• DeWalt Industrial Tool Company (Tier 1)
• Gardner Bender Company (Tier 2)
• Electro Tape Specialties, Inc. (Tier 3)

The awards were created to recognize the top distributors and manufacturers based on a multiple criteria. Distributors and manufacturers were first divided into three tiers based on size. Within each tier, the distributor and manufacturer were then ranked based on a number of criteria including: contribution to the group, growth, participation, and member and supplier input.