Kraus-Anderson Duluth promotes Patrick Gallagher to Project Executive

January 2, 2024

Kraus-Anderson Duluth has promoted Patrick Gallagher from senior project manager to project executive, the company’s top project management position.

For 21 years, Gallagher has managed hundreds of complex Kraus-Anderson projects in numerous Duluth/Superior and northern Minnesota building sectors, including K-12 education, retail, healthcare, manufacturing and high tech, government, recreation, and aviation.

Gallagher served in the U.S. Army National Guard and Reserves for more than 32 years.  In 2002, he was deployed as the Commander of the Joint Task Force-Chontales in Nicaragua.  In 2006, he was mobilized to the combat zone in Afghanistan with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, serving as the operations officer and chief of construction for all of Afghanistan, supervising the construction of over 250 projects worth $2 billion.  He was again deployed to Afghanistan in 2009 as the chief of staff for the 372nd Engineer Brigade.  Gallagher received a B.S. in Industrial Technology – Building Construction from the University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, Wis.  He is a member of the US Green Building Council.

Additional promotions

Kraus-Anderson also has promoted Maxwell Vergeldt from assistant project manager to project manager; and Allison Coffman from project coordinator to senior project coordinator.