Patrick LaFave

Chief Financial Officer Evans Distribution Systems

Last Reviewed: September 27, 2026

Executive Summary

Patrick LaFave is Chief Financial Officer of Evans Distribution Systems, a privately owned third-party logistics company based in Melvindale, Michigan, that has operated in Southeast Michigan since 1929. He is responsible for the company’s overall financial management and financial reporting, and for corporate functions including long-range planning and strategic development. His remit also covers banking, insurance, budgeting, forecasting, acquisitions and strategic partnerships. Evans publishes no career history or education for him, and none is recorded here.

Career Highlights

• Chief Financial Officer of Evans Distribution Systems, a fourth-generation family-run logistics company.
• Responsible for financial management, financial reporting and transparency, long-range planning and strategic development.
• Handles Evans’s banking, insurance, budgeting and forecasting.
• Handles acquisitions and strategic partnerships for the company.

Professional Journey

LaFave’s career before Evans is not described in any first-party source, so this account covers only his current role.

Evans Distribution Systems traces its history to 1929. Its Central Detroit Warehouse opened on Fort Street in 1929, in the depths of the Great Depression, and by 1930 the company had added a trucking operation, Merchants Forwarding Terminal Co. It is now run by the fourth generation of the Evans family, with John A. Evans as President and CEO. The company operates nearly 5 million square feet of multi-client and dedicated warehousing in 10 facilities across Southeast Michigan. It also runs an asset-based trucking division, Alden Logistics Inc. Its warehousing division provides fulfillment and order processing, value-added services, foreign trade zone and bonded storage, and quality control and testing, and the company also offers transportation and staffing services.

As CFO, LaFave has responsibility for the financial side of that business: financial management and reporting, banking and insurance relationships, budgeting and forecasting, and long-range planning. The company also names him as the executive who handles its acquisitions and strategic partnerships.

Education

No education record was found in any first-party or editorial source.